Americans React To "Why People In Sweden Are Happier Than We Are"

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4 ай бұрын

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@helenafridlund6809
@helenafridlund6809 4 ай бұрын
Another thing that makes me both proud and grateful to be a Swede is how the society works for the disabled. I am blind, but not at all dependent on charities. I have my guide dog and a screen reader program for my laptop and more. All those things are paid for by taxes and make it possible for me to have a ”normal” job and a pretty good life. There are some struggles, of course, but I get the impression that Sweden is one of the best countries in the world for people with disabilities.
@emilianilsson3729
@emilianilsson3729 3 ай бұрын
I would say it depends if you have a disability others esely can see and understand it is pretty good actually. But as an autistc person that have needed help whit daily life and never gott anyhelp I wold say we have much left to do.
@Ieatwhale1
@Ieatwhale1 4 ай бұрын
Hi Sweden do not pay for the garbage, Norway and UK pay to send garbage to Sweden, win win for Sweden
@Psychooswede
@Psychooswede 4 ай бұрын
Thats true! We got around 40usd per 1000kg 2015, not sure now. Same year we earned around 77 milj usd. So a pretty good deal to heating and electricity!
@herrbonk3635
@herrbonk3635 4 ай бұрын
No idea how Sweden can make all that burning of garbage work togethger with their utter fear of carbon dioxide though...
@dirreeN
@dirreeN 4 ай бұрын
It's the Nordic model, all of the Nordic countries has the same mindset and way of life! Much love to my Nordic brothers and sisters, and F Denmark😉
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Logic and rational mindset in my opinion.
@lrrbloss
@lrrbloss 3 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree with you more 😂😂😂
@lassekristoffersen5906
@lassekristoffersen5906 4 ай бұрын
Norwegian here. Happy my brothers happy.
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Mer gladare förr
@tommysellering4224
@tommysellering4224 4 ай бұрын
Hi, if you compare this with a list of "The least religious countries" it will be almost exactly the same list! Think about that and take all the time you need!
@drumedorable
@drumedorable 3 ай бұрын
The question is if it is that non-religous people are happy, or that happy people don't need to turn to religion.
@E-jit
@E-jit 4 ай бұрын
Funny how no one in this video talking about Sweden spoke Swedish. One thing worth mentioning is that Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US.
@AC-dn7yq
@AC-dn7yq 4 ай бұрын
russian, right? ahh, ukrainians
@E-jit
@E-jit 4 ай бұрын
@@AC-dn7yq I’m not sure, many Slavic languages sound similar.
@AC-dn7yq
@AC-dn7yq 4 ай бұрын
@@E-jit true, meaning neither do I. I think it was mentioned, thx for your reply __had to watch it again ==> 20:41 :o)
@E-jit
@E-jit 4 ай бұрын
@@AC-dn7yq One woman mentioned work life in Ukraine so at least one Ukrainian and one woman who was speaking English was clearly Swedish. The rest I don’t know 😊
@johnnyrosenberg9522
@johnnyrosenberg9522 4 ай бұрын
$-billionaires or SEK-billionaires?
@Zerashadow
@Zerashadow 4 ай бұрын
I feel you missunderstand how taxes work here in sweden, a normal person will not pay 56% that's only if you make insane money, a normal worker will pay 33% and then it's no "come taxes" your income tax is deducted from your salary before it gets paied out, so you don't need to keep money saved up for taxes, the company you work for will make that payment automatic so you will never miss that money, since it was never in your account, what you get payed out is what you can spend at your leisure.
@stefan7845
@stefan7845 4 ай бұрын
Guys ! Ofcourse working harder pays off. Its such an american mindset to see everything in black or white. Check out a video describing swedish tax system correctly compared to what you pay in federal and state tax plus health premium and cost of living, you will be amazed.
@herrbonk3635
@herrbonk3635 4 ай бұрын
That's rather the swedish mindset, especially when talking about and judging americans.
@mara_jade021
@mara_jade021 4 ай бұрын
A spanish here, It is really impossible explain that to average americans. There are even americans economists trying with data to explain them... They dont get it and return to their old propaganda mindset. You commie me Land of free and the brave American. So i font even try
@Gerre94
@Gerre94 4 ай бұрын
Sweden are not paying for the trash from UK and Norway but are actually getting paid to take it :)
@patrikcarlsson2908
@patrikcarlsson2908 2 ай бұрын
As far as I know sweden pays for it. It is a commodity, and that is how it is. We do not loose money on this deal.
