Scandinavian observations and perspectives

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Recently there have been a couple of headlines in Danish newspapers that relate to the increased concern about terrorism:

Turkey: We have deported 23 people suspects of terrorism to Denmark
Below they quote a researcher of terrorism for saying that this should be taken not with a grain of salt, but with a shovel of salt. Source: _http://jyllands-posten.dk/international/europa/ECE9727543/tyrkiet-vi-har-udvist-23-terrormistaenkte-til-danmark/

It may be that it is just a Turkish joke, but at the same time it is already known that there are concerns about the return of ISIS soldiers to Denmark. More than a hundred went to join for a shorter or a longer time, and there have been news that both local intelligence services and some politicians have been concerned. Therefore, the statements of the expert that the papers has pulled out of the summer closet could be doubted. Although I don't know the exact situation in S

Even minor harbour festivals get evaluated by the intelligence service of the police (PET) for the potential risks of terror attacks
Attacks in the big cities of Europe leaves tracks in the Danish summer land. PET evaluates the risks and the police advices festival managers, but volunteers also work to make events safe against terror. Source: _https://jyllands-posten.dk/protected/premium/indland/ECE9725207/selv-mindre-havnefester-vurderes-af-pet

On a slightly different note, in the second largest city Aarhus, there is at the moment a case where the police is involved in investigating possible corruption in a department in the municipality that takes care of technical issues and the environment. Interestingly, it turns out the department has been covering up as much as they could with blacked out lines in the documents they make available: _https://jyllands-posten.dk/protected/premium/indblik/Indland/ECE9726337/skandalen-der-ikke-taalte-dagens-lys I wonder if the problem is related to the new metro system they are building in the town. It is an Italien company that is building it and this company has been linked to shady business, so...

I looked at other Scandinavian newspapers _https://mediavejviseren.dk/aviser/nordiske-aviser-norden.htm to see if they had anything relating to the above issues of terror and corruption, but I could not find anything. In Sweden the meteoroligist are not impressed with the weather. I have attached a map that shows the expected situation on Monday afternoon. Notice that just east of Finland it is rather warm, all the way to the Arctic ocean, from this I can easily picture where during an iceage, the glaciers would be sitting on top :)

 

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At local fund raising fair, I picked up a book, "Jylland skildret af danske forfattere", [Jutland described by Danish authors] _http://www.librarything.com/work/4172917/reviews an antology, collected by Johannes Smidt (1899-1967), which had stories and reports written between 1850-1935. The stories of the book describes the country and the lives of the people as they lived their daily lives. What surprised me, were the details of the hardships of day to day life many people had to live through not so long ago. As I read this book, I became interested in the author of one of the stories, Frederik Poulsen _https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Poulsen, from who there was a novel taken from a book, "Jyske dage og mennesker" [Days and people from Jutland] from 1941. I found this book on an auction and got it for about 12 USD. It has many small fascinatinig stories that describes rural life in the late 19th century. After that I began to read another book I had found on the fair, "Sognet som voksede ind i himlen" [The parish that grew into heaven] written by Johannes Anker Larsen (1874-1957) _https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Anker_Larsen, a dramatist and author.

Several of his works were translated into other languages:
In English the title of the book appears as: "An Innocent in Paradise: Hans Larsen finds Clarity and Truth that's hidden from most people, and the light of this Truth changes a village." _https://www.amazon.com/Innocent-Paradise-Clarity-changes-village/dp/1508915377/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499029263&sr=1-1

This author was translated into German: _https://de.wikipedia.org The title of the above book is "Heiligung oder die Gemeinde die in den Himmel wächst" _https://www.amazon.de/Die-Gemeinde-die-Himmel-w%C3%A4chst/dp/B0030EJLQC and the price is 290 Euros!

He was also translated into Dutch and from the description in the Wiki, one gets the impression he was popular among some people: _https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Anker_Larsen For titles: _http://www.noordseliteratuur.nl/auteur/ankerlarsen "Heiliging. Een dorpsgeschiedenis
Johannes Anker Larsen"

The Czech page _http://www.databazeknih.cz/zivotopis/johanes-anker-larsen-6131 has an informative biography, also _https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Anker_Larsen which has an extensive biography.

The book by Anker Larsen is full of small stories weaved into the life of a young boy, the only son of a farmer, who grows up in this rural parish along with his friends. In the book he awakens, assisted by his own thoughfulness, the stories and the presence of a few other people, including his relationship with a couple of the girls his age. Beginning in childhood, he has some, we could say mystical experiences. In his youth, be becomes the top student at the high school in the local provincial town, and his parents expect him to become a priest, but he falls sick and does not go to university. During his illness he undergoes transformation, and he stays in the village. Apart from participating in the farm work, he also teaches those who are interested through conversations most ly in the local gravel pit. At the end, he falls sick and dies. After him, some of his friends who have formed a study group where each gains knowledge and has some expertise within one field, whether history, geology, or mathematics become the leaders of the local community and carry on his work of inspiring and enlightening the parish.

I have heard that also in real life, there were similar groups also in other locations between the two wars (1920-1940), it was a time were self education and learning was valued. Today, much has changed, and whether in town or in the countryside this drive to know is less easy to find. At least it does not exist in the same way. Energy is spent elsewhere. Or is is just, that I can't see it, yet?

 

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Earlier there were reports from Sweden about violence. Over the last week there have been news in local Danish media and to some extent Norway, that point to the direction the region is moving toward.

Below are some links and comments regarding the financial system, the problem of identity theft, the problems of criminal gangs, although compared to many other parts of the world, they are still minor, and the possible future of the educational system.

The cashless society and its consequences
In the thread "" https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,15583.msg727353.html#msg727353 I mentioned the news that the institution handling the Danish creditcard transactions has more power than the official national bank. It is an article written by the person who invented the local national card system: http://jyllands-posten.dk/debat/kronik/ECE9767984/nets-har-stoerre-magt-end-nationalbanken/

[...]There has been a society in which we are forced to pay - to be allowed to pay - and the next goal will be to abolish all kinds of cash, which today is the only defense of consumers against rising charges.

Politicians have never understood that the person in charge of payment has greater influence and power on cash flows in Denmark than Danmarks Nationalbank.[...]

I can imagine there eventually will be made laws about how to tax people and transactions, and how to pay for services, how to tax cryptocurrencies, etc. Also the weakened role of the politicians will probably become apparent eventually leading to some reorganisation, unless the puppets are accepted as constitutional, thus moving from a constitutional monarchy to a constitutional democracy, with everyone well aware who plays ball.

Another observation: a local street aid worker mentioned that several of the homeless women she helps, which often also have drug and alcohol issues and social problems besides having no home, have been in trouble because they have had their identities stolen, which is serious issue in a country where almost all contact with the public services and banks is digital. She often had to help them out, by taking contact to authorities and explain the situation. The problem is that if you have no house and no personal security or trusted friends, it is hard to be in control of finances or ones digital identity, and social security number.

However, not only homeless people are subject to id theft. An investigation in Sweden revealed that as many as 200,000 Swedes may have suffered id theft during the last year: _https://www.svd.se/allt-fler-svenskar-blir-id-kapade or _http://www.gp.se/nyheter/sverige/200-000-kan-ha-drabbats-av-id-kapningar-1.4510640

Another result of the changed way of paying is that more and more Scandinavians shop in China: _http://www.expressen.se/dinapengar/tech/postnord-larmar-om-kinesisk-brevskord/ as a result the local post compamy has to work overtime and as postage is cheaper in China, they probably do not get much for their efforts. I read that post nord has a big deficit in Sweden, and if they move around bringing parcels from China to remote areas of the country, then that makes sense.

Crime and law enforcement
It is, as if violence and disruption comes in waves, and although the high crests do not represent the normal, there are some trends:

Last week, there was a surprise and a shock for the politicians in the town of Kolding in Jutland, when they found out about an agreement between the local police and the local fire brigade. The deal was that in case of a fire in a particular part of town with many immigrants and refugees, the police would show up to protect the fire brigade from elements of the populations, that had got into the habit of issuing threats and throwing stones at the firemen, thus hindering the extinction of fires, often scooters and cars which they had set on fire. I think this is a parallel to the nogo zones in Sweden, which some politicians deny and many police officers will recognize.

In general there have been an increase in cases where cars have been set on fire. Here is a list: _https://danmark-i-brand.online/overview/, so far about 1000 cars in Denmark this year, and this list only counts those cases where the fire brigade has been called, so there are in reality more cases.

In Alborg, in Northern Jutland, some 320 km from Copenhagen and 160 from Gothenburg in Sweden (although both distances uses a ferry), a man was stabbed to death in a gang related case. _https://www.tv2nord.dk/artikel/nordjyllands-politi-internt-opgoer-foerte-til-drab-vi-kender-de-eftersoegte

Saturday, the police in Copenhagen issued a warning to young men moving around Nørrebro, since two random innocents had been wounded in the area last week. The police had to admit they could not prevent such happening. As a result the politicians got alarmed. _https://www.b.dk/politiko/v-ordfoerer-om-bandekonflikt-vi-fik-det-indtryk-at-rigspolitiet-ikke-havde-styr and _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/ny-indvandrerbanderne-bade-rode-og-bla-politikere-og-politiets-ledelse-har-skylden-for-at-myndighederne-har-mistet-kontrollen/

One politician suggested the newly reinstituted border control is cancelled and the police moved back to control the cities. Well, there was recently a report from Germany, that the border control has given many cathches: _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/tysk-politirapport-national-graensekontrol-giver-en-klar-gevinst/

Also in Oslo there have been shootings: _http://www.dagsavisen.no/oslo/politiet-etterlyser-mann-i-rod-caps-etter-oslo-skyting-1.1003955 og _http://www.dagsavisen.no/oslo/16-aring-innbrakt-etter-antatt-skyteepisode-i-oslo-1.1005427

Sunday there were serious hooligan riots at a soccer match in Copenhagen, leading politicians to talk about banning anyone involved in such riots for life. _https://www.b.dk/nationalt/politiet-forventer-at-identificere-mange-voldelige-fodboldboeller They may not go that far, but reports say that 19 police officers were hurt and six hooligans arrested. It seems the police was on the receiving end, but if the ministry of justice get tired of loosing members to sick leave, they might have to show some more force. This is not so at the moment, but a trend that is possible.

While some criminals show their head and the sentence for illigally possessing a firearm is now minimum 2 years, the prison system is under pressure, _http://www.fyens.dk/indland/Faengselsforbund-advarer-i-bandekonflikt-Glem-ikke-faengslerne/artikel/3172914 and _http://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/politiretsvaesen/ECE8998086/vold-og-trusler-faengselsbetjente-plages-af-angst-soevnproblemer-og-ptsd/ _https://www.information.dk/indland/2014/04/faengsler-skaber-rovdyr As much of the violence is related to gangs with members of immigrant background, there has been a proposal to remove the citizenship of people even belong to a gang: _http://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE9767826/df-vil-tage-statsborgerskab-fra-bandemedlemmer/ However in other cases where the courts expel the people because of crime, there are lawyers who take their case and then they do not get expelled, as the countries they could be expelled to might infringe their "human rights". For some reason, probably an international law interpreted in selfdeating way, it is better they continue to wreck mayhem where they are not wanted. _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/det-er-en-menneskeret-at-sla-ihjel-voldtage-menneskerettighedskonvention-beskytter-bandemedlemmer-og-andre-mod-udvisning/ In another piece it was noted that 50 families in a area of Tingbjerg, on the average each cost the public 600.000 USD a year _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/187-familier-i-tingbjerg-koster-hovedstaden-826-mio-kr/ That said one should not forget the scandal in the tax department that have cost 2-3 billion Euros.

There was an article not long ago wondering why prisons in Denmark cost money while in the US they give a surplus. I don't know what the future is, but as globalization takes over and the power of the states decrease, it would not surprise if more prison management eventually is taken over by for profit prison administration companies instead of the state.

Danish foreign policy is US State Department policy
As we can see from the above, there are a few problems, and to solve them is not easy, as so many present day events are the result of policies carried out over many years, and these continue. Many problems involve immigrants, refugees, descendants of immigrants, (Or did they just prevent the ethnic Danish delinquents from getting a foot in the door, thus preventing their career?) and one has to ask how this situation came about. A part is related to the "logic" behind the various NATO enjoined interventions in Libya, Iraque, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia. For example the Danish Government still has more than 100 soldiers and technicians in Syria, and they work closely with the US command. In fact, the "US State Department in Copenhagen" seem to be functioning very well. This is the conclusion I draw from an article which was translated using Google: _http://arbejderen.dk/indland/dansk-krigsgrundlag-smuldrer-i-syrien from which I bring the last parts.

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UNDERMINE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The United States-led coalition, including Denmark, has neither mandate from the United Nations Security Council nor from the Syrian Government to be present in military presence in Syria.

Therefore, Denmark's, the United States and the rest of the coalition's military intervention in Syria are undermining international law, says Jaques Hartmann.

- Syria has requested Russia for help, and Russia can therefore use armed forces in Syria. But Syria has not requested the United States or Denmark for help. This means that the United States and the other countries that are part of the alliance against ISIL can not use the same legal argument for the use of force in Iraq and Syria. Therefore, Denmark, the United States and the rest of the coalition have so far justified their right to intervene military in Syria with the United States controversial doctrine of "unwilling and unable," explains Jaques Hartmann.

The doctrine opens up for a state to use armed forces in self-defense in the territory of another state where there is a risk of an armed attack originating from that state and the territorial state endlessly lacking the will or the ability to stop the attack itself.

- Few countries support this doctrine. The problem with the doctrine is that it alone becomes up to a single country to determine whether the use of armed forces is legal or not. The doctrine therefore undermines the UN's collective security system and overrides the role originally intended for the UN Security Council, explains Jaques Hartmann.

"The epoch of the creation of the UN was that the states gave up their right to decide when they could use armed power. When the UN was established, this right was assigned to the United Nations Security Council, and the states could only use armed forces in self-defense or with the approval of the UN Security Council. The US's new doctrine opens up for abuse and can be used as a skull for unregulated power use.

The public expert does not agree that Syria does not do enough to fight IS.

"There is no doubt that Syria has the will to fight IS. And with Russia in the back it is difficult to accept the argument that they lack the ability. If a country like Syria, with one of the world's strongest military backballs, does not have the "ability" to fight ISIL, there are virtually no restrictions on where the doctrine can be used. What one always has to remember is that the doctrine not only legalizes the actions of the United States and Denmark in Syria. The doctrine can be used by all countries all over the world, and if Syria sets the lower limit for when the doctrine can be used, one might be concerned about the amount of power forbidden in the UN Pact. In addition, the United States apparently even helps to inhibit Syria's ability to fight ISIL when attacking Syrian Territory Syrian territories, says Jaques Hartmann.

SILENT MINISTERS AND RAPPORTEURS
Arbejderen.dk has tried in vain to get Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen's response to how the coalition's attack on Syrian and Prophetic troops is in line with the government's argument that the Danish military presence in Syria is because Syria is not able to keep its borders And prevent IS attacks from Syria and into Iraq.

Arbejderen.dk has also attempted in vain to get the Foreign Minister's answer as to whether the Danish government backs up the coalition's attack on the Syrian forces and the so-called de-confliction zone, which the US has established and enforces in southern Syria.

But the Foreign Minister does not want to interview. The Ministry also does not wish to answer the Worker's questions by mail. Instead of answering, the Ministry refers to the coalition press releases about attacks on Syrian forces.

Neither in the Ministry of Defense will you comment on the coalition's attack on the Syrian forces.

However, the Ministry of Defense states that the Danish radar deployed during the war in Syria, "assists the coalition with the coordination and separation of air traffic in the airspace across Iraq and Syria". The ministry refuses to answer whether the Danish radar has assisted US aircraft in their attacks on Syrian government forces.

The Ministry of Defense also refuses to answer how the coalition bombings against prosyric and Syrian entities are in line with the Danish decision-making basis, which states that the official purpose of the Danish military presence in Syria alone is to combat IS.

QUIET MILITARY
Danish military wishes "for reasons of operational security and for our coalition partners" not to answer if Denmark contributed to the United States recent operations in the border area between Iraq and Syria.

Danish military wishes, "for reasons of operational safety and for our coalition partners", neither to answer how many times the Danish special forces have carried out operations and contributed to operations in Syria. And how.

Arbejderen.dk has also attempted in vain to obtain an opinion from the Foreign Ministers from the Left, Social Democrats and the Liberal Alliance.

"Can not help. Keeping vacation", says the brief response from Social Democrat Foreign Secretary Nick Hækkerup. Left Foreign Minister Peter Juel Jensen stated in his mail that "I am in one of the countries where it is not safe to use IT - has therefore shut down both computer and phone".

THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE ASSAD
The coalition's attack on the Syrian government forces is controversial. In the government's official decision to intervene militaryly in Syria, there is no word that the purpose of the Danish war effort is to fight the Assad regime.

But when the Folketing, in April last year, adopted the decision base and sent Denmark to war in Syria, the then Foreign Minister, Kristian Jensen, promised that the war effort is not just about removing the IS but also Syrië's elected leader, President Assad.

"In relation to Syria, our goal is to remove Assad, one of the worst dictators in the world at the moment," said Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, when the parliament firstly discussed his proposal to send Danish bombers and hunter soldiers to Iraq and Syria, it was said by Kristian Jensen.

And when the parliament passed the basis of decision, the then foreign minister reiterated:

"We aim at Syria that ISIL must be removed - and it requires military power - and that Assad must go away so that the Syrian people can freely choose their own leader. We are working on a military track in relation to ISIL and a military track in relation to Assad.

INVITES THE UN TO STOP ATTACKS
The Syrian government calls on the UN to put pressure on the United States and the coalition to stop the attacks against the Syrian government army and its allies in the fight against IS.

Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Syria Ambassador to the United Nations and Bashar al-Jaafari, the Bashar al-Jaafari chief negotiator, asserts that the coalition's attack on Syrian troops is in open contradiction with UN Security Council resolutions on Syria, international law and international law. Syria calls on the UN to ensure the sovereignty of the Syrian territory and the Syrian people's unity and to stop the attacks against Syria's army who fight terrorism.

Syria calls in its letter to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the UN Security Council, the coalition's attack on the Syrian forces for "a threat to security and stability in Syria" and notes that "the recent aggression of the coalition clearly reveals that the real goals of the Alliance are not in line with Alliance's declared goal of combating terrorism. The Alliance's actual agenda is to undermine the Syrian army and its fight against terrorism."

The future of the educational system
One last observation was a conversation with a friend, who had enrolled with Cousera and studied statistics hoping to upgrade his skills, so he can get a job. Such studies have advantages over traditional university courses, he said, where one has to physically attend.

In general with the reduced public support of educational institutions and with students being asked to hurry up, I can imagine a transformation of the the whole educational system, since kids in most of Scandinavia anyway learn English from grade one, and with international schools being in place all over the country. The next step, I imagine, would be that most teaching will be taught in English. The new trend may become automation in education, which could be based on all the data being collected on teaching and instruction. The universities and schools will do it if they can save money or earn more money. The government will support it if they can save money and if they can find a politically plausible justification. One such could be that for years there has been a discussion that ethnic Danes score higher in PISA tests, and that ethnic Danes have an advantage because of the language. If English becomes the language of teaching, many more will be equal, and that is great selling point in Scandinavia, equal this and equal that. Some parties may protest; I mean who will there be to read Danish literature, which, if one goes back a 100 -150 years tells the stories of how people lived not long ago, working hard and suffering on a meagre diet? Still, the politicians can tell the disgruntled voters, that there will be more money for their healthcare, law enforcement and defence etc. That usually never fails if repeated long enough.

 

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There was this story from Norway, it is about a group of 60-70 neonazis that wanted to hold a demonstration in Frederikstad on July 29th, but they were not allowed. Thus they drove to Kristiansand, and held the demonstration illegally without permission. There was only one opponent who stood in the way, one man, who tried to block their way with stretched out arms, but he was taken away by the police.

Now there is a debate, many people proclaim to be ashamed and they asking that if this ever happens again, what is everyone going to do, as this is the first national socialist demonstration in Norway since 1945.

To meet the nazis
There was only one hero in Kristiansand on Saturday. Ole Tellefsen.
And

Politikilde: Nearly 300 police officers in emergency preparedness • the Agder police did not call them in Called not in extra people
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EXTREMISM
"The first national socialist demonstration in Norway since the National Collection."

So sums up the leader of The nordic resistance movement (DNM) Swedish Simon Lindberg on Saturday, march at the organization's own radio show.

Between 60 and 70 right-wing extremist marched on olsokdagen 29. July without permission in the Kristiansand city centre.

In may, they received permission to demonstrate in Fredrikstad, Norway on the same date. The permit was later withdrawn. The police in Østfold was prepared in the illegal demonstration on Saturday, but according to the right-wing extremist organization, although they opted to demonstrate in Kristiansand since the number of police there was less and the chance to carry out the demonstration was thus greater. It turned out to be true.
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See also a discussion of the runic symbols that appeared on the flags of organisation, where some have complained that they use _http://www.klassekampen.no/article/20170807/ARTICLE/170809969

As I can read from _https://www.facebook.com/olejohn.saga/posts/10209054004898304 some Norwegians are sad that many of those who claim to strongly oppose that the march took place, and who are are disappointed and upset that the police did not stop the demonstration, have no problem whatsoever with respect to their support for what took place at the Maidan and the nazi flavours of the present post Maidan period in Ukraine.

Indeed, and it is it is almost ironic that the Norwegian General Secretary of NATO has been busy pleasing and making deals with Poroshenko. Sure that is his job, and sure Jens Stoltenberg does what he is told to, but that so few Norwegians apparently can see the contradiction, is actually more worrying. And it would not have been different if the march had taken place in Denmark or Sweden. As John Ole Saga writes on his FB, when the government supports "brown shirts", it is okay. I wonder why?

 

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In the previous post, I had wanted to edit and format a bit more, as I had discovered something new, but returned too late. I wanted to add that there was those among the commentators on the neonazi march in Norway that suggested the best method was to respond without violence. One such was Pål Steigan who is a "writer, cultural worker, communist, chef and amateur photographer - Jack of all trades, master of none."

The FB poster expresses his disagreement with the position of Steigan. He thinks it should be resisted in an active way. Well for the reader to judge, and for future reference, as there in the coming years may arise new opportunities to consider this strategy, I have machine translated the whole piece. Later I will add some findings about the organizing movement and conclude with a presentation and comments on some of the history sources that form part of their knowledge base.

Nazi march: A few arguments for non-violence
By Pål Steigan • August 1, 2017 • 64 comments

It was a big shock for many to see pictures of Nazis who marched through the main street in Kristiansand. The reactions are justified. The Nordic resistance movement, as they call themselves, are real Nazis and they mean business. This also means that one should think carefully when developing tactics and strategies against them.

Violent and organized as a military

I have to admit that I have not studied the phenomenon of the Nordic Resistance Movement (DNM) so carefully, so I am open for concluding conclusions on a weak basis. But as it seems, this is an organization that is classically Nazi. It wants to introduce a Nazi literature, which it calls democratically. The state they want is an authoritarian state governed by the driving principle. They consider Adolf Hitler as "one of the greatest men of the previous millennium. A warrior fighting and fighting for the Aryan race and the future of Europe . " [Wikipedia]

DNM is organized as a military combat organization with a hierarchical structure . They are followers of political violence as a method of provoking their "revolution", and the organization's members have committed many serious offenses .

This is a dangerous organization, and there is no need to take it easy when it comes to developing tactics against it.

The role of the police

Understandably, the police in Kristiansand have been criticized for marching the march through the heart of Kristiansand. This is provocative for most, not least because the same police put in seven police cars to pick up 20 executive dockers.

There is every reason to be critical of the police's judgments, tactics and actions, among other things, it has been strongly commented that while the Nazis marched, peaceful counter-protesters were arrested.

But until it is documented that the police in Kristiansand are Nazi infected, I choose to believe that the intention was to avoid street matches that could be dangerous. The police say they let the march go for freedom of expression. Also the assessment can be discussed. Was this a performance, or was it a provocation from a criminal organization? It should be washed with the police. But still I think it will be wrong to make the police the main enemy. The Nazis are the main enemy in this context and the question is how to fight them.

They want violence - do not let them get it

DNM wants to provoke violent street matches. The violence against political opponents and society is not just their method but a central part of their strategy. This has to be taken seriously by anti-Nazis. Eric Blücher and his Norwegian Front were bad enough and we in the then ML movement met them with demonstrations and we gave them Christmas at that time so they never came back. But it seems that DNM is more dangerous than the Norwegian Front, and that they are far better organized. One should think carefully before trying to repeat the tactics against Norsk Front. And I do not think there were cases of violence against those who cracked them, but the political mobilization against them. They lost the political battle and dissolved

The DNM wishes street cuts and they do not regret it if life would be lost along the way. In itself, there is a strong reason to do their utmost to avoid street strikes.

In Europe there are political forces claiming that they belong to the left-wing, and that is not better than the Nazis in terms of violence. They are called antifa , such as in antifascism, or black blocks. From a worker's point of view, these are provocators. They make street strikes and devastations and like to enjoy it, as in the G20 meeting in Hamburg. This leads to government countermeasures, all of which are in the direction of the police state.

Nothing would please the Nazis more than if they could get something like that. This would enable them to recruit and build up their military combat ability.

Some words for non-violence
To the extent that there is someone able to take the lead in the fight against Nazism, I would urge them to add to a non violent tactic. It may sound pink, but non-violence gives a whole series of opportunities to isolate and fight an opponent. The pompous and authoritarian types of DNM invite you to ridicule, and if they fear much more than violence, it's getting rid of laughter. Non-violence will awaken sympathy among the majority of the people who are against Nazism, but do not want to be violent street matches against them. There is a whole tool list of non-violent methods that can be used to isolate, hang out, ridicule and undermine this criminal gang so why not use it? Through this, the anti-Nazis will also demonstrate that they are politically and morally far above DNM and the kind of people.

