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Sweden is such an interesting country. Arguably peak gender equality, but also child assassins and bombs right now. I hope they can sort out their issues.

dsign 8mo ago
> but also child assassins and bombs right now Yes, "interesting" is the right word. The government is talking about suspending cell phones for kids in connection to that. But honestly, what's really scary right now is how many kids and young adults seem to be "zombified" (for lack of a better word), and how bad this turns out later in the job market. Tomorrow I need to have a serious talk with my boss about how we should not hire a prospect because of total lack of in-person interactivity. Immigrants from war and poverty-stricken countries are over-represented in our "successful hires" pool because they still know how to speak.
1313ed01 8mo ago
January 2026 was the first month since March 2018 with no one shot dead here in Sweden. I guess that is good, but one theory is that it is correlated with January also being the coldest month in decades, and low temperatures tend to calm things down.
pjerem 8mo ago
Sorry but that’s just not true. You learn about what happens in Sweden because statistically it never happens. On the other hand, the rest of the world never know about the latest bi-monthly school shooting in the US.
- weirdmantis69 8mo ago
  Sorry but it is true, almost entirely because of immigration. https://dragonflyintelligence.com/news/sweden-gang-bombings-and-shootings-increasing/ https://dragonflyintelligence.com/news/sweden-gang-bombings-... Wishing it away doesn't make it any less true.
  - MisterTea 8mo ago
    That article says nothing of immigration though.
  - gamblor956 8mo ago
    Today i learned that Sweden is blaming immigrants for crimes committed by native born Swedes. Sweden has always had a fairly high crime rate. Immigrants didn't make it worse, but blaming them just made an existing problem more visible.
    - Gud 7mo ago
      Sweden has not had a “fairly high crime rate”, this is a totally bogus statement. And yes, 2nd generation immigrants are clearly over represented when it comes to crime, in Sweden and every wheee else. In Sweden these issues are pronounced because of a ridiculous taboo that existed 1995-2020 to even discuss this problem. But it turns out, if you import >1 million people from dysfunctional societies with entirely different cultures, while sticking your head in the sand, you will faces issues… FWIW I am from Sweden, was born in 1986. These problems were obvious to me.
      - justacrow 7mo ago
        Murder/homicide rate has been relatively consistent since 1990 https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/swe/sweden/murder-homicide-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/swe/swe...
        Gud 7mo ago
        I don’t know what you want me to do with this information.
        gamblor956 7mo ago
        The point of the information was that Sweden has a relatively high crime rate. For point of comparison, most of of the L.A. area has a lower crime rate than Sweden. The other point was that the arrival of immigrants did not increase the crime rate.

dsign 8mo ago

> but also child assassins and bombs right now Yes, "interesting" is the right word. The government is talking about suspending cell phones for kids in connection to that. But honestly, what's really scary right now is how many kids and young adults seem to be "zombified" (for lack of a better word), and how bad this turns out later in the job market. Tomorrow I need to have a serious talk with my boss about how we should not hire a prospect because of total lack of in-person interactivity. Immigrants from war and poverty-stricken countries are over-represented in our "successful hires" pool because they still know how to speak.

1313ed01 8mo ago

January 2026 was the first month since March 2018 with no one shot dead here in Sweden. I guess that is good, but one theory is that it is correlated with January also being the coldest month in decades, and low temperatures tend to calm things down.

pjerem 8mo ago

Sorry but that’s just not true. You learn about what happens in Sweden because statistically it never happens. On the other hand, the rest of the world never know about the latest bi-monthly school shooting in the US.

weirdmantis69 8mo ago
Sorry but it is true, almost entirely because of immigration. https://dragonflyintelligence.com/news/sweden-gang-bombings-and-shootings-increasing/ https://dragonflyintelligence.com/news/sweden-gang-bombings-... Wishing it away doesn't make it any less true.
- MisterTea 8mo ago
  That article says nothing of immigration though.
- gamblor956 8mo ago
  Today i learned that Sweden is blaming immigrants for crimes committed by native born Swedes. Sweden has always had a fairly high crime rate. Immigrants didn't make it worse, but blaming them just made an existing problem more visible.
  - Gud 7mo ago
    Sweden has not had a “fairly high crime rate”, this is a totally bogus statement. And yes, 2nd generation immigrants are clearly over represented when it comes to crime, in Sweden and every wheee else. In Sweden these issues are pronounced because of a ridiculous taboo that existed 1995-2020 to even discuss this problem. But it turns out, if you import >1 million people from dysfunctional societies with entirely different cultures, while sticking your head in the sand, you will faces issues… FWIW I am from Sweden, was born in 1986. These problems were obvious to me.
    - justacrow 7mo ago
      Murder/homicide rate has been relatively consistent since 1990 https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/swe/sweden/murder-homicide-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/swe/swe...
      - Gud 7mo ago
        I don’t know what you want me to do with this information.
        gamblor956 7mo ago
        The point of the information was that Sweden has a relatively high crime rate. For point of comparison, most of of the L.A. area has a lower crime rate than Sweden. The other point was that the arrival of immigrants did not increase the crime rate.