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[โ€“] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (13 children)

Everyone loves to talk about Norwegian welfare as the pinnacle of social policy while conveniently forgetting that it's a tiny country of 5.5 million people backed by a trillion dollars of oil money from the state.

Edit: I love how everyone glosses over the population size as if it has nothing to do with policy making and the politically stagnant environment of the US.

[โ€“] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

And as we all know, the US doesn't have any oil itself!

No, but, the oil fund isn't really used. For reference, the first withdrawal in history was in 2016. The prison system is far older than that

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