DNM is a dangerous enemy, so do not take the tactics into battle against it. They want violence because it serves their strategy. We do not want violence because it does not serve our goals, either in the short or long term.

Here are some more information to complement what Pål Seigan writes.

The organizing neonazi movement was DNM which is an acronym for "Den nordiske motstandsbevegelsen" which translates literally as "The nordic resistance movememt" which is described on the Wiki: _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Resistance_Movement The English page is the most updated, second is the Norwegian.

From the Wiki page, it is estimated to be the most dangerous right wing movement in Sweden. It has an organisation in Norway, Sweden and Finland, but not in Denmark, as it was dissolved due to lack of activity. My impression from their writing is that they focus on knowledge of society and history, good health, physical exercise, and probably some aryan kind of religion.

From one of their pages, _https://www.frihetskamp.net/den-som-kan-erobre-gaten-vil-en-dag-erobre-staten/ one understands that they subscribe to the idea of Joseph Goebbles: "Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state!" Compared to what Pål Steigan suggests of not counter them with violence, then they do not look for violence per se, but power over the state. Thus there is no guarantee that people like Steigan are right, though without a significant amount of people to fill the streets they can not win and what they want is that the Nordic countries all get out of the EU and work together.

Part of the success of the march was achieved even before it was held. since their application to the authorities to hold it gave them lots of media coverage. On the above web page they said they got that. On another page _https://www.frihetskamp.net/hva-er-kulturmarxisme/ they write about what they call Cultural Marxism, described here _http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism and about what they find problematic about society, as they see it.

In one post they refer to a Swedish produced video documentary. The last battle of Europe, which is planned to run over 10 parts, of which the first 6 are available. The copy they promote is posted by "In Vivo Veritas" on July 13th 2017, then there is a copy by "Europe The Last Battle" with the first parts of the series posted in early August 2017. Finally there is a copy by "Europe TV" which has a trailer posted on May 28th, so that is probably the oldest. The trailer does not have much to do with the series, but it is a great comparison of the EU and the Sovjet Union.

https://youtu.be/pyie3BN9lyU

Published May 28, 2017
Trailer for the upcoming WW2 documentary "EUROPA - The Last Battle" by Tobias Bratt. Since the mid-20th century, the world has only ever heard one side of the most horrific war in human history. We are today living in the world of the victors of that war and without an objective, rational and balanced view of our history, we are doomed to repeat the mistakes. After World War Two, the victors of the war not only went on to write our history books , but also going so far as to criminalize the mere questioning of the official story’s orthodoxy. The truth is, that our world today can only be understood through a correct understanding of World War II, the forces behind it and the conflicts between Globalism and Nationalism.

For very good reasons, most people don't trust the mainstream media anymore. You have already heard the official history millions of times, In this film you will find the secret history, where you will find the real causes of the events.

The intention with this documentary is to correct over 70 years of misinformation, restore the truth, the honesty and justice in the world. We must face the truth, however unpleasant and inconvenient it may be. We can’t do anything about the past; but by correcting the misinformation and distortions of the truth attached to it, we can unite and make sure that these horrors never will be repeated.

I tried to look up Tobias Bratt, he has a blog in Swedish mainly mixed with English: _http://tobiasbratt.blogspot.com On the Twitter Tobias Bratt describes himself as "All-Right Swedish Nationalist. Pro-European Ethnopluralist." _https://twitter.com/tobiasbratt

I listened to his third video (_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pol0zyH2klA) and he does describe and quote Hitler from sources that may be hard to come by in the average history book. Taken alone it is misleading!!! (Some parts I justed wanted to skip, it is just national socialist propaganda). Still along with what else we know, like "Defying Hitler: A Memoir - Sebastian Haffner" and other books and reports, the 3rd film helps to explain what is going on today and why people, who are told to believe this, or that man is like the new Hitler might miss to look in their own backyard.

For instance there are WW2 witnesses who really liked living in the Reich and have no regrets. From what they say, I learned how enticing that world has been to many, who overlooked the problems that were so glaring to a person like Sebastian Haffner. I can't help asking myself, if not many people in the West, ignoring Guantanamo, police brutality, big pharma tyranny, and the wars fought by NATO for no good reason except as a tool to gain and maintain power, do not feel pretty much the same way. Are these old people that are interviewed any different from so many other old people on the present western World who, ignoring the suppression of their system are still proud of the achievements of their country?

 

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A few notes with links about crime and immigration problems in Sweden and Denmark. Articles may need a translation machine, but the links are prefaced with a description.

In Malmö in Sweden it is not easy to be a nurse when the victims of gunshot wounds are gang members
_https://www.vardfokus.se/tidningen/2017/nr-8-2017-8/man-vanjer-sig-aldrig/ mentioned here _http://avpixlat.info/2017/08/04/vittnesmal-fran-varden-om-massinvandringens-effekter/#more-207639

In Sweden there is more debate because young male immigrants want to pose as children to make it easier for them to get refugee status. _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/voksne-maend-kalder-sig-uledsagede-flygtningeborn-nu-bliver-de-medier-til-grin-som-stotter-dem/

Crime in Denmark involving migrants:

Two men were beaten up by three men of middle eastern appearance and and threatened to hand over their creditcards, and codes. This is a new type of crime although the possibility has been there. Plastic cards were considered safe compared to cash, but by this type of crime, the victims can loose much more than if they had carried a small amount of cash to cover the foreseen expenses. _http://www.lokalavisen.dk/mareridtsoverfald-om-natten-tre-indvandrere-taeskede-brutalt-to-unge-maend---til-de-udleverede-dankortkoder-/20170808/artikler/170809744
In the last 20 years violence has doubbled. And persons of immigrant background make up 6% of the population, but carry out 22 % of the violence _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/takket-vaere-ikke-vestlig-indvandring-nu-er-antallet-af-voldanmeldelser-det-hojeste-siden-1995-og-stigningen-skyldes-udlaendinge/

In a small provincial town in Denmark, Sønderborg, criminal activity in one ghetto required the work of 20 police officers many masked. _http://www.jv.dk/krimi/Maskerede-betjente-i-faerd-med-anholdelsesaktion-i-Soenderborg/artikel/2518997 More masked police officers are probably going to become more common as violence and threats increase.

In a Danish article they reported a story from Austria _http://denkorteavis.dk/2017/hun-er-irakisk-kristen-flygtning-nu-advarer-hun-europa-kan-blive-islamiseret-fordi-man-er-alt-for-svage-og-eftergivende/ The report includes statements from an Iraki Christian, who had herself been a refugee. She predicts that with the violence being imported into Europe, and with the weak response from politicians, Austria is going to be like Afghanistan within 20 years. Isn't that the situation the US deep state wants to create? The Syriafication of the Europe for easier control and administration?

The latest rumours are that the government wants to transfer border control to the military. The chief of the police remarks that such an act does not belong to peace time. _https://www.b.dk/politiko/medie-regeringen-vil-lade-militaeret-overtage-graensekontrol The military responds that they are not looking for new assignments. Let's see how this all turns out.

 

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Danish language iand culture is expected to be on the way out. People no longer spend big money on encyclopedias and other books. They look it up on the net, and in Danish language the quality on the net is less than in the books that used to be, as the following article shows.:

"It can be a disaster for the Danish language"
Soon the digital dictionary The Great Danish closes. Several experts call it a disaster for Danish language and culture.
[...]
It is 23 years since Volume 1 was published and five days ago, the publisher Gyldendal stated that the online version would be closed 'in the near future', as no sustainable business model has been found. The printed edition has not been in trading for 11 years, the CD-ROM release that replaced it no longer works on modern computer operating systems, and soon the work, which originally had 4,000 authors, will be gone.

Thus, in a short period of time, the Danes can only consult the user-driven encyclopedia Wikipedia, which has no editorial board, and has been criticized for politically colored articles and content where politicians are embellishing articles about themselves.
[...]

The future is English, it seems. The other day I saw an article in a Danish newspaper, saying that a German minister had expressed his sadness about the reality he had noticed in Germany that some of the immigrants communicate between themselves in English and not German. Often while in Denmark I have noticed the same trend. At the same time, when checking out the radio stations in Denmark and Germany, they play mostly music with lyrics in English. I have tried out internet radio station on radiomap.eu and listenlive.eu They may not have exactly the same coverage, for example for Portugal, listenlive.eu gave much better results than radiomap the night i tried, or was it just my browser? In case of more EU integration, it may happen, but not likely with German or French as the mutual language of communication.

 

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An update on crime, social and economic plus military:
Crime
In Denmark during the last few months there have been a couple of areas, Tingbjerg and Northern Nørrebro with criminal gang trying to resolve issues with guns. Only a few people have died and more wounded. From time to time helicopters and planes have been above the areas making noise in the evening. Today, the police have extended the time of the special visitation zone in Copenhagen for the 7th time in a row _https://www.tv2lorry.dk/artikel/politiet-forlaenger-visitationszone-syvende-gang For a map that also has zones in some other European countries: _https://visitationszone.dk/

With the shootings, it is not surprising that the police don't have time to meet new challenges that has surfaced recently in a few instances. Gangs of people walk into shops, fill the baskets with expensive sweets and walk away. Even though the alarms go on, the thieves continue until they are done, as they have someone to look out for them.

Perhaps as a result of these trends, an increasing number of families are moving out to less densely populated areas, to former farms or farms where much of the earth has been sold off. _https://jyllands-posten.dk/premium/livsstil/ECE9985617/ny-boligtrend-den-danske-oedegaard-er-paa-vej

Another trend is that some municipalities and neighbour hood groups will hire private security companies to patrol their streets:
_https://www.tv2lorry.dk/artikel/nabolag-var-plaget-af-indbrud-saa-hyrede-de-privat-vagtvaern _http://www.danskekommuner.dk/Nyhedsarkiv/2017/August/25/Kommune-vil-hyre-privat-vagtvarn-til-utrygt-omrade/
_https://www.fyens.dk/indland/Hertil-og-ikke-laengere-Over-300-danner-privat-vagtvaern-i-landsby/artikel/3167413
_https://www.tv2lorry.dk/artikel/ali-har-faaet-nok-af-grove-roeverier-nu-tager-han-sagen-i-egen-haand _http://nyheder.tv2.dk/lokalt/2017-07-25-borgere-har-faaet-nok-af-roeverier-inddeler-byen-i-17-zoner-og-holder-vagt
_https://www.avisen.dk/vagter-passer-paa-ansatte-koster-52000-i-ugen_452656.aspx
This trend will most likely increase, private security is going to be good business.

In Sweden, there have been several minor bombing events:

Sweden is becoming a war zone after twelve bombings in twenty-four days In the last twenty-four days Sweden has seen twelve bombing attacks. We are talking about a country with a population of just one million more inhabitants than New York City.

Earlier this month, the attacks have included: an attack on the police station in Malmö, on a multi-family apartment complex, and a car bomb. The most recent attack that occurred on 2 November, was on a nightclub restaurant in Malmö. The Babel nightclub’s front entrance was destroyed by the bomb. There were no injuries in this attack. [...]

Swedish school principal blames girls for sexual assault by Muslim: They should cover their bodies _https://voiceofeurope.com/2017/11/swedish-school-principal-blames-girls-for-sexual-assault-by-muslim-they-should-cover-their-bodies/ Isn't that blaming the victim? I think so.
In the same lane and maybe inspired by what has happened in the US, so far 456 Swedish actors have come forward with cases of sexual abuse:
_https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/B7Pe0/over-400-svenska-skadespelare-talar-ut-om-overgrepp
_https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/456-skadespelare-i-upprop-mot-sexovergrepp/

Social and economic
Malmö was mentioned, it is a town of close to 300.000 inhabitants _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmö where according to _http://www.e-pages.dk/metroxpressdk/4626/ page 10 there are now more than 1000 homeless children i Malmö.

In the meantime the property market in Malmö and Göteborg has lost momentum, and the prices are going down: _https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-11-09/villapriser-i-malmo-och-goteborg-sjunker

The other day, I went to a supermarket north of Copenhagen and noticed there were very empty shelves in the grocery section. It turns out that one retail chain, COOP, has problems with getting their goods and it will continue for some time, so the ducks popular for Christmas are also in danger: _http://www.business.dk/detailhandel/julefreden-i-fare-supermarkeder-kan-hverken-garantere-danskerne

Sweden: Reading aloud from famous children’s books is now ‘racist’.

Pippi Longstocking is the main character in some of the most famous Swedish children’s books. The books have been translated into 70 languages and made into television films and TV series as well.

The first Pippi Longstocking novels appeared in 1945 and the adventurous stories were never really seen as “problematic” until a white German feminist called them racist in 2011. Later, the controversy reared its ugly head in multicultural Sweden as well.

But last week it reached its zenith, when the police filed a report after children at a Swedish day-care centre were listening to the Longstocking stories in a local library.

Another library member became offended by one of the characters in the story while the children, some from different cultures, were listening to the CD with the stories of the child heroine.

A description of Pippi’s father as the “Negro King” was enough for the unknown visitor to contact the police and file a complaint. The trip for the children ended abruptly although none of them had complained about the “racist” story themselves.

Fortunately for the day-care centre and the library a judge decided that no further action would be taken. But since this is an isolated case the question always remains: what might another judge decide when confronted with the same scenario?
[...]

The policy of FB to close down sites have affected the Swedish ultra nationalists. They have now migrated to a different platform, VK, which has similar rules but enforces them less strongly: _https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/GvgbB/nazisternas-nya-hemvist-pa-natet-rysk-facebook-kopia Some of the Swedish ultra nationalists have been fighting with the Kiev regime.

The digital world moves on and leaves destruction in its wake, old drawings of houses in Copenhagen are being scanned and the originals burned, although experts argue a scan can never be as good as the original. _https://www.tv2lorry.dk/artikel/koebenhavn-modtager-kritik-afbraending-af-tegninger? The other day, I went to a recycling station and I took a look at the book container, only a look, because to pick anything up is illegal. What I saw was many useful books including an encyclopedia that goes for minimum 140 Euro and up to 400 Euro.

From local politics to national and international: There has been an open verbal conflict between the Danish minister of foreign affairs and minister of defense. The issue of content is the Danish ambassador to Russia, who is being defended by the FM and blamed by the minister of defence, because he has a more nuanced perspective on Russia than the line run by the MoD:_https://www.b.dk/globalt/har-danmarks-ambassadoer-i-moskva-stor-sympati-for-russerne-anders-samuelsen-og

Armed forces and military spending

The USA will station 1000 soldiers in Norway: _http://www.arbejderen.dk/udland/usa-udstationerer-op-imod-1000-soldater-i-norge
Norway has bought 51 F-35 planes, but they forgot to build the hangars, so for some time the plane will have to stay outside: _http://jyllands-posten.dk/international/europa/ECE10015601/norges-nye-kampfly-parkeres-i-telte-hangarer-er-foerst-klar-om-tre-aar/

In Denmark 21 +6 F-35 planes have been negotiated, but there are still discussions about the wisdom behind the move: Already now they know the number will not be enough _http://nytkampfly.dk/archives/10275 There were no more funds, at the time, but apparently they full well knew they would have to shop more later. Some think the dishonest dealings harm the defense: _https://www.b.dk/berlingske-mener/uaerlige-tal-om-nye-kampfly-skader-forsvaret
For a timeline and news update: _https://ing.dk/fokus/kampfly-milliarder
See also _https://ing.dk/artikel/efter-kritik-forsvarsminister-tavs-historiens-stoerste-forsvarsindkoeb-207390

It is basically a scandal, true they have not yet decided to buy it by law, but they have spent 18 million Euro in analysis money and they have not done a job that allows the politicians to make a qualified decision. Just a few days ago:

The defense minister must explain the expensive F35 fighter aircraft
Defense minister Claus Hjorth Frederiksen shall, in consultation, for both Enhedslisten and The Conservatives are concerned.
It can't be true, that both the Danish and the American national audit offices can direct sharp criticism against the economics of the F35 fighter aircraft, which Denmark will buy, and then the MoD will not go in and investigate the matter.
This considers Eva Flyvholm, from the party "Enhedslisten", who now calls the defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen (V) into consultation.
- I want an explanation on whether the minister can guarantee that it here is not going to explode, and how the government itself has come forward for the calculation. [...]

It is actually a wonder only two parties are worried, Enhedslisten is a left wing party and the Conservatives a liberal right party. Has everyone else switched off the neurons? The MoD has been very closed about the dealings for more than a year. Very disturbing for a country that professes to be a democracy.

Sweden has bought the US Patriot Missile system _https://sputniknews.com/military/201711091058943427-sweden-usa-patriot/ In a Swedish newspaper, I read that the Swedish section of the armed forces responsible for materials had not been consulted, that was the content of the headline, thus it was apparently a political decision. On the way to the final decision there was a lot of lobbying activity and some reflections: _http://cornucopia.cornubot.se/2017/06/intensiv-lobbying-kring-nytt-svenskt.html
_https://ledarsidorna.se/2017/11/sverige-bestamde-sig-for-patriot/
_https://nyadagbladet.se/inrikes/forsvaret-koper-patriot-luftvarn-kan-laddas-med-israeliska-missiler/ that explains the patriot is expensive, but can be loaded with cheaper Israeli missiles.

Whether in Norway, Denmark or Sweden the quality of decisions in the field of defense signals that defeat is already on the horizon. Money that could have been used for better purposes are being wasted, IMO.

