Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.

  • Martin
    5•1 year ago

    I usually think of us (swedes) as very progressive. In what way would you consider us conservative?

    • silly goose meekah
      4•1 year ago

      Like the other commenter assumed, I am talking about the rise of right wingers and xenophobia. Maybe I just read about it a lot and think it’s worse than it is. Seeing as this is also happening where I live, in Germany, I suppose it really isn’t that strong of an argument.

      I do realize you are relatively progressive in a lot of areas like renewable energy, social services etc.

      What are your favorite progressive aspects of Sweden?

      • Martin
        6•1 year ago

        I see the loud right winged racists as a result on how progressive we are. It’s basically a response to us taking in a lot of foreigners a few years ago. Progress is never a straight line.

        Swedes are really welcoming to new solutions if they are logical and beneficial.

        • Iso 8601 dates are the norm (yyyy-mm-dd). No weird order or backslashes.
        • Electronic payments are basically the only form of payment.
        • early adoption of high speed internet for most homes.
        • parents get 80% of the salary for 390 days (to share) to stay home with young kids.
        • silly goose meekah
          2•1 year ago

          You definitely have a point about progress not being a straight line. I would also like to think we are pretty progressive here in Germany but the recent few years have made me question that. Especially because I don’t really agree with the german right wingers being a direct result of the refugees we took in around 2015. A lot of them are very anti establishment generally, almost on a conspiracy theory level. But nontheless, you are right that no curve can forever go up, even if the trend is headed that way.

          I don’t really think the first 3 points are markers of real progress, but I have to agree they are nice aspects of day to day life.

          The last part is definitely interesting. I know we have something somewhat similar here in germany, but as always, it is hidden behind a huge wall of bureaucracy. Is that similar in Sweden or us bureaucracy more lenient/easy?

      • @Usul_00_@lemmy.world
        1•1 year ago

        My experience in Sweden suggest those are a very few online loudmouths, not at all indicative of how a visually diverse group was treated there. In fact, one black American mentioned how awesome it was just to be, and have their skin not be an issue in any wsy.