I saw a thread with tons of likes doing this in all seriousness earlier. Haaland is so confident because he grew up in a socialist welfare state, etc.
Ste JormurInverting the Pyramid makes the (fun but not 100% convincing) argument that Johan Cruyff and Total Football were an expression of 1970s Dutch egalitarian social democracy, and I think we should do the same kind of thing for every footballer. Haaland represents Nordic social liberalism, sure
There's a thing called hit-to-pass auto racing on the west coast, and I remember reading an article in a Victoria paper a while ago that suggested the Canadian competitors are more aggressive because they don't have to worry about health insurance as much
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That sort of thing yeah. I live in Sweden, & here in the nordics, it’s a real thing - I really noticed when moved here that, as a musician, if someone had an impressive CV, getting it out of them was like getting blood from a stone. Anything that seems like boasting is a source of huge embarrassment
