From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 24 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > (SEE ALSO: I'm looking at *you*, Sweden! ;-) )   
   >   
   > From gemini://gem.hack.org/mc/bio.gmi:   
   >   
   >> I was born and grew up in the vicinity of Hudiksvall in   
   >> the north of Sweden.   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   >> I was bullied through compulsory school but somehow managed   
   >> to survive.   
   >   
   > While of *course* I know there are going to be bullies   
   > everywhere, I still feel a bit disoriented when reading   
   > of the likes in a Scandinavian country due to my somehow   
   > winding up with the impression/belief that Scandinavian   
   > peoples were a better breed (which, of course, contains the   
   > assumption that the absence of bullying is "better"... I   
   > kind of get the feeling that so-called "natural selection"   
   > disagrees...).   
      
   Sorry to disappoint you, but bullying is alive and happy in scandinavia as   
   well. In terms of breeding and culture of swedes, I'd say that the biggest   
   influence of modern history is the 200+ years of peace the country has   
   had.   
      
   This has bred a fear of conflict, that in turn, has bred a lack of ability   
   to handle conflict, which in turn is leading to the annihilation of the   
   swedish culture due to massive immigration from the middle east and a   
   clash between swedish values and islam.   
      
   There are people who predict that in 2-4 generation, ethnical swedes will   
   be in the minority of sweden, and that people of middle eastern descent   
   will be the majority.   
      
   If that becomes true, I'm very curious about what will happen with the   
   culture and politics of the country. Will it perhaps become the first   
   moslem country of northern europe?   
      
   For some of you this might sound far fetched, however, many public   
   swimming pools have introduce separate pools for men and women the past   
   5-10 years.   
      
   Why you ask?   
      
   Because the immigrants from the middle east where harassing the swedish   
   women in the common pools, and instead of punishing those men, the lack of   
   conflict mgmt due to 200 years or peace, led to the logic of   
   re-introducing pools for men and women.   
      
   Now extrapolate that for 2-4 generations, and you have an interesting   
   future of the culture of the country.   
      
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