There are zero means to have democratic control of production at national scale without Authoritarianism.

“Communists” always say “read more” but never give a single well thought out means; because it doesn’t exist.

#Democracy
#NoAuthoritarianism
#NordicModel
#NoCommunism

#PublicEducation
#M4A
#MedicareForAll
#ProgressiveTax
#Regulations
#ProtectLaborConsumerCitizen
#CheapHousing
#PublicInfrastructure
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#MinimumBasicNeeds
#Unions
#LivingWage
#SocialSecurity
#NordicModel

These should all be on the Democrat platform.

Some goods & services don’t function under profit motive.

Public goods (non-excludable, non-rivalrous) (defense, street lighting, clean air, parks)

Common-pool resources (water)

Merit goods (education)

Externality-heavy goods (pollution)

Emergency services

Social welfare

#NordicModel
#Econsky

“Classless society”

No society has eliminated social classes in practice. Several attempted, all developed new hierarchies.

Class was by:

political power
resource control
education/skill
bureaucratic hierarchy

The most egalitarian states, #NordicModel , have income, occupational & power classes.

78yo door dasher & wife was gifted by many generous people $600,000 to stop working.

Great!

Yet people refuse to pay taxes so that every 78yo can stop working & live comfortably.

It shouldn’t just be a lucky few.

#ProgressiveTax
#SocialSecurity
#Inequality
#NordicModel

Developed countries are mostly service jobs. >1/3 (& growing) jobs are the services: healthcare, education & Govt. That’s OK.

Imagine a world where every job was just helping someone else.

#M4A
#NordicModel

#AmericanPolitics #EuropeanPerspective #WelfareState
#MAGA #AmericaFirst #Oligarchy #CorporateGreed
#NordicModel #SinglePayer #DataPrivacy #GDPR #NATO

The answer, my friend is…

#NordicModel
#Democracy
#Regulations
#PublicEducation
#Unions
#LivingWage
#M4A
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicPensions
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets

Bob Dylan & me.

I have been writing some.

What makes a system good?

Oversimplified: A “just” system fosters flourishing, respects individual dignity & sustains cooperation without coercion.

Means & Ends both matter.

#NordicModel

Politicians have figured out:

repetition creates familiarity,
familiarity creates acceptance,
acceptance becomes belief.

Claims don’t need proof, just constant exposure. Over time, repeated feels true, even when evidence is weak/absent.

#NordicModel creates the best outcomes is the opposite.

#NordicModel

#HighRegulations
#ProgressiveTax
#Unions
#RaiseLowWages
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#PublicEducation
#CheapHousing
#M4A
#PublicChildcare
#PublicPensions

Within a more ideal “free market” economy where rules are for all (labor, consumer, citizen & employer) not just the rich.

Gini

Consumption share lowest 50%

Palma ratio

Relative poverty

#NordicModel

Best (much better than U.S. & Communist party-run states) at every single measure of income inequality & better at nearly every other outcome.

ourworldindata.org/economic-ine...

#NordicModel #unbuyable

Sex work has to be the only work where everyone gets a say except sex workers themselves

Christians get a say

Terfs get a say

Swerfs get a say

But sure these people know better

The worst thing is they know it’s going to make working more dangerous

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu?tab=table

Democracy Index, 2024

Norway 9.81
New Zealand 9.61
Sweden 9.39
Iceland 9.38
Switzerland 9.32
Finland 9.30
Denmark 9.28
Ireland 9.19
Netherlands 9.00
Luxembourg 8.88
Australia 8.85
Taiwan 8.78

United States 7.85

#NordicModel

Scotland’s political parties.

Independence or not.

Nordic model, mixed or market economies.

Rejoin EU or not.
(Has nuance: Labour & Liberal Dems = closer alignment / improved relationship.)

#NordicModel
#ClimateChange
#ProgressiveTax
#M4A
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#PublicEducation
#CheapHousing

Socialism where Capitalism fails & Capitalism where Socialism fails within a Democracy.

Best outcomes.
Happiest people.

#NordicModel
#Unions
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#M4A
#ProgresiveTax
#PublicEducation
#CheaperHousing

I agree. 👍 #NordicModel

If Neoliberal (Republican + 1/2 Democrat) ideas (& citizen conformity to it) came from propaganda, the answer isn’t Communism & an authoritarian state, but the Nordic Model.

We need to convince all citizens the truth.

The Nordic Model is the best system in the history of society.

#NordicModel

https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index#/indicies/HDI

“The U.S. has declined on quality of life measures over time.”

No.

We have improved.

But “rank” has declined.

#Inequality
#NordicModel
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTax
#M4A
#Unions

My posts oft have versions of:

#Inequality
#NordicModel
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTax
#M4A
#Unions
#Democracy

[Journal cover image for International Journal of Transgender Health.]

Research article «Epistemic injustice, sex work criminalization and trans sex workers' mental health»

🗓️ Wednesday 15th #October2025
📘 Taylor & Francis Online (📄 PDF)

#Research #SexWork #Trans #Criminalization #MentalHealth #EpistemicInjustice #NordicModel #Spain

Trends in top 10% income share: China, U.S., France https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/rise-wealth-private-property-and-income-inequality-china

Trends in bottom 50% income share: China, U.S., France https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/rise-wealth-private-property-and-income-inequality-china

The middle way = Nordic model.

Both the U.S. & China (nearly as bad) have growing inequality.

Trends in top 10% income share: China, U.S., France.

Trends in bottom 50% income share: China,
U.S., France.

#Inequality
#NordicModel
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTax
#M4A
#Unions
#Democracy

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No wonder why Greenland doesn't want to be a US state.

#nordicmodel #usa #greenland #socialcorporatism #welfare

How much do men, particularly those who visit service providers, know about the #nordicmodel?
Now is the time to show your solidarity and to prevent the state from revoking more of your autonomy as an adult.

Full video on Tik Tok: Mistress_mia_leeds

The U.S. Security State Is Losing the Competition for People | Politics | Breeze in Busan The United States built a security state to control immigration and identity. Nordic democracies built welfare states to distribute risk. Greenland’s decision between them signals the rise of model co...

The U.S. security state is losing the competition for people.
Welfare, legitimacy and predictability travel farther than coercion.
#USA #Greenland #Denmark #NordicModel #Immigration #Geopolitics #WelfareState breezeinflow.com/politics/the...

Sweden leads global renewable energy adoption for the 6th straight year.
The Nordic approach: long-term policy commitment, grid modernization, and leveraging natural advantages (hydro, wind). Energy transition at scale.
#RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #NordicModel

"In the end, government either serves the… American citizen, or it serves those who break the laws, cheat the system & seek power & profit...”

-Paraphrase of
DJT 12/17/25

#Democracy
#Unions
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#ProgressiveTax
#LivingWage
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel

Vi lagde surka og heiv flasken i skogen til dem gjæra. Men da va første vinmonopol 100 mil unna og. Så takk sivilisasjonen, kan vi gjøre det samme med hasj? #skadereduksjon #nordicmodel #neineigutt

#NordicModel

Nordic innovation

Great at startups, less great at creating mega-firms.

Outcome:
Fewer global giants compared to U.S.

Tradeoff:
Stability ↑,
monopoly ↓

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs to more serious, adult principles that elementary kids understand:

expand freedom, reduce suffering & judge by outcomes.

#NordicModel
#Democracy
#LivingWage
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets