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[Per]

Swedes are pissed at the leftards letting the dark hordes ruin their country (well normal ones anyway lol....sorry Per)

You are saying that only some 20% of Swedes are normal?!

Guess the rest of us are extra-ordinary, eh?

[Cousin Strawberry]

Well theres only what...some 20% of indigenous Swedes left in Sweden?

[Cousin Strawberry]

[Mickey107]

Immigression ?

[rats19]

Overtake not assimilate

[Topper]

Two women are competing against each other.

One woman repeatedly violates the rules and is penalized by the head official.

The head official is sexist.

[Per]

With 5981 of 6004 districts accounted for, it looks like the Red Greens will get 40.6% (144 seats), the Alliance 40.3% (143 seats) and the Sweden Democrats 17.6% (62 seats). Other parties get a combined 1.5% and no seats.

As expected, but I'm relieved the Sweden Democrats did not increase as much as I had feared.

It will be interesting to see what happens next. The only sensible thing imho is to blow up the traditional blocks and form a government from the centre.

[Strangelove]

Two women are competing against each other.

One woman repeatedly violates the rules and is penalized by the head official.

The head official is sexist.

Well she has two big cards she can play and she likes to play cards.

Just a matter of time til she goes lezz so she'll have three?

[Strangelove]

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Per, how many times over the past few years have Danny and myself said there's an immigration crisis in Sweden

... only to have you go:

[Chef Boi RD]

Gulf Islands. Curious what Pender Island is like, I’ve never been. Anyone?

[Per]

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Per, how many times over the past few years have Danny and myself said there's an immigration crisis in Sweden

... only to have you go:

But there is no crisis! Unless you consider 17.6 % of the population being so uncomfortable by the idea of living next door to brown people that they are willing to vote for a party founded by nazis a crisis. Then, sure, it's a crisis of sorts.
Fortunately, some 82% of the population are still quite reasonable.

But what constitutes a crisis in your opinion?

The economy is bouyant. According to the OECD, in 2017 Sweden ranked 9th in GDP per capita, behind Luxembourg, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, the United States, the Netherlands, Denmark and Iceland and ahead of Australia, Austria, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Finland, the UK, Japan, France, etc. Above the G7 average and well above the OECD and EU averages.
https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=PDB_LV#

At 77.2%, the employment rate (age 15-64) is the fourth highest in the world, trailing only Iceland, New Zeeland and Switzerland. Canada's is 73.6%, The USA 70.6% and the OECD average 68.6%. Sure, some will point out that foreign born Swedes have a much lower employment rate, somewhere in the lower or mid 60's, which means it is comparable to eg France or Belgium.
https://data.oecd.org/emp/employment-rate.htm

And unemployment keeps falling.

Overall crime is down. There has been a recent rise in homicide, and if this goes on, numbers may soon be as high as in the 1990's (people forget quickly...). And as I heard a police officer in Gothenburg state laconically in an interview, "Everyone shot so far has a rap sheet. It's not that the average Joe gets killed. This is a gang war over drug sales and territory, and they are just killing eachother. Other than that, crime is down."

Still the homicide rate in Sweden in 2016 was 1.08 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, which is slightly higher than Denmark's 0.98 but lower than the UK at 1.20, Finland at 1.48, Canada at 1.68, the USA at 5.35 and Russia at 10.82. It's odd that the Russians are so concerned with our rampant crime.
If you want to look at really messed up places, the rate in Brazil is 29.53, Belize 37.60, Jamaica 47.01 and Venezuela a whopping 56.33.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... icide_rate

I'm not saying that there are no problems in Sweden, just that they are extremely benign when compared to those of any other country.

All major cities have areas that are more problematic, with higher unemployment, more crime and more widespread drug use than elsewhere, and Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg are no exception. But to compare eg Rosengård (where Zlatan Ibrahimovic grew up) or Rinkeby with the banlieus of Paris, the projects in most cities in England or the worst parts of New York, Chicago, Miami or LA, is just silly.
There is no place in Sweden where I would be afraid to be, and there are parts in almost every US city where I would be.

The thing is, for some reason Russia is doing it's best to portray Sweden as a failed society, which is ridiculous, and all the alt right websites across Europe and North America are spreading the RT and Sputnik propaganda.

Look at the facts instead. Check OECD, the World Economic Forum, Eurostat, UN, the WHO or any other reliable organisation, and you'll see that there is no need to worry.

And even if we are two places below Canada, we did make Forbes's list of the 10 happiest countries in 2018.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadd ... 85de373e91

[Strangelove]

Per, how many times over the past few years have Danny and myself said there's an immigration crisis in Sweden

... only to have you go:

But there is no crisis! Unless you consider 17.6 % of the population being so uncomfortable by the idea of living next door to brown people that they are willing to vote for a party founded by nazis a crisis.

Not everyone taking an "anti-immigration" stance belongs to that particular party amirite?

(though the fact that party is dramatically increasing in popularity is entirely relevant)

Also it is not racist (you seem to imply it is racist) to take an anti-immigration stance.

And it doesn't matter who founded that party once upon a time (no Nazism going on now).

All the news outlets on this side of the pond are reporting immigration is the major issue in your election.

(and tied to that, the issue of a welfare system at the breaking point)

No offence but I'm not sure if you're entirely honest when it comes to politics (hey most aren't).

Yeahno, you're still reminding me of that Frank Drebin gif old friend.

[Per]

Hilarious sidenote:

The Conservatives released a short film prior to these elections, about how Sweden is falling apart, and the funny thing is, it turned out the footage of burning cars they used was not from a Gothenburg suburb, as stated, but from the riots in Vancouver following the loss to the Bruins...



Not saying that there have not been cars burning in Sweden, but their screw up in choice of footage sort of helps underline that what happens here is in no way unique. There are idiots everywhere. Even in Vancouver.

[Per]

And it doesn't matter who founded that party once upon a time (no Nazism going on now).

yeah, right.....

https://www.jewishorangeny.org/jta/1590253

https://www.thelocal.se/20180830/two-sw ... er-support

https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-are- ... aker-says/

[Strangelove]

Hilarious sidenote:

The Conservatives released a short film prior to these elections, anout how Sweden is falling apart, and the funny thing is, it turned out the footage of burning cars they used was not from a Gothenburg suburb, as stated, but from the riots in Vancouver following the loss to the Bruins...

Unreal!