 

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Recently there was this article on Sott.net Ridiculous! Sweden distributes 4.7 million leaflets on 'how to prepare for war with Russia' It will only appear later, in May-June is the plan.
I commented among other things:

After looking into the detalis in the Swedish paper Aftonposten: [Link=_https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/samhalle/a/BJ3yQQ/sa-ska-alla-svenskar-forberedas-for-krig-och-kris] I conclude that it is true that the focus is on the perceived deterioration of the security situation in Sweden. However, at the end of the above article they also mention that the society is more complex with threats from climate, terror, pandemics and the last "influence from information" which do not really understand. Thus the campaing will prepare the Swedish population for other threats also.

Recently there was an article [Link=_https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/fimbulvinteren-er-ikke-en-myte?utm_source=vores+nyhedsbrev&utm_campaign=14965ad488-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2f5c83eb4-14965ad488-240034273] in on popular Danish information site about Science and discoveries about a very cold period around 536 A.D. where the populations in areas of Norway and Sweden were reduced to half their previous size. [..]

Being prepared doesn't really seem to be a luxury.

Niall wrote in the comments:

Very curious development.

Notice that two reasons for 'prepping for war' were provided by the Swedish govt yesterday: on the one hand 'because Russia'; on the other, because 'rampant criminality is taking this country towards civil war'. url=_http://www.valuewalk.com/2018/01/sweden-deploy-army-no-go-zones/ [Link]

That is the first real official Swedish acknowledgement that there is indeed 'something terribly wrong in Sweden'.

So all that media pooh-poohing about rising crime being just 'imagined by far-right nutters' was indeed a cover-up.

The reason we keep hearing about grenade attacks in Sweden is because somebody has been handing out Balkan grenades to teens and gangs like candy. _https://qz.com/886244/open-borders-and-vintage-balkan-hand-grenades-are-being-blamed-for-a-crime-wave-in-sweden/ [Link]

The long game smells like a little controlled chaos was introduced precisely for this scenario - to put the country on a war footing with Russia.... which too is fake of course because the ultimate purpose is to ensure that Westerners remain 'believers' in the tenets of the Western Church.

A few days earlier there was a press release from NATO, which might tie in with the announcement to issue a new booklet: NATO Secretary General welcomes deepening cooperation with Sweden _https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news.htm?query=&date_from=&date_to=&sort=date:D:R:d1&start=10

Now more on the situation in Sweden:

200 Swedish police officers must have extra protection
26. Jan 2018 20:06:38
Violence and threats against the police in Sweden. Criminals go after the individual policeman.
Violent gangs and criminals ' attacks and threats against the police in Sweden has gradually reached such a large scale that many officers must undertake extraordinary security measures.

It writes the newspaper Aftonbladet on his internet newspaper.

Over the past ten years, conditions for the police have been still worse. Now are police cars burned, which used hand grenades against the police, and in October 2017 was the police station in Helsingborg hit by a bomb explosion.

- The criminals go after individuals to try to create fear of the police officers, says Emma Cronberg, that is it, as the swedes call a national ombudsman responsible for the protection.

Aftonbladet writes that some 200 police officers in 2017 had a need for extraordinary safety measures. There were cases where the entire small town family had to move.

The cause can be life threatening. It may also be that a gang member staying armed near politimandens home.

A police officer Åsa Wulff wrote in an op-ed in the newspaper in the year following the attack on the police station in Helsingborg, that she has colleagues, who looks under their cars for explosives before running.

Ombudsman Emma Cronberg says, that where the former was the police, who collectively were under threat, it is now the individual cop that stands for the shot.

- Police identified and hung out. They become individuals. The gangs will create anxiety in some of the joints, then the chain breaks, she says.

One of the places where there have been attacks on the police, is in the immigrant heavy district of Rosengård in Malmö. Police cars are stuck in the fire, and there has also been shot.

Another area of concern is immigration Rinkeby near the capital of Stockholm. Here says the police chief Niclas Andersson, the whole situation makes the work very difficult for the police.

There is a culture of silence in areas where there is crime. Few will testify in court.

- When you see that there is a burglary at the neighbor, call not to the police. When we knock on doors, no one says anything. People are afraid of even being hit. In addition, in some places, also, distrust to the society and to the police, he says, according to Aftonbladet.

/ritzau/

And

After the rapes in Malmö: ”We must take back the streets”In a very short time in Malmö took place four suspected serious rape outdoors.

The police have not managed to seize any offenders and many people are upset and worried over the situation in the city.

One of them is Nils Littorin, 36. He has decided to do something about it.

– We need to go out and take back our streets, " he says. [...]

And a few days ago:

One in eight Swedish women will be raped in their lifetimes and that is a low estimate

The following is also revealing of a changing society:

We must begin to see the anti-semitism in the jews ' daily lives
We talk about extremism. And far too little about anti-semitism in everyday life.
We call her Rebekah in the interview. One Friday afternoon, when I am sitting at home in her kitchen. She is 15 years old, jewish and going in a Jewish class in the centre of Stockholm.
That neither she nor her mother want to go out with name and picture in the newspaper Aftonbladet says a lot about how it is to be a jew in Sweden today.
[...]
Her story also testify to the fact that a school in Sweden today who do not act against anti-semitism. Events that are easily waved away by those who hate the just are little boys”.
Haters are no extremists
After brandattacken against the synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweden, said Stefan Löfven, that ”there is zero tolerance against anti-semitism in Sweden”.
We can only say if we react and act with self-awareness.
We need to be able to talk about the growing anti-semitism in the day without having to excuse ourselves. [...]

Zero tolerance, but are they able to enforce the laws?
It was also reported that:

Säpo awards security handbook to 15,000 elected
LONDON/COPENHAGEN, About 15,000 Swedish elected politicians will now be sent to a security handbook from the security police, Säpo. Here are advised, among other things, ...

And:

Säpo to politicians: Hide your daily routines, always keep car doors locked
LONDON/COPENHAGEN — There is a lot to think about, as a Swedish politician. At least if you follow the advice in the 68 pages long security handbook, the security police Säpo now sends out to approx. 15.000 elected persons. [...]

The booklet they mention is found on: _http://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/publikationer/rapporter-amnesvis/sakerhetsskydd/personlig-sakerhet.html
The link to the Swedish pdf is: _http://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/download/18.5acd409615d7e1ec828ae2/1516077336884/personlig_sakerhet.pdf

And Denmark?

Black muslim fathers occupied the school and threw the Danish director out – a teacher had to escape through a windowIt was rough at the muslim free school, DIA private school in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, when a bunch of former parents and men in black uniforms from a security company came into the school, and occupied the head teacher's office.[...]

The part of the private security company is worth noting, isn't it?

In Denmark, the Government wish to do something about the ghettos, but all the people still have to live somewhere, and as many of them have large families, the family income is spend on raising kids and not settling into better housing areas. Also, as demographics are in their favour, there is a problem for society to solve not only now, but in the future as well. There are signs that at least some of those that assist to create problems are not interested in helping to be part of a solution, as the above article about the school shows, and it is not enough there is a will in one area of society. Thus society will be forced to undergo some transformations. Time will show where it will lead.

 

[Laura]

The bad apples in the immigrant barrel are going to rile up Swedish society to such an extent that it could get very bad for all immigrants, I think. And that could be the case everywhere.

 

[Aeneas]

It is also interesting that the Swedish government prides itself with being a feminist government. They have made a law that states explicit consent is needed at every stage of sexual contact.

https://www.sott.net/article/372157-New-sexual-consent-law-in-Sweden-The-castration-of-Odin

Sweden plans changing the law to require explicit consent before sexual contact (The Guardian) and at each step of sexual encounter (RT). I have contacted the Swedish Ministry of Justice for comment and have been advised by Kristoffer Strömgren that the wording of the draft legislation has now been amended by removing the 'explicit consent' requirement in favour of just 'consent'.

and
https://www.sott.net/article/371792-Sweden-loses-its-collective-mind-Proposed-law-will-make-any-sex-without-explicit-consent-rape

Sweden's adults could be convicted of rape unless they receive a verbal or non-verbal sign of consent from their partner at each step of their sexual encounter, according to a new law set to come into force next year.

and
https://www.sott.net/article/368524-Transsexuality-for-toddlers-Gender-equality-comes-to-Sweden

Sweden, a country renowned for its stance on gender equality, has launched a brochure on transsexuality aimed at toddlers. The book is about a horse that wants to be a dog and its owner who wants to be a woman.

The new sex education brochure for preschoolers called "Horse and Master" has been penned by Susanne Pelger, a PhD of genetics and a teacher of biology and mathematics at Lund University.

and not least:
https://www.sott.net/article/365607-Swedens-sexual-assault-and-gang-violence-crises-present-a-feminist-paradox

Police admit that rape cases are piling up without being investigated because resources are being drained by gang violence and shootings.

