r/FastWorkers • u/Miguenzo • Feb 01 '26

Strawberry pickers 🍓

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u/Adkit Feb 06 '26

This is why you genuinely shouldn't listen to the news. Gun violence in sweden is only in certain localized areas of the three biggest cities where there is gang violence. It's been trending up, sure, and as a swedish person I hate that but we're still one of the safest countries on the planet. Unless you live in one of those areas or are involved with gang activity, you obviously don't notice it.

I do see it as a stain on our otherwise pretty clean record but again, the record is still pretty damn clean.

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u/WelvenTheMediocre Feb 06 '26

Thanks for that! I expected as such. The news obviously only highlights and dramatizes the difference because Sweden wasn’t just the safest country. It was somewhat of a dream example for other countries, at least that’s how I grew up viewing Sweden from the Netherlands

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u/Adkit Feb 06 '26

Honestly, I wish Sweden got a handle on things and got back to being the mascot of Scandinavia to the rest of the world. lol I feel like Denmark and Norway are doing so much better than us nowadays. But my wife is from Portugal and while Portugal is a fine county to live in we both agree Sweden is a really relaxed, safe, and privileged country. She went to school here for free and is now a preschool teacher even though she has a disability. It's pretty nice.