@SaraKvammen-tx7qc
@SaraKvammen-tx7qc 4 ай бұрын
I would rather call it a feeling of being content.Freedom,safety,low crime is some key parts of this.And high trust overall in society.
@Bonovin
@Bonovin 4 ай бұрын
He is not swedish and reflects his thoughts ....
@lillanlofgren7424
@lillanlofgren7424 4 ай бұрын
and the people he talk to was not Swedish
@tubekulose
@tubekulose 4 ай бұрын
I'm not Swedish (I'm Austrian), but I guess a lot of Swedes having heard Malmö pronounced as "Molmo" instantly turned a little bit less happy. 😁
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Nooo not a problem at all 😀
@tubekulose
@tubekulose 3 ай бұрын
@@jimmykarlsson2567 😊
@MrT115
@MrT115 4 ай бұрын
I'd say he misses the mark on what's make people happy here. He just mentions what's different from his own culture. There are much better videos out there for this topic.
@carro-xb9oz
@carro-xb9oz 4 ай бұрын
ofc some ppl get depressed during the dark cold winter but at the same time its awsome with the white snow and the dark i mean all of us that lives here if we didnt want it would we stay? if i wanted sun and summer all year around i would not stay in sweden. there is a joy in every season i would never ever change it
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Jaa, varje säsong har sin lilla tjusning. På vintern så sitter upp kurrad med täcke och kanske läser någon bok medans en brasa sprackar i hörnet. Och så uppskattar man våren och sommaren mera därefter
@andreaswindahl4892
@andreaswindahl4892 4 ай бұрын
About the money you get back from recycling, 10 kr is about 1 dollar. So it's actually around 10 cents/bottle/can (depending on the size)
@victorcapel2755
@victorcapel2755 4 ай бұрын
As a swede, I can confirm that we're not the happiest in the winter but that the summers mostly more than makes up for it.
@ahkkariq7406
@ahkkariq7406 4 ай бұрын
Nice reaction. Though, I have to say you have the wrong attitude for waste sorting. I live in Norway, and we are not as good as Sweden, but it is not far off. Why does everyone have to participate in such a system to introduce it? It's just nonsense. America consists of some of the world's largest cities. Nobody says you HAVE to throw your trash in the same place as everyone else. If enough people decide to make a difference, it is possible. In Norway, food waste does not turn into gas, it turns into nutrient-rich soil that consumers can buy very cheap. If anyone has the opportunity to start small, it is America. It is only about will and a little personal effort. American houses are so big that it should be possible to dedicate a shed to collect rubbish, to drive it to the the sorting centre once a month. The food waste will stink, but you can store it in tight cans. What's more, you can compost it yourself, even if you don't have a house with a garden, if you use the bokashi method.
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Jaa jag förstår inte varför dom inte gör som vi om dom nu är för att rädda klimatet, och ett sånt stort land som USA där det bor miljoner med människor borde ju verkligen tänka på miljön, annars så förstör dom ju för andra. Känns som att dom ibland lever på den gamla tiden när det gäller vissa saker och åren bara går
@Nisse49
@Nisse49 3 ай бұрын
As a kid in Sweden I took my bike and collected all the bottles I could find and recycled it to buy candy each week.
@michaelamneus9997
@michaelamneus9997 4 ай бұрын
G'day Mates! Love your take on our taxes. I gladly pay my share of the taxes which is around-about 30% (not 50-60% as presented in your video) where roughly 10-15% goes to my pension fund. So the rest of my taxes goes to: free education, free healthcare, 6 weeks of vacation, +420 days parental care, almost free day-care-services.....................................I'm a happy Swede.
@AbsolutePernilla
@AbsolutePernilla 4 ай бұрын
Since you reacted with such surprise at how much Swedes love classic American cars, you definitely should check out this Englishman's experience in proper Swedish American car cruising culture, packed with great looking cars, as well as total wrecks, tons of humor, alcohol, and music in Ystad in the very south of Sweden. The video is called "American Car Cruising Gone Wild in Sweden" by KZfaqr Woody Piano Shack
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Power Meet Västerås
@ms_mint
@ms_mint 4 ай бұрын
Netherlands is not a Scandinavian country...
@herrbonk3635
@herrbonk3635 4 ай бұрын
But pretty similar in many ways.
