Lmaooooo because the “Marxist propagandists” want the Nordic model
In the Scandinavian countries the means of production are primarily owned by private individuals, not the community or the government, and resources are allocated to their respective uses by the market, not government or community planning. Scandinavian countries are highly capitalist, and incredibly high on the Economic Freedom Index. Entrepreneurship and free markets are fervently embraced, Sweden adopted a universal school choice system in the 1990s that is nearly identical to the system proposed by libertarian economist Milton Friedman, and there are no minimum wage laws in Sweden or Norway or Denmark. What Nordic countries practice is the Nordic Model, something that is possible there because of their tiny homogenous populations and high natural resources to support the taxation need for the welfare programs. In fact the social success of the Scandinavian countries predate this model, with several studies showing that the greatest decrease in income inequality there came prior to the implementation of the welfare state.
And even if you say their baseline quality of life is better than the average American, in reality it's a function of vast demographic difference. In reality, Danish-Americans have a measured living standard about 55 percent higher than the Danes in Denmark. Swedish-Americans have a living standard 53 percent higher than the Swedes, and Finnish-Americans have a living standard 59 percent higher than those back in Finland. The emigration rate from this supposed Scandinavian Utopia to the US is positive, with Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway having so many people emigrating to America and very few going the other way.
Youth in Nordic countries, among the most privileged to ever walk the planet Earth, feel miserable. https://euobserver.com/nordic/147365
There is no minimum wage because trade unions are influential enough to be able to set the wage floor themselves without government intervention.
Also, wtf are these citations. Most of them, other than Wikipedia, are just sourced to the same libertarian ghoul. I'm one of the first to shit on the nordic model, but how is an article stating that the US shouldn't have any welfare as to not attract poor migrants a debunking of the welfare state?
the Nordic Model, something that is possible there because of their tiny homogenous populations and high natural resources to support the taxation need for the welfare programs
how does this work exactly?
sounds like american exceptionalism to me. that big "diverse" country is too big and diverse for a very basic light-socdem welfare apparatus to function. i'm not going to shit on poster above since i'm sure they aren't the kind of person i'm thinking of, but this kind of reasoning is something I've heard often from americans, libs and conservatives alike. sweden is homogenous and that's why it can do certain things, also it's not homogenous at all because there are too many non-white non-protestants. shit gets tiring. there are a thousand things to criticize sweden for, and i'm tired of american made up reasons.
The marxist propaganda shits on the nordic model, but no food for guests is more powerful than explaining capitalism to people
Bernie Sanders said he wanted to raise the minimum wage, which is the Nordic Model, which doesn't work because my friend's mom didn't offer me any chicken tenders, because Communism Is When No Food
I've only gotten to know one Scandinavian and her family and she was pretty nice and always offered tea or a snack when I was over there. Her dad was also really funny and always offered me a beer too lol. But one funny thing about him was he was obsessed with Ketchup. He put it on everything he ate, not even exaggerating here. He had had a whole small cupboard devoted to just different Ketchups lol. And she told me he gets nervous when he got down to like 3 bottles and would go get more. I always loved that about him haha
Now I’m gonna file this anecdote away as “all Scandinavians are weirdly obsessed with ketchup”
There is an expectation that children will go home for dinner, this is mostly if it is unannounced. Snacks, fruits and beverages are usually on offer though. As a child I was usually home by dinnertime unless I was sleeping over, felt like I was being a dick to mum otherwise. If it is something that is planned there'll be food.
But as with all Internet things it'll get blown out of proportion.
Yeah, you just whip up a quick side like risotto or stirfried veggies or something with eggs and then there's enough for everyone.
Unless they're literally showing up the moment you're sitting down, not having enough food is a cop out.
plain rice and add a bunch of seasoning
That's what risotto is. You just add some seasonings beforehand too.
Throw mushrooms and oil into pot, saute for about 2 minutes, until mushrooms lose spongy texture.
Add onion+more oil, sliced thin enough to be almost dissolved by the time the you serve.
Cook about 3-5 minutes, you're not carmelizing, you're just getting as much liquid into the mix as possible.
Add risotto rice, cook 1-3 minutes, until the rice starts to turn translucent on the edges. Keep scraping the bottom so nothing burns to it.
Add white cooking wine and broth. This is literally the only recipe I can tolerate canned broth. IDK why but the salt doesn't ruin this like it does most things. You need enough of both to cover everything to a depth of ~1/2 inch.
Personally I do all the above in a pressure cooker with the lid off, then put the lid on and cook for 6 minutes on high, but if you cook it down on a stove top, it'll be 10-20 minutes depending on factors.
Immediately remove from heat. Add a splash of heavy cream+miso paste+parm+nutritional yeast+whatever other seasonings you like. Increase parm if you need to thicken it even more.
It'll seem a little too soupy at first, but starches and the mix you just added will make it thicken as it cools.
Takes 10-20 minutes if you use a pressure cooker, otherwise 25-30.
Serve while hot, it congeals when it gets to room temp.
edit: Honestly making good rice without a rice maker requires more skill than this. I fuck up rice more than I don't. I've never fucked up risoto in a way that couldn't be fixed.
Instead of throwing 2 things into a pot, you're throwing 5 things into a pot and occasionally stirring.
That's fine, you can just chop half an onion if you're using about 1 cup rice. Some people omit it entirely. The mushrooms are optional or can be replaced by anything else too.
If you omit both, you've still got a creamy seasoned rice that's pretty good.
I usually use a a few cloves of minced garlic with the onion.
TIL that the Men in Black was a comic. Can't be suprised the 90s lib-washed another edgelord comic after the TMNT.
This site is hard to navigate while intoxicated im sorry.
That was the second or third dumbest cringiest twitter struggle session I have ever seen second hand and if you were into it I will not give you food
