When nearly the entire world required face coverings, Sweden did not. When nearly all countries closed schools, they did not. Many predicted that Sweden would be a catastrophe. Today we know that Sweden has one of the lowest excess mortality in the world, same as Japan and South Korea. Those who predicted the worse for Sweden are now turning to post hoc: "we knew Sweden would be fine because it is rich" or "we knew they had enough measures". But it is all post hoc: look at their words from 2020/2021 and you find that they predicted the worse for Sweden. They are now working backward, to avoid facing their mistakes, keeping their faulty model instead. It is and was an emotional response: they "know" that granting all powers to the state keeps you safe. Individual freedom is "dangerous". They celebrated the censorship of their opponents: they called individual freedom a value for "right wing nuts". Sweden was the moderate, while many others went mad. Yet they demonized Sweden. The twentieth century is a long lesson teaching us to renounce overbearing governments, to fight for individual freedom, to preserve free speech. When we fail, millions die or suffer, we stagnate. Progress and happiness require freedom and strength.
@FredrikMalm I och med att detta är det mest frekventa argumentet får man förmoda att samtliga typer av lottförsäljningar över riket förbjuds. Innefattas casinon och dylikt? Var väljer man att dra gränsen i lagstiftningen?
@CSjoling Tbt när kurslitteraturen vi läste hävdade att man skulle sänka temperaturen i ett klassrum pga en (1) studie hade gjorts i en byggklass med ~20 elever och DE GILLADE DET FAKTISKT 🙃
Så fort det slösas offentliga medel, som den stundande folkräkningen exempelvis, brukar jag drömma mig bort med att fantisera om hur många läroböcker jag hade kunnat få till mina elever istället