@Talkshowhorse_Echna
@Talkshowhorse_Echna 4 ай бұрын
I find it interesting to see how us germans could be seen as the middle ground of this. On one hand we love american culture, want to be individual and strive for something more than we have. But on the other side we implement a lot of systems we see working with our northern friends and we are still proud for our sociaty as a group. We do use similar recyling strategies aspecially with plastics, we care for a more equal playingfield in earnings and jobs and like to fund our cities or areas we live in and keep them mostly clean.
@petragrevstad2714
@petragrevstad2714 4 ай бұрын
The tax rate for most people goes from 8 to 22, 28 and up to 32%, depending on your income. You pay over 50% if your income exceeds 598500 SEK (57836,84 US dollars).
@Keydjes
@Keydjes 4 ай бұрын
I also think that it is only the income above that that is taxed 50%
@EEmB
@EEmB 4 ай бұрын
And it's not 50% on the whole sum, the higher % bracket is only on the part of the pay that is over the different limits. So if you year 1000 SEK over the tax bracket "line", you only pay the higher tax on that 1000 SEK, the rest of your pay is still the standard %.
@Henrik_Holst
@Henrik_Holst 4 ай бұрын
@@Keydjes yes, the tax is in brackets.
@herrbonk3635
@herrbonk3635 4 ай бұрын
That's just the most visible tax... the so called income tax. But social "fees" (>31%), moms (25%) and point taxes on electricity (>60%) and gasoline (~70%) are also taxes.
@victorcapel2755
@victorcapel2755 4 ай бұрын
@@herrbonk3635 Arbetsgivaravgiften is not a tax. It's a fee. If it were a tax, you would get more money if it was abolished tomorrow, and since that's not the case, it's not a tax. I know it's a favourite talking point for anyone that managed to spend a week close to Handels, but it's wrong. Do you even know how the fee were introduced and why? Stuff like that matters when you dedice to call something a "tax". You are basicly suggesting that a health insurance premium is a tax. It's not, just as your car insurance isn't. Also, the pointlessness of high procentage numbers were shown in the third post. It really doesn't matter as much as you think that the moms (sales tax, basicly) is 25% when the two largest expenditures for most people by far, housing and food, are taxed at 0% and 12%. Also, Sweden isn't even in the top 40 most car dependant countries in the world and have a decently high degree of EV and Hybrid adaptation, so a 70% gasoline tax is not such a big deal as it would be in most other industrialized countries. More than a third of the population lives in areas where public transportation is adequate or better.
@Taxi58
@Taxi58 4 ай бұрын
This is a film made by non Swedes for non Swedes. The tax system works like, if you double your income 50% of your extra money goes away. So you do always benefit for your overtime. Besides you have higher pay by the hour for your overtime. About the Globe Arena, that changed name due to the tragic death of Avici into just Avici arena. When it was made it was the biggest spherical arena in the world. And the center of an imaginary solar system.
@AbsolutePernilla
@AbsolutePernilla 4 ай бұрын
The modesty of lagom is directly linked to jantelagen (jante law) which basically works out as "don't think you're special". Things have change a LOT in just a few years. Right wing extremists are in government, gang related shootings are through the roof, the trust in strangers have more or less disappeared. The welfare system has been more or less privatized and ravaged by risk capitalists. So, to be fair, a lot of Swedes sure aren't as "happy" as before.
@knowledgeisgood9645
@knowledgeisgood9645 4 ай бұрын
"Right wing extremists are in government" is not true. They support the current government. They are no longer gaining in popularity. Things will settle in time to something more neutral - that is the Swedish way.
@swedenonlinesprang144
@swedenonlinesprang144 Ай бұрын
I lived just across the tower that changes colors. It wasnt annoying, the colors are quite soft. It was just fun seeing what colors would greet you every day
@MagdalenaBozyk
@MagdalenaBozyk 4 ай бұрын
The REAL reason why there were bigger numbers in statistics about suicides is because.... *drum-roll* Sweden pretty much invented taking statistics of everything, including suicides. Nobody else wanted to keep statistics of suicide rates. And a lot of people in different countries, due to a lot of reasons (including religion and/or shame) didn't want to write down deaths as suicides, and they didn't get good statistical numbers on that. Think on this in similar way as statistics on rape. Some countries may have higher rates, due to them actually being reported. There's a lot of rapes not being reported, so the idea of the statistics can be very skewed.
