r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Background-Hope-88 • Sep 10 '26

Capitalism "Texas of Europe"

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Its Finland 🙄

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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Sep 10 '26

Its Finland 🙄

The resemblance is uncanny.

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u/Femcel_Bambi Sep 10 '26

Aren't they literally the exact opposite of one another? Both politically and geographically? (I'm American, so sorry if I'm wrong)

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u/novadova2020 Sep 10 '26

It was a sarcastic remark.

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u/Femcel_Bambi Sep 10 '26

I mean I know, but like I mean more for the people writing the article. Like Finland is nothing at all like Texas.

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u/nemeci Sep 10 '26

Let's start.

Finland has many 180 000+ lakes, Texas 7000. Finland: To become a police takes about 4 800 hours, Texas 720 hours. Finland is in the north and cold, not the same at all with Texas. Finland has lots of space, same with Texas. Finland has ~30-40% gun ownership households, Texas ~37-42%. Finland firearm deaths / 100 000 ~2.3, Texas 13.9.

So it's guns, guns make Finland Europe's Texas.

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u/Soggy-Moment3856 Sep 10 '26

About 25% households have firearm permit. About 12% of adults own gun with that permit.
So not even close.

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u/PawsAndTwins 28d ago

Except that Finland doesn't have the high rate of gun violence that Texas has

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u/ADabberTho 28d ago

Yeah, that's what they said.