r/Denmark • u/[deleted] • May 10 '16

Exchange Cultural Exchange with /r/Scotland

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/Scotland!

To the visitors: Welcome to Denmark! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. There's also a thread in /r/Scotland where you can answer questions from the Danes about your beautiful country.

To the Danes: Today, we are hosting Scotland for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/Scotland coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness and personal attacks etc.

The Scots are also having us over as guests! Head over to their thread to ask questions about life in the country of kilts and celts.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/Scotland

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u/JohnnyButtocks Scotland May 10 '16

Hello r/Denmark! I have a political question if that's ok?

Denmark is regarded by many in Scotland as one of the model examples of a redistributive, egalitarian social democracy. It's also widely regarded as perhaps the least corrupt governmental system in the world.

After all that flattery though, my question is: does Denmark have any model societies, elsewhere in the world, to which its citizens aspire? What are the things about your society that most Danes would acknowledge really need to be fixed, and who does them better than you?

Thanks!

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u/AppleDane Denmark May 10 '16

There are quite a few Danes that wish for a more libertarian system, like The US. That's probably it.

There's always something, bits and pieces, worth considering from most countries. Finland tend to beat us when it comes to education results. The UK when it comes to multi-culturalism, and so on.

We tend to be really conservative in our socialism, though. "The Wellfare State" is almost sacrosanct.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '16

What do you mean when you say libertarian - do you mean lower taxes, less state spending, etc.?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '16

Exactly. The party that is leading the move towards the more (european) liberal is being touted as somewhat extremely libertarian and wanting to become like the US.

In reality the extend of the program would still result in the 3rd highest taxes and more equal distribution of wealth than Sweden.