@janskogsberg8668
@janskogsberg8668 4 ай бұрын
The ‘Allemansrätten’ in Sweden (kinda translated into ‘The freedom to roam’ - The right of public access) is set in law. And lets you walk, or hike etc kinda wherever you want out in nature. There are some cases where you can’t but usually it’s not a problem (like walking on a farmers field and by that “destroying” their crops etc). The waste part of the clip is moore of Sweden GETTING PAID by other country’s to take their trash (Sweden is not paying for trash). In 2024-01-01 there was a new law implemented in Sweden witch forces every company, household etc to actually (by law) sort their trash into at least 8 (+ food trash) different fractions (like metal, wood, plastic, paper, glass - colored and plain etc). Most people sort their trash on a higher scale like batterys, electronics, compost (even the compost is divided into like food or gardening or earth/roots etc).
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Det är för att Naturen i sig tillhör ju Naturen
@Marcus-ft3bj
@Marcus-ft3bj 4 ай бұрын
There is no bad weather, only a bad choice of clothing.
@richardschager4702
@richardschager4702 4 ай бұрын
Happy to see my blue sailing yacht at exactly at 23.50. Ím a swede and a professional cook. Working less than 40h a week. Enjoying life and health care. Got cancer 5 years ago and still not in debt! Happy as a man can be😍 (cancer free at this moment)❤ Great reaction video!
@emmelisen
@emmelisen 4 ай бұрын
Funny how he´s only talking to other Russians! No "true" Swede is interviewed! 😆
@knowledgeisgood9645
@knowledgeisgood9645 4 ай бұрын
He was talking Russian for a Russian or Ukrainian audience. We got the English translation.
@emmelisen
@emmelisen 4 ай бұрын
@@knowledgeisgood9645 I know we got the english translation. That wasn´t the point. It would be more serious to interview actual Swedes about this, rather then Russians/Ukranians, don´t you think? 😏
@knowledgeisgood9645
@knowledgeisgood9645 4 ай бұрын
@@emmelisen Then he would have to translate what they say, which was a lot. Also, he would have a hard time getting Swedes to talk to him about those subjects (him being Russian).
@igeekling
@igeekling 3 ай бұрын
But that's what makes it interesting. The outside perspective.
@jeanettebrannstrom2320
@jeanettebrannstrom2320 4 ай бұрын
In Sweden we are very individual, we have a really low avrage age when we move away from our parents, if i remember right its between 17-18, we are very strong in our integrity, freedom and human rights, for us its a human right to have free education affordable healthcare and so on, but just because we are very individual that does not mean we dont care about other people, we are a pretty empathic people. We have a good social security net, we dont need to worry if we get long term sick or unemployed, we still can afford to put food on the table,rich or poor. When it comes to recycling, i think its possible i the US, even if you started to make energy out of your garbage the the US would still need oil, but i think its more up to the companies to invest that is the problem and in the US its more or less them that run the country, here the government can push the companies to "ho green" and often the government give the companies money for it.
@johnnyrosenberg9522
@johnnyrosenberg9522 4 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure most people in the world have access to fast food. Unfortunately. Maybe we (Swedes) are just slightly better at avoiding it.
@Keydjes
@Keydjes 4 ай бұрын
And also, we have Tommy and that makes a lot of us happy 😊
@johancarlberg8632
@johancarlberg8632 4 ай бұрын
Seems to be a Russian youtuber who interviews other Russian speakers in Sweden. Everyone you hear speaks Russian. Also. Swedish young move away from home early. like at 17
@knowledgeisgood9645
@knowledgeisgood9645 4 ай бұрын
Maybe Ukrainian.
@orlandobangayan8178
@orlandobangayan8178 4 ай бұрын
When I was in Sweden 🇸🇪 visiting my fiance, people in Sweden are good work hard, but you not can see thr face smiling during winters day. Hahah..! 👍🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
@jimmykarlsson2567
@jimmykarlsson2567 3 ай бұрын
Philippines 🇵🇭 i want to visit 😊😊😊
@lionfromthenorth4580
@lionfromthenorth4580 4 ай бұрын
Great reaction! The best way to make the whole country (or at least the majority of the population) to work in the same direction for the benefit for all, is the trust in government and authorities. With that said, the government/authorities have to EARN the trust from the people! It's not easy anywhere (not even here in Sweden) but it doesn't look good in the US these days... Speaking of recycling... I have (and probably all of my neighbors 😅) a couple of bags in the garage, with soda bottles and cans, ready to recycle the next time going to the grocery store... 😆 And get a few dollars back.
@ramadiii
@ramadiii 2 ай бұрын
Regarding the recycling of bottles, when I was 18 I went on a trip outside of Scandinavia and it was the first time I'd seen more than two plastic bottles just laying on the sidewalk on one walk. And it felt so weird to just throw my own soda bottle in the regular trashcan!