It is interesting that a government which prides itself of being feminist have admitted that they don't have the forces to investigate rape claims. In other words, Sweden can not protects its own women and are not even trying but instead playing gender politics and the whole postmodernist agenda. If that continues, Sweden can turn into the next Islamic State through the ballot box or through actual violent take-over!!!

One could well argue that a government ruled by postmodernist ideologues would be the ideal place for the Islamic Caliphate to rise, as they will need no resistance other than pamplets from the population. Sweden being a major weapons producer would be ideal for whahabist/takfiris terrorists to make a base and steal the weapons which the US then could turn on Russia.

 

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In Denmark, the political sentiments with regard to Russia, is illustrated with recent headlines from Berlingske:

Russia stands entirely alone in the world: the UNITED states imposes new sanctions
The UNITED states turns now, with new sanctions against russians and Russia, France is also on the way with sanctions, and NATO unequivocally backs up the UK. Who keeps with Russia?

THURSDAY D. 15. MARCH 2018 AT. 17:31 [...]

Analysis
Russia's president Vladimir Putin has done for Russia what Osama bin Laden did for islam
Russia's president Vladimir Putin has done for Russia what Osama bin Laden did for islam. When a critical exile Russian dies, or whenever something else unappetizing happens in the world, everybody immediately suspects Russia - and for a good reason. And it is fundamentally a Russian problem. Take the case of Nikolai Glushkov.

THURSDAY D. 15. MARCH 2018 AT. 16:20[...]

Such a headline convinces the reader that when it comes to Russia, no argument is really needed. So much for debate. Perhaps therefore in Denmark there is a strong support for the EU Stratcom which others criticize:

Dutch parliament calls for EU's media monitoring closed
The EU's mediesurveillance unit East StratCom Task Force is in a tailspin in the Netherlands. Three media has accused the bureau of defamation, and a majority in parliament will have the task force closed.[...]
– I am pleased that virtually the entire parliament shares our concern that the UNION and its officials shall verify and affects the free press, says ThePostOnline's editor-in-chief, Bert Brussen, to the Worker.

[...]DENMARK BACKS UP
Thus giving the Dutch parliament is quite different than the Danish politicians. The former Danish foreign minister, Martin Lidegaard (R) was in 2015, the initiator for the creation of the EU's media surveillance unit, which today is a part of the EU's external action Service.

The purpose of the East StratCom Task Force is to monitor the media for "Russian disinformation", the "fake news", "dispel myths" and provide a positive narrative about the EU's policies and values. Medieovervågningsenheden have a network of several hundred ngos, journalists, academics, private individuals and public authorities in more than 30 countries, which monitors the media in both the EU and Russia.

Also, the Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen (V), as in the previous week visited the task force fully supports its work:

– We see in these years, how Russia is increasingly spreading false news. It is frankly appalling to see, so it was very appropriate to see how the EU is actively undermining and countering the kind of. Disinformation and false news is a threat to the cohesion of the EU, which we must take very seriously, and a problem, I, as secretary of defense is very concerned, said Claus Hjort Frederiksen subsequent.

[...]

Libel-the case against East StratCom is being dealt with in court in Amsterdam in the morning. Last week the european UNION's task force to remove the articles from the three Dutch media from its database, and the office admits now that it was wrong to register the articles.

One of the articles was, among other things registered because it allegedly "... aims to worsen Ukraine's image".

Danish independence of US foreign policy is perhaps limited to the foreskin of boys:

Opponents of circumcision of boys in Denmark are "upset" over the fact that the U.S. meddles
Intact Denmark was called to a meeting at the u.s. embassy who would listen, why the organization is trying to ban the circumcision of baby boys. It is a circumcision that has religious significance for several faiths, reads the explanation.
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, Denmark prohibits the circumcision of little boys, so contrary to the freedom of religion.
[...]

Moving on to another subject, but considering that if the mainstream Danish attitude to Russia appears radical, it may be symptomatic, since:

More young non-western immigrants in Copenhagen say no to democracy and yes to the sharia – scary radicalisation by Karen Jespersen and Ralf Pittelkow

The city of Copenhagen has a so-called integrationsbarometer. Here ask, among other things, to democratic attitudes among the young in Copenhagen in the age of 18-29 years.
Integrationsbarometeret is not crystal clear formulated. But the trend in the most recent measurement is ready. And it is very serious.

The proportion of young non-western immigrants, which refers to itself as democratic, is decreased.

Unfortunately, there is no distinction between young people with a muslim background and young people with non-western background. But one must assume that a large proportion of the respondents are muslims.

In 2017 represent only 82 percent of young non-western immigrants themselves democratic. This is a decrease of four percentage points compared to 2016.

At the same time, the gap between young non-western immigrants and young danes have been increased. In 2017, it was only 82 percent of the immigrants who declared themselves democratic, while it was 94 percent of the danes.

Will the concerns in Denmark about radicalisation be solved ond day with the acceptance of an Islamic democracy:

Islamic democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public policy within a democratic framework. Islamic political theory specifies three basic features of an Islamic democracy: leaders must be elected by the people, subject to sharia and committed to practicing "shura", which is Arabic for "consultation." The expression of Islamic democracy is different in the Muslim majority countries, as sharia interpretations vary from country to country, and the use of sharia is more comprehensive in countries in which sharia forms the basis for state laws.

The concepts of liberalism and democratic participation were already present in the medieval Islamic world.[1][2][3] The Rashidun Caliphate is perceived by its proponents as an early example of a democratic state and it is claimed that the development of democracy in the Islamic world eventually came to a halt following to the Sunni–Shia split.[4]

After all, in neighbouring Sweden there was:

Sharia law was used in the Swedish trial – battered muslim woman was told that it was a mistake to go to the police and not to the family by Poul Erik Andersen

Swedish court has convicted based on sharia – the one lay judge was islamist

The islamisation of Sweden is now so far advanced, that the muslim sharia law now has spread to the Swedish legal system.

It has a muslim woman has just got to feel, after she had notified her husband to the police for spousal assault.

It was a big mistake, she got to know in the district court in the stockholm suburb of Solna.

On the contrary, the court took the view that she is instead to report the matter to the police should have gone to the man's family and complained that, write the major Swedish daily newspaper Expressen

The court justified its position that the couple was married according to sharia law, which therefore also had to apply in the marriage and not Swedish law.
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An article in a Danish paper reflects on the situation in Sweden. It has the obscure title which translates to "We need a destroyed Sweden". He later says he means the opposite, but he wonders why the Swedes have brought themselves to a situation where they apparently work for their own destruction. His personal reflections, I have mainly left out and stuck with a translation of the first sections, as it is very telling of the situation and refers to other articles and research:

We need a destroyed Sweden
BY KASPER STØVRING 27. MARCH 2018 14:35 177

Each day, the postman brings news from Sweden, it is rarely good news one must admit, so one shudders when the man with the red coat shows up. What news were there this past week, shall we look at it today? Let me see... well, let's start with this _https://ekstrabladet.dk/nationen/forbloeffet-svensk-avislaeser-taenk-at-man-vover-at-skrive-det-her/7087032:

43 men are convicted of having participated in a gang rape in Sweden in 2016 and 2017. The 42 of them are born abroad or have one or two foreign-born parents.

43, it is quite many, isn't it? And the proportion of foreigners is rather high, isn't it? The information is accompanied by the text: ”Baffled Swedish newspaper reader: Can you think they even dare to write this here.” Mads Fuglede from Venstre [Danish liberal party] wrote a much-read post about the same sombre topics: Sweden is lost. And you might be tempted to agree with give him. [For the context: I could not find the whole article of Mads Fuglede, it may be _https://www.b.dk/kommentarer/mads-fuglede-sverige-er-tabt but at least his viewpoint is expressed in a summary on _http://www.friatider.se/danmark-v-rt-land-ska-f-rbli-danskt He basically says that Sweden is becoming like a Middle Eastern Country, and he and the government wants Denmark to remain Danish and not become like Sweden.]

Let us look at some more information about the brother land. First crime:

The number of reported violence, and particularly rape, is many times higher than in Denmark. What's more, the Number is increasing _http://politiken.dk/udland/art5824135/Sådan-går-det-med-kriminaliteten-i-Sverige in recent years, and the rapes have been more brutal _https://www.metro.se/artikel/tio-män-misstänks-för-gruppvåldtäkt-polisbrist-försenade-gripanden. Not only assault rape and gang rape, but also torture rape now sees the light of day (or the darkness of night).

What has it to so with immigration to do? Everything!, one is tempted to say. The Swedish press is beginning to lift the veil, among other events, after the former police officer Peter Springare opened up the bag with tales horror.

Over 95 percent of some of the most serious types of rape, rape assaults, committed by persons with foreign background _https://kulturkamp.blogs.berlingske.dk/2017/10/25/mord-og-voldtaegt-i-det-svenske-tusmoerke/. The official Sweden does not record the provenance, so it has a citizen by the name of Donald P. Jonasson found out. Because sentence documents are available.

