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Trouble in "paradise".

Aug 14, 2018 7:53AM PDT
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-violence/youths-in-swedish-towns-burn-and-vandalize-scores-of-cars-idUSKBN1KZ0OJ
One point stood out with me. There's the isual high unemployment involved, they say.
"It was unclear what triggered Monday night’s unrest but Sweden has seen a rise in violence in areas with high unemployment and other social problems..."
Yet, "Despite economic growth that has for years been the envy of most of Europe, Lofven’s Social Democrats, the bigger party in the current minority coalition, are on track for their worst ever election result, according to opinion polls."
So there's an uneven distribution of the prosperity. Isn't a socialistic form of government supposed to prevent that?
Another dark sign. "Voters also worry about the welfare system, falling school results and the effects of a surge in immigration that saw around 160,000 people seek asylum in Sweden in 2015.
The concerns have benefited the populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats who look poised to become one of the three biggest parties in parliament after the vote."
Populism used to be Bob LaFollette campaigning for the struggling farmer. Now it has a darker side.

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