@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262
@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262 2 ай бұрын
We also recyle here in Switzerland a lot like separate cartons(boxes) and papers, bottles separate according to colors, batteries, broken mobile phones, computers and etc., plastic bottles, coffe capsules with aluminum, aluminum and tin cans. We do not have deposit system like in Germany, denmark, sweden because mostly people here do recycle and we just bring it in the grocery stores.
@Karl-Benny
@Karl-Benny 4 ай бұрын
Swedes say no bad weather just bad Clothes
@MagdalenaBozyk
@MagdalenaBozyk 4 ай бұрын
About taxes, it basically means that you don't want to be "just over" a threshold. You want to be just under or waaay above. If you are more above the threshold - you do make more money than the people below the threshold.
@AXXeYY
@AXXeYY 3 ай бұрын
if you have a normal job, a middle-class job, it is actually very worthwhile to work overtime. i get 50% more an hour and after 8 i get 100% more.
@PW6805
@PW6805 4 ай бұрын
Most Swedes are happy even in the winter. The dude that talks in the video is not a Swede, sounds more like Ukrainian
@bearofthunder
@bearofthunder 4 ай бұрын
I think this is what Bernie Sanders was hinting to in his campaign 3 years ago; "Are you willing to work a little extra for somebody you don't know" (or something like that). This willingness is a cornerstone of a welfare society. You can also see it as one big insurance pool, where some of your taxes are insurance to get help if you should need it. If you don't need it, you still get retun on investment by living in a society with low crime rates, because all others get help if they should need it. But this probably only works if you have unions that are powerful enough to negotiate wages high enough so that the taxes does not hurt too much. In Scandinavia such negotiations are centralized by national level organizations for employers and empolyees. Right wing governments try to decentralize this process, because it gives employers more power, while left wing governments like to centralize it to the highest level so ensure that wages don't start to differ too much. The solidarity model is that high skilled workers gets lower wages than in the US, and low skill workers get higher wages than in the US, and remember that all of them get the same high quality healthcare and education without paying more than your fair share of taxes. A slogun amongst Scandinavian businessmen is often "takes are the price of civilization".
@zpitzer
@zpitzer 4 ай бұрын
you pay larger taxes in the US, look at your recipt when you buy anything
@danfarrik
@danfarrik 2 ай бұрын
The Globen Arena was built in 1989, so almost 35 years older than the sphere in Las Vegas. Slightly smaller though.
@relecmo906
@relecmo906 Ай бұрын
We don't pay 52% tax, most people pay around 30%, that covers healthcare, roads and schools. If you earn above a certain "margin" you get state tax which is only applied to the money above that margin. However the company pays around 20% extra of what they pay you in fees for social services. You're also watching a russian video about Sweden...
@stefangustavsson8380
@stefangustavsson8380 4 ай бұрын
Strange, the people they interview in the video are all talking russian and foreign language. Where are the Swedish?
@MewDenise
@MewDenise 2 ай бұрын
He meant that sweden is a winter wonderland outside big cities where the snow just turns so slush and becomes grey due to car pollution
@tommym5023
@tommym5023 4 ай бұрын
As a Brit living in Finland,most simply shrug and laugh at these happiest country stats, and have no idea how this could be true 😆😆
@ztrathego
@ztrathego 17 күн бұрын
Couldn't help but laugh at the reaction to the recycling machines, they've been in use here since I was a kid and I'm 42 now. Always just assumed that was used everywhere
@Halli50
@Halli50 4 ай бұрын
Happiness = being CONTENT! It is not about being DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY all the time, it is all about having a good work-life balance, not having to worry about going bankrupt if there is a serious medical issue in the family, being assured that affordable top-quality education is available for anyone with the ability to receive it and a number of other lesser issues that will be totally alien to you 'Muricans. Trying to describe the Nordic "condition" to you 'Muricans is a bit like trying to describe colors to a blind person... Check out interviews with some famous Nordic actors like Alexander Skarsgård and Alicia Vikander. They are just normal people! The Law of Jante incarnated! What I don't get about the video being reacted to is how it is supposed to be about Sweden - but everyone is speaking Ukrainian or Russian, NOT Swedish! It is definitely NOT a Swedish production!
