Scandinavian people think that socialism is a functional gear in having the Nordic model work. However the understandings are so different that the word “socialism” means very different things across the pond. Too little socialism and you have obvious downsides like not having universal healthcare and much distrust among population.
When a country has big tradition of tempering market forces the knowledge tends to be way more practical than “boogieman” understanding. Even if some party doesn’t want to call such balancing acts by particular names they have been around and are not “new”.
Scandinavian people think that socialism is a functional gear in having the Nordic model work. However the understandings are so different that the word “socialism” means very different things across the pond. Too little socialism and you have obvious downsides like not having universal healthcare and much distrust among population.
When a country has big tradition of tempering market forces the knowledge tends to be way more practical than “boogieman” understanding. Even if some party doesn’t want to call such balancing acts by particular names they have been around and are not “new”.