Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.

  • Martin@feddit.nu
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    8 months ago

    I see the loud right winged racists as a result on how progressive we are. It’s basically a response to us taking in a lot of foreigners a few years ago. Progress is never a straight line.

    Swedes are really welcoming to new solutions if they are logical and beneficial.

    • Iso 8601 dates are the norm (yyyy-mm-dd). No weird order or backslashes.
    • Electronic payments are basically the only form of payment.
    • early adoption of high speed internet for most homes.
    • parents get 80% of the salary for 390 days (to share) to stay home with young kids.
    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      You definitely have a point about progress not being a straight line. I would also like to think we are pretty progressive here in Germany but the recent few years have made me question that. Especially because I don’t really agree with the german right wingers being a direct result of the refugees we took in around 2015. A lot of them are very anti establishment generally, almost on a conspiracy theory level. But nontheless, you are right that no curve can forever go up, even if the trend is headed that way.

      I don’t really think the first 3 points are markers of real progress, but I have to agree they are nice aspects of day to day life.

      The last part is definitely interesting. I know we have something somewhat similar here in germany, but as always, it is hidden behind a huge wall of bureaucracy. Is that similar in Sweden or us bureaucracy more lenient/easy?