@not0228
@not0228 4 ай бұрын
Ok that final analysis about nations atound the equator not wanting to work becasue they have good weather was a bit iffy 😂😅. I say this as a swede, we are not happy becasue winter makes us work hard. Rather it's all his other points. Also loving my taxes ❤
@Servant_of_Christ
@Servant_of_Christ 4 ай бұрын
I rebuilt my sailboat to a live-aboard bugout survival pod, my yearly cost of living is around $3500 including everything and Starlink internet as an luxury. In the summer I live in Scandinavia, in the winter the canary islands and Mediterranean sea. I'm planning to anchor in Rumania and live there for 3 years and just ride around on my CT 125, like why not, i know almost nothing about Rumania. 🇸🇪
@royramse7389
@royramse7389 4 ай бұрын
Kids in Scandinavia move out long before americans
@Taxi58
@Taxi58 4 ай бұрын
The patent is for the 3 point harness. And today includes another open patent. The self folding seat belt.
@peterkragelund4794
@peterkragelund4794 4 ай бұрын
Here in Denmark it is extremely easy to fire employees. But they will be retrained and have generous unemployment benefits, Employers wil take more chances this way. Creates low youth unemployment and thus a happier youth (.Denmark is now only second to Finland and some years ago we were no. 1)
@Nina-sn8hf
@Nina-sn8hf 4 ай бұрын
One thing that was not covered in the video is the Swedish school system. For example, young children are not rewarded for having high grades but instead for being a good friend. Private schools are free and all children/youth gets paid for as long as they are in school. This also means that everyone has the same right to a good education. That way anyone can become anything regardless of your financial status. So many innovations that come from Sweden that the rest of the world has no idea about. But as it is in our DNA, we don't brag about it 😉
@leoforsberg2359
@leoforsberg2359 2 ай бұрын
The thing about sunlight we insted have 4 completely diffrent seasons so we have good winters with snow and ice going skiing driveing snow scooter and then we have summer around 25C so ofr me thats the perfekt temperture not too hot not too cold, and then ofcorse very diffrent sping and fall, Thats why we appreciate all the diffrent seasons. And in the summer we get 24h a day sunligt for weeks where the sun never goes down and in winter the sun goes down around 4-6pm for sum weeks!
@MewDenise
@MewDenise 2 ай бұрын
Winter is my favorite time of the year cause I just love darkness. The sun hurts my eyes xD
@ahkkariq7406
@ahkkariq7406 4 ай бұрын
Regarding what was mentioned at the end, I think that is exactly how it is. When you have to work to survive the winter, everyone has to participate and work hard. Perhaps it has also affected the gene pool in the northern countries that long, dark winters together in small houses led to those who failed to conform, i.e. to take account of others, ended up without reproducing themselves - either because someone in the same household lost patience with them (and ended their lives), or that no one could bear the thought of producing children with them. Those who reproduced themselves were those who were able to adapt to a life of cooperation and harmony with others.
@Pumpkin_Peach
@Pumpkin_Peach 4 ай бұрын
Was the guy Ukrainian or Russian? He seemed a bit confused on some parts about Sweden and Swedish mentality and I don't know, lots was right and true but lots was a bit misunderstood and also just his opinions. I think some of the biggest reasons Swedes are happier than many other is the sense of security, even if you work for a lower paying job you can afford living and you have several weeks vacation, payed paternity leave, affordable healthcare and medicine and security if you get sick and can't work, free education and healthcare and dentist until 19 then after 20 still very affordable. It's clean in public spaces, good public transport, people are seen as equals (you address teachers and doctors, your boss etc. by their first name), people who brag and show off is just seen as embarrassing but owning nice things or expensive things are not looked down on it' just doesn't make you seem better than others. It's much more about being a genuine person and true friend and doing good that is valued. Even if you work at McDonald's and you have the swedish taxes you still can live in a nice small apartment and have all benefits like everyone else and you need to be treated well at work or your boss will be in trouble, your apartment must be well kept up by your landlord, they can't rent out something that isn't in good condition etc. or they will be in trouble. So it's not at all like what you see in the US. Since it's no problem living well and you make enough money to live well and travel etc you never think about taxes taken off your salary, you think of what you make that actually comes into your account as your salary and that is enough for most to also, travel and save after paying for house and clothes and fun etc.
@victorcapel2755
@victorcapel2755 4 ай бұрын
I think he is, I know he does speak Russian fluently, seen some of his other videos. Though that could mean a quite wide range of countries in the former Soviet Union.
@twinmama42
@twinmama42 4 ай бұрын
The whole video was in Russian. I couldn't hear too much from the content creator himself but everybody who spoke with him spoke Russian. But that doesn't mean he is Russian. He still can be Ukrainian as the vast majority of Ukrainians speak Russian on a native level.
