• Barabas [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    On a slightly unrelated note, I think Finland is the only country in the world where Pete Buttigieg would be a leading politician.

    Finnish people love an ineffectual lib that is “qualified”. Most of them seem like they were made in a lab. Tarja Halonen is the only finnish politician I’ve seen that isnt dead behind the eyes. I guess it is preferable to the alternative which is the saying the quiet part loud party.

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        1 year ago

        Sweden doesn’t really do the technocrat much, and when we get them they’re usually dunked on. Only buttigieg-y politician in Sweden I can recall being successful is Bildt, but he fucked it up for all technocrats to follow. Kristersson also has a similar vibe, but he is a leading politician because he is being buoyed by the saying the quiet part loud party, not because he is well liked.

        Can’t speak much for Norway and Denmark however.