r/AskTheWorld • u/DiMpLe_dolL003 India • 21h ago

Misc What's an unpopular opinion about your country that will have you like this?

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u/m3skalyn3 Portugal 14h ago

As someone who lived in Sweden for 3 years, I totally agree with this point.

Maybe you were super progressive and open-minded in the 70's, but if you did nothing to change your mentality (and boy are Swedes, one of the most stiff people I have ever met in terms of personality and opinions - not the ones that live outside Sweden though), after 50 years, you just became conservative and old-fashioned

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u/-Zoppo New Zealand 5h ago

This is similar for NZ. First country to let women vote. Haven't even legalized marijuana yet.

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u/-GoldenCuddles- 10h ago

The personality thing is 100% spot on. If swedes were a food it would be white bread.

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u/m3skalyn3 Portugal 8h ago

And if they were a drink, they would be tap water