@McSymm_Mcsymm
@McSymm_Mcsymm Ай бұрын
@@twinmama42, wha? You want to say that in Ukraine they forbade language a lot people are speaking at? Wow.
@LoneWolf731000
@LoneWolf731000 Ай бұрын
Our model could be implemented anywhere, It does not show result over might but you got to start somewhere and the more people that aims for the same goal, the sooner the results will show.
@goranurengard
@goranurengard 4 ай бұрын
Globen or Avicii Arena wich is the official name was build back in 1989. It was the biggest spherical building in the world until 2023 when it was passed by the Sphere. I don't know if or to what extent it was inspired by Globen. Both are quite impressive.
@janskogsberg8668
@janskogsberg8668 4 ай бұрын
The language that the people on the streets is talking is not Swedish is like Ukrainian or something (think I heard they say like compared to Ukraine in the clip).
@McSymm_Mcsymm
@McSymm_Mcsymm Ай бұрын
It’s Russian.
@matshjalmarsson3008
@matshjalmarsson3008 4 ай бұрын
Actually, it's good to do overtime work, since for eg working 4 hours on a Saturday, you can take a whole day off as compensation. And as for taxation, yeah it's high, but we don't need to pay for Health insurance, we don't need to pay for College, we don't need to pay for School lunches, meds are relatively cheap, if we get fired or quit our job we get money from the state, no fee for daycare of our children, seeing a doctor for an x-ray will cost you $15, very seldom road tolls... Add to that that the water in the rivers/lakes are of better quality than store bought bottled water.
@zpitzer
@zpitzer 4 ай бұрын
Sweden doesn't buy garbage, we get payed to take it, the video was wrong in that aspect.
@Thetiredsanta
@Thetiredsanta 4 ай бұрын
I just have to point out that you guys are watching a Russian video about Swedes, dubbed into Russian when they're speaking Swedish. Then dubbed into English for the video. :D
@alibennett78
@alibennett78 4 ай бұрын
yep that recycling machines came in to circulation here this year the price of bottles and cans went up the bottles and cans have to be undamaged in order to get ur money bk
@user-gd7zd2pr4q
@user-gd7zd2pr4q 4 ай бұрын
The Globe Arena was built between 1986 and 1989.
@argosy666
@argosy666 4 ай бұрын
It is also the sun in the world biggest to scale model of the solarsystem we live in.
@Klockren9000
@Klockren9000 4 ай бұрын
I remember my dad showing me his yearbook from highschool and tell me "he´s dead, he´s dead, she´s dead all from suicide, this was a class of 30 people and like 5-6 people commited suicide in the 80s-90s. I was born in early 90s but I was kinda shocked when I learned this from my dad as a young teen. From sweden ofc. But became happy when I moved to south east asia at 25years old. They say Scandinavia is great but damn I lived 25 years there and now I´m happier then ever at the fringes of society in eastern asia.
@broderperdurabo
@broderperdurabo Ай бұрын
If the barcode on your cola can in intact, you get 5 cents for it.
@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262
@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262 2 ай бұрын
Switzerland is not Sweden when you read it in the top 10 happiest countries. I am more happier in autumn and winter with long cold nights but some people are cannot live in this kind of weather. It is up to what what people like to have, to do and etc. to make them happy in their own lives. I agree in this video that in order to be happy just live moderate and not showing off.
@igeekling
@igeekling 3 ай бұрын
The thing about recycling. It's not like it sprung out of the ground fully formed and Sweden went from where somewhere like the us is today to the current Swedish system in a year. Or even a decade. It's been building slowly for half a century or thereabouts to the point it is now. One municipality adopt one change, a few years down the line more municipalities saw it worked and jumped on the bandwagon... Etc etc and so forth. A couple of decades later it's standard pretty much everywhere. So yeah. I do not buy your it can't be done in the us. Because it would not be universally adopted from day one, so no point in anyone doing anything at all. That's not how things like this work. It's an accumulation of small steps over time. You guys even have a roadmap. We did it blind. So you could probably get there in half the time. If you stopped this ridiculous excuse of 'why should I do anything if my neighbour don't.'
@TheSelinski
@TheSelinski 4 ай бұрын
How many people in this video about Sweden actually spoke swedish?
@fredrichenning1367
@fredrichenning1367 2 ай бұрын
The biggest factor is possibly that people living in Sweden do not have to live in fear 24/7. I'll let you busy your brains figuring out "the fear of what". It isn't difficult. The list is long.
