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Despite the romanticized image of the Scandihoovians as rugged Vikings and upholders of the Danelaw, etc., I know a number of ex-pats from the region (Swedes, Norwegians and Finns) who ran screaming from their powerfully *conformist* societies. They all like to remind anyone who will listen that the northern nations of Europe embraced the Utopian ideals of "socialism" long before the rest of the "west" were fully infiltrated.

Had a strange thought a few days back, staring up at the sky : what if McCarthy was actually on-point...? Shudder.

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