Foreigners also stands behind 90 percent of all shootings_https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/vanligt-med-utlandsk-bakgrund-bland-unga-man-som-skjuter/ This the newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" reported in May of last year.

In addition, the police do not even have the resources to investigate rape against children. This was revealed by the the courageous - and – journalist Joakim Lamotte back in september.

Criminals have also begun to attack the police directly, among other things with attacks on police stations. Even a decent, liberal paper like New York Times now write about a civil war like state of affairs _https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/world/europe/sweden-crime-immigration-hand-grenades.html in Sweden.

Add to this a long-standing hatred against Jews, which in December resulted in a fire bombing _https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/sveriges-statsminister-efter-synagoge-angreb-der-er-ikke-plads-til-antisemitisme against young Jews who had gathered for a party in a room at a synagogue in Malmö, Sweden, in the month of December.

It was a crime. Let us look at a handful of other crucial factors. We begin with confidence. Confidence is one of the main indicators of cohesion, and cohesion is closely linked with the experience of not just security, but also with satisfaction, yes, even happiness.

Confidence has always been and still is very high in Sweden. But it has begun to fall, and the falls especially in areas of ethnic and cultural diversity, fol.a. in Malmö. This shows up in a confidence barometer-report _http://fof.se/tidning/2014/8/artikel/sveriges-unika-tillit-sjunker-kan-man-lita-pa-folk from 2014.

What about the demographics, of population as a whole? Since the assimilation of foreigners, especially muslims, has also not been succesful managed in Sweden, the effects of immigration leads to a violent change of a society's basic values. Away from freedom and cohesion, towards... well, something else.

There will in Sweden be more than a doubling of the number of muslims to 20-30 per cent. by the year 2050. This showed a report from the recognized analysis institute PEW _http://www.pewforum.org/2017/11/29/europes-growing-muslim-population/ in november 2017. If you don't think it is so bad, look at France: the Country is today in a state of near permanent state of emergency because of the danger of islamism. In France, the share of muslims is about 10%. Do we have to say that the vast majority of muslims are law-abiding? No, but as long as just a small part is violence-ready, then we have the trouble, so to speak. Last year over 700 islamic terrorist attacks (which led to arrests) in Europe were prevented, according to figures from Europol.

”Well, with time, migrants will be integrated. Sweden is not lost.” Yes, Sweden IS. The country will never be the same. We do understand that, when we look at the number of parallel societies. As the Kurdic born Swedish political scientist Tino Sanandaji has found out: There were 3 cases of parallel society in 1990; the number had grown to 186 in 2012.

Finally, there is the economy. Associate professor in economics, Jan Tullberg, have been calculated up to a cost of 600 billion alone for the asylum pressure in 2015. The figure may be debatable, but a researcher with a docent degree[In Denmark and Norway, docent is traditionally a title ranking between associate professor and professor, _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docent#Northern_Europe] is no amateur. And the figure is hardly so low as the Danish figure of 33 billion annually.

Recently I participated in a radio broadcast on Sweden, where I again met three of the frequent counterarguments: There are problems with immigration, yes, yes, but they are caused by 1) social conditions such as high unemployment, 2) a derogatory language in reference to foreigners, and 3) the lack of democratic education.

All arguments can, however, be rejected. If we look at the figures from Statistics Denmark, as corrected for socio-economic factors. And so, we get the following sad insight: not only are is there a very big difference between western and non-western immigrants, there are also big differences within the group with the non-western immigrants. Persons with a background in Africa, the Middle east and the muslim countries in general are performing as a rule, much worse than persons with a background in f.ex. China, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Chile.

If the ”tone” of the debate was crucial, Sweden would be the country in Europe that performed best with regard to integration – not the worst, as it is the case. In Sweden one is shamed, scandalized and made suspect to a much higher degree than in virtually any other country, if you criticize immigration. Censorship and self-censorship is very effective. Still, it goes to hell in Sweden.

Democratic education does not help much. In Denmark, the Wilke-examination from 2015 showed that about half of the resident muslims want sharia as a part of the legislation. We are talking about people who live in a liberal democratic state.
[...]

I looked up the journalist Joakim Lamotte, as I was puzzled by the use of the word "lonely" in the article. I think it refers to him being an outsider, as evident from a description on _https://www.magasinetparagraf.se/nyheter/kronikor/50362-den-beroende-joakim-lamotte/ which in fact may reflect at least as much on some Swedish intellectuals and their part in the situation, as it reflects on Joakim Lamotte _https://www.facebook.com/joakim.lamotte/

For an insight into the sentiment in society that Joakim Lamotte is giving expression to check out a post like _https://www.facebook.com/joakim.lamotte/photos/a.721663931261534.1073741829.713993068695287/1705691842858733/?type=3 which at the time of posting has 7000 + likes, 1100 + shares and 700 + comments. The last number I find most impressive. And try read some of the comments for more insight. Whereas the critical blogger is blaming Lamotte for being basically a one trick horse, "a caricature of himself" etc, apparently few are reporting on the concerns of many people. It is as if what used to be Sweden is increasingly becoming a parallel society all by itself, with a little life on Facebook. Is that a result of natural development?

 

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Above I quoted and commented on part of the opinion piece by Kasper Støvring:

An article in a Danish paper reflects on the situation in Sweden. It has the obscure title which translates to "We need a destroyed Sweden". He later says he means the opposite, but he wonders why the Swedes have brought themselves to a situation where they apparently work for their own destruction. [..]:

We need a destroyed Sweden
BY KASPER STØVRING 27. MARCH 2018 14:35 177
[...]

I did not include the end of the above article, but I found some new information that could contribute with a perspective on his thoughts, so here we go:

[...]Of course we do not need to destroyed Sweden, as I write in the title of this post. What is needed instead is the opposite. The only thing the current Sweden can serve as is as an example, no, horror picture of, what we must not develop into. Don't be like Sweden!

We need Sweden, so we can see what we do not need to do not must end up, and we need to be able to refer to Sweden, when we call on a stop to further immigration, and asylum-seekers from those countries, as we have had problems with the last 40 years. We need to look at Sweden in order to understand why we must have closed borders, why we should begin the expulsion of criminal foreigners and repatriations of aliens who are allowed to get large amounts of money in suitcases.

All that remains is to explain the riddle: Why have Swedes chosen to do all of this to itself?

We must see if the mailman arrives with solutions to this conundrum in the near future.

It turns out there has been a recent move by the Swedish government to counter just this attitude of Kasper Stövring of viewing Sweden as an awful spectre that people should keep in front of themselves, as to avoid becoming like Sweden. Here is an article:

Fridolin to Hungary: "Not okay," to use Sweden as warning examples
Published March 28, 2018 at 09.11
FOREIGN AFFAIRS. In Hungarian media, Sweden is considered a multicultural horror example. Education Minister Gustav Fridolin has traveled to Hungary to improve Sweden's image.

In an interview with P1 Morning _https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1650&artikel=6918990, Gustav Fridolin says Tuesday that he is in Hungary to meet with green representatives and to deal with the pitch black image of Sweden spread in the country.

Before the election, Hungarian media has highlighted a number of Hungarians living in Sweden. They bear witness to how immigration from the third world transformed the scandinavian country beyond recognition, and that the crime just gets worse and worse.
Fridolin, however, does not want to agree that the escalating situation could have anything to do with immigration.

– I am of the opinion that the reason why gangs have rooted themselves in some of our suburbs is about gaps, that the difference between people has increased, " he says.
- Certainly, we have our problems and challenges the way I'm sure you have here in Hungary. At the same time, however, we see today how people who have come from other countries to Sweden get work, contribute and make Sweden their own.

The Minister of Education also reacts strongly to the negative image of Sweden spread in Hungary. "It's not ok that Sweden is used as an argument for countries to close themselves to the outside world," he says.

However, Gustav Fridolin states that he will not meet any representatives of the right parties in Hungary without focusing on "HBTQ organizations" and groups who claim to fight for so-called human rights.

What a knight? Fighting for the rights of LBGT in a foreign country while the police in his own is overloaded with work and has not enough time for rape of even children!!! :O

It appears, the Swedish Government, (like many other governments) is trying to handle their international image the same way they do it internally, that is through perception management and diversion.

On the other hand, the statements of the Swedish minister of education may also help us understand the prospects for the future. What I wonder is, if the list of articles next to the report about the PR campaign in Hungary is an acceptance of the changed reality. The title "Nya Sverigebilden" could be translated as "The New Image of Sweden". There are at the time of posting 38 articles. To give you an, idea here is a translation of the titles:

38 articles in this topic
The New York Times article about new Sweden: "hand Grenades and gang violence"
"It looks like an arab country – but it is Sweden!"
Swedish police officers running with the joggers will be horrors abroad
Håkan He is fleeing Sweden: On the way to becoming a "dictatorship"
Swedish asylaktivist