@MewDenise
@MewDenise 2 ай бұрын
Ain't perfect but we pretty much have everything we need. I am happy but I would be much more happier if cost of housing wasn't so outrageous right now
@bengtolsson5436
@bengtolsson5436 4 ай бұрын
Sweden has had pledges on bottles since the end of the 19th century.
@mikaelzakrisson5514
@mikaelzakrisson5514 3 ай бұрын
The dubbed guy is not Swedish.
@user-cg6mp3ht4y
@user-cg6mp3ht4y 2 ай бұрын
Living in Sweden i apprechiate free healthcare but still i think that the taxes is a bit high already for thoose who not have a very high income. For example nurses ho study several years and then picks up student loan to finance their living and so on during studies even if studies for swedes is tuition free. When start working four or five years later then people who do not go to collage and have to pay theese high taxes on top of your income well lets say it is not always an lifetime economic incitament to study but on the other hand you get to work with something you want. Hard to ger rich in Sweden as an employee but if you start a company you can 🙂
@tubekulose
@tubekulose 4 ай бұрын
34:50 It's pronounced "Mercedes" [mɛʁˌtseːdəs], and not ""Mörseidis". 😁
@MewDenise
@MewDenise 2 ай бұрын
A person like Logan Paul would be so frowned upon while America keeps giving him attention
@ronnieradkefaneurope
@ronnieradkefaneurope 4 ай бұрын
Check out norway to 😊
@Dsdsds346
@Dsdsds346 3 ай бұрын
I live in the South of Sweden! We have sun 😂
@Taxi58
@Taxi58 4 ай бұрын
Gifflar are good if you can stand the lingering taste of jeast
@yamahaevo
@yamahaevo 3 ай бұрын
Actually in usa you pay more taxes then in sweden. If you want to learn youtube it and you will se.
@RandomerFellow
@RandomerFellow 3 ай бұрын
I think it has a lot to do with the "freedom to roam" Countries that close off their nature to their citizens through private property rights, often defended with weapons, hurt their people and make me think of communist regimes.
@MagdalenaBozyk
@MagdalenaBozyk 4 ай бұрын
Sweden imports trash, but - we don't pay for the import. We get payed to take it. So it's a really good business.
@CoolCatDoingAKickflip
@CoolCatDoingAKickflip Ай бұрын
37:33 It's also great for homeless people wanting to earn money.
@vansting
@vansting 4 ай бұрын
He is not speaking swedish, it’s a east European language
@danielhellgren7082
@danielhellgren7082 4 ай бұрын
The "mindset" you speculated the LAGOM represented is not correct 😊 You can and should strive to get everything you want. Be as rich as you want . BUT it's seen as daft to rubb it in everybodys eyes. And ☝🏼 if you are very rich, good for you .... But you are still not worth moore than anybody else 😉
@deaodaggi
@deaodaggi 4 ай бұрын
He is not swedish!! Sounds like russian or something slavic.
@soderlund3610
@soderlund3610 3 ай бұрын
And 5 weeks payed vacation every year
@Karl-Benny
@Karl-Benny 4 ай бұрын
Why interview Foreigners and not Swedes
@risputte
@risputte 3 ай бұрын
If no one starts recycling, then no one will follow!
@Esapesa79
@Esapesa79 4 ай бұрын
What on earth language are they speaking?? Why do they dub?
@parsvensson7037
@parsvensson7037 4 ай бұрын
He's not swedish. I would guess he comes from Russia according to the letters in the book.
@parsvensson7037
@parsvensson7037 4 ай бұрын
also everyone they talk to speak russian
@cecilia9618
@cecilia9618 Ай бұрын
I don't understand why you guys are so negative to a change that would benefit you. The recycling procedure is not an ancient tradition in sweden it was implented step by step not everywhere over night. There is absolutley no reason that you couldn't do it too.
@AC-dn7yq
@AC-dn7yq 4 ай бұрын
first: never be wee! 2:21 new zealand, yeah. they are cheating. they have Gandalf!!! 10:22 lagom! if i remember right lagom means not to much but not to little and roots back to the viking era. sharing the booze while rowing...!!! 20:45 thank you for bringing it here. I disagree. There is a point of proudly paying taxes if you see your surrounding blossom bsc of "it*s worth it, bcs it benefits MY LIFEQUALITY" (sorry for shouting)
@sahalfunclub
@sahalfunclub 4 ай бұрын
can I discuss about your channel how to get more views ?
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