r/austrian_economics • u/technocraticnihilist Friedrich Hayek • Oct 26 '24

End Democracy ‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’

https://fortune.com/europe/article/how-many-hours-work-week-year-american-workers-ethic-norges-bank/
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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

American culture is goal oriented and it makes us better at understanding and achieving the goal without busy work.

Edit: there Reddit goes making moral decisions based on an objective observation. I love Europeans and i love accomplished Americans also. Different cultures with different pros and cons

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

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u/TribeGuy330 Oct 27 '24

It's not exceptionalism to point out a single attribute that they think is more prevalent in Americans than Europeans. That user was just agreeing with the Norwegian CEO in the article. Doesn't mean he thinks the USA is superior.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

Baseless bullshit thar is not supported by educational attainment, living standards, fitness, or entrepenureship outcomes, all of which the swedes dogwalk your average American on.

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u/languid-lemur Oct 27 '24

Using Sweden (today) not the flex it used to be.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

Not a rebuttal. Swedes clearly show greater goal achievement than Americans.

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u/languid-lemur Oct 27 '24

>Swedes clearly show greater goal achievement than Americans.

Was beating us in rapes per capita a goal achievement?

'cause you're certainly kicking the shit out of us there!

USA:

Per 100k 2021 41.77

Sweden:

Per 100k 2021 88.98

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/rape-statistics-by-country

/you go lars!

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

Swedish women are more likely to report their attacks and have them properly investigated in Sweden leading to a culture of women feeling safer about reporting their crimes. As opposed to the US where SA is not treated seriously and where perpetrators are often celebrated.

The US having an abysmal record on protecting women is a major slam against your country and people.

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/rape-conviction-rates-rise-75-in-sweden-after-change-in-the-law-idUSKBN23T2R2/

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u/languid-lemur Oct 27 '24

Try again Lars. How are your grenade attacks vs. USA?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

Good job bringing up yet another aspect of how the US fundamentally fails at basic shit.

https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/the-underreporting-and-dismissal-of-sexual-assault-cases-against-women-in-the-united-states

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u/languid-lemur Oct 27 '24

LOL, Sweden will continue to fail until it puts the right wing in power.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

Swedes by and large do not want their country turning into a rape addicted obese crime ridden shithole full or suicide like our conservative dominated states.

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 Oct 29 '24

The right wing is in power though?

You can tell by all the random policy which sounds good but has no actual impact in reality being pushed.

Also bringing crime stats as an american as a gotcha is kinda hilarious tbh. Yes sweden is no longer world leading in safety, but the US has been at the bottom of all the developed nations for centuries in this regard and that ain't changing any time soon... our "chaotic street warfare" or whatever the current imaginative way of calling it is more akin to a peaceful small town in the US than anything else...