Stupid quiz for ya now

[ddstory]

See, I'm kinda dumb*, so this was the smartest thing I could come up with to-evening. You're welcome to laugh at me.

It's the old worn-out quiz: "Which are the 3 top... X".

So my question to you is this. Which are the 3 things you love the most about your respective society, and which are the 3 things you hate the most?

I'll ask those who choose to

Comments

[lyssna]

Sweden

I love:
1. We are a quiet country. The people are quiet and the nature is quiet. There is something very unassuming about Swedish nature that is just amazing -- it's not spectacular like the Norwegian fjords, but it's still beautiful, just in another way. You're meant to be in it rather than just look at it, you're meant to feel it.

2. The fact that, as a society, we are not very easily swayed by mindless symbolism. We don't hold the flag or the national anthem sacred (well, some do, but they are a vocal and highly annoying minority). We're generally a very, very unpatriotic people, with all that entails.

3. Free post-secondary education. This is something I regard very highly, as it is a clear signal that this is a society that values knowledge. Now, there are a lot things that could be better about our schools, but the main principle is still there. Similarly, we have affordable health care. Actually, let's just put "the amazing things our high taxes give us" here.

I'm less fond of:
1. We complain. A lot. Ungratefulness is far too prevalent here. It can get very tedious after a while.

2. The vast amounts of imported American and British culture, at the expense of Swedish ideas and Swedish productions. It often seems like we're striving to become something that ultimately isn't superior at all.

3. Equality and minority politics. We may suck the least on this point, but we still suck and there is a lot of room for improvement everywhere.

[sealwhiskers]

Good points, all of them!

[anfalicious]

On you -2, do you have local content laws? Our TV stations have to make and play a certain quota of Australian shows (although this got a bit trashed with the US free trade agreement). It's the main reason we have a local TV industry; although at the question for doing things as cheap as possible it means lots of local reality TV. But that's a global trend, without local content laws we would have had a lot more American Idol and a lot less Australian Idol.

[lyssna]

I'm honestly not sure, but I've heard that more than 50% of everything on Swedish TV is imported, or something like that. I think we were even criticized by the EU for not having enough Swedish-language television.