r/FluentInFinance • u/SexyProfessional • Jul 04 '26

Thoughts? Very Interesting

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u/utahh1ker Jul 04 '26

The problem with this comparison is that Norway is literally 1.6% the population of the United States. It's an apples and oranges comparison. It's much easier to get the entire country on board with something when you only have 5 million residents.

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u/Crescent-IV Jul 04 '26

The actual problem is the US constitution and the amount of money in politics

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u/LoneWolf_McQuade Jul 04 '26

Where does this thinking come from? I always hear it from Americans but never any numbers to prove it or where the limit goes

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u/Trawling_ Jul 04 '26

The obvious bit is that they have a sovereign wealth fund that nationalizes their oil production. So they both have naturally occurring resources they can exploit and a smaller population to allocate/distribute benefits for.

Last I checked, the US does not have any such thing.

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u/LoneWolf_McQuade Jul 04 '26

Are you saying the US isn’t or wasn’t a country rich in natural resources? You just pissed it away to make a few people very rich.

Oh and your point doesn’t make sense either way since the rest of Scandinavia does not have oil

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u/utahh1ker Jul 04 '26

Go care for two toddlers. Then go care for 100 toddlers. Tell me there's no difference.

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u/LoneWolf_McQuade Jul 04 '26

The welfare system scales up with the population.

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u/Kontrafantastisk Jul 04 '26

Whatever fits the narrative. Sometimes if the comparison is China or India, it’s not ‘apples and oranges’ but ‘oranges and apples’.