Iceblade02

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[–] Iceblade02 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Peak ignorance right here. It's a combination of factors. The origin point is indeed the utter failure to set up proper integration systems and regulate migration during the 2010s, which in turn meant that the people who came here were not educated in Swedish language, laws and values, leaving them outside the jobs market. It is also made worse by the fact that a significant portion of the people who came during that period have been brought up in cultures with highly incompatible views and values (for a concrete example, considering secular law a subordinate to religious shariah laws) , which makes integration that much more difficult. After some 7 years, only a third of adult Syrians have managed to get jobs - compare this to recent Ukranian refugees, where 2/3rds have jobs after two years.

For instance, whilst I worked in healthcare in Sweden, we on several occasions had patients refuse care from female coworkers on account of them being women. Something basically previously unheard of that's became a recurring issue. Every time it happened, it was a non-Swede, and oftentimes they had difficulties with speaking the language. Now I've had plenty of Swedish patients who were casually misogynistic against my coworkers, but never to the degree that they would demand to be treated by a man and outright refuse care.

rapes have not skyrocketed. this is a common right-wing talking point outside of sweden, and “ex-pats” love using this as an example of how the country has gone to shit. what actually happened was we changed the way crimes are reported, to make things that were formerly sexual harassment classify as rape of some degree. this is a good thing, as it highlights these behaviours as unacceptable rather than them just being tolerated.

I have included some pertinent statistics from the past twenty years [Source is BRÅ (Swedish ministry for crime prevention) - www.bra.se]

There has long trend of increasing sexual crimes of almost all types in Sweden (The only exception is sexual coercion), the change in definitions was limited, and is really only a minor confounding factor when compared to the overall picture. Besides, in 2019 they did their best to split out the expanded definitions (see rows 3 & 4) and the number of crimes covered are very small in comparison to the whole.

As for the demographics of those convicted, I find this far less relevant. Migrants are the victims in the majority of crimes committed by migrants (and the criminals and terrorists in question represent a minority of that group). As such, upholding the law is as much for the sake of the larger migrant community as for Swedish society as a whole.

However, if you're still interested in the connections between demographics and crime, you can read here:

https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2020.1868681

[–] Iceblade02 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They are related - gangs in Sweden (consisting largely of non-citizens) have started taking "pay by order" terrorist attacks from the Islamist Ayatollah regime in Iran. There's currently ongoing deliberations whether to activate terror laws against the criminal organizations that do these things, since those actions, by definition, make them terror organizations.

[–] Iceblade02 23 points 1 month ago

Freedom of expression & communication are the first things to go when authoritarians advance their agendas...

[–] Iceblade02 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

90% of the time if I ask for help on forums the answer will be one of three things:

  • Completely absent

  • Just google it scrub lmao (nevermind the fact that search has gone to shit)

  • Doesn't actually answer the question

[–] Iceblade02 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Iceblade02 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Join Vimeo to watch

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[–] Iceblade02 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not at all, Sweden during the ABBA age was completely nuts. There was no cap on taxes, and as such, you could incur a more than 100% marginal tax rate.

Astrid Lindgren (the beloved childrens book writer) was amongst those affected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomperipossa_in_Monismania

[–] Iceblade02 2 points 1 month ago

Now we're talking xD

[–] Iceblade02 0 points 1 month ago

I agree, but the split between sticking with summer or winter time is surprisingly even where I'm at. I'd much rather keep switching than get stuck with the one I consider to be bad.

It's morning people vs evening people all over again.

[–] Iceblade02 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I was just about to say that as someone living in a northern country I'd much rather keep switching clocks than get stuck in summertime. Having it be light outside when you wake up is such a blessing, and once that finally disappears is when the endless, tired darkness of winter begins.

And for the love of sleep, the researchers beg, don't spring forward permanently.

Seconding this.

[–] Iceblade02 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Love it, but the self-burn for us in libleft needs a bit of work :D

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