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03/05/2008: "Equality-based socialism encourages anti-social behavior"

The authors of Plan B found that almost 19 percent of Swedes confessed to having gained access to healthcare, either for themselves or a relative, by using personal contacts rather than going
through regular administrative channels.

At the same time, 15 percent of those surveyed said that they had spent time taking care of a person close to them for an illness that should have been dealt with by the public healthcare sector.

What we are seeing, Bergström explains, is a long term adaptation to Sweden's existing political systems. The relationship between the individual and the system has changed over time:

"Since the expansion of taxes and welfare services in the 70s, Swedes have progressively altered their attitude towards social systems. An increasing number of Swedes are today willing to break or bend the rules in order to benefit themselves. This kind of behaviour has over time become quite acceptable among many Swedes."

[ National Socialism is a good idea. A blind idiot Nanny State that defends the weak rapidly clogs itself, penalizing those who can take care of themselves to provide for the useless. Consequently, people both cheat it and cheat themselves avoiding it, as we saw in the Soviet Union and we see with welfare cheats in the USA. ]

http://www.thelocal.se/10114/20080226/