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Darker side of Scandinavia - Poles treated as being worse [31]
Shows how tenuous indeed the foundations of democracy actually are, if the latter can buckle at the slightest challenges, doesn't it. This then is the real danger that decades of well-intentioned, if ultimately misguided, liberalism can easily imperil apparently a shaky base.
Therefore, what does the current reactionary movement in Sweden indicate about the fundamental humanism and tolerance of Judeo-Christian society?
Quite scary from my perspective if the latter can be nearly destroyed by the storm tides of intolerance and certain groups feel they are underrepresented by their homeland.
During the Second World War when the world often far more severe challenges, Denmark, The Netherlands, and Sweden seemingly rose valiantly to the occasion, there being zero public talk at that time about personal inconvenience, as each individual nation submerged their own needs for the common good.
What pray is the "common good" these days? Seems we've become extra cynical and less magnanimous, or as I'm fond of saying, life itself has turned from a gift to a given, in which society now expects instant gratification and is unwilling to make the requisite sacrifices to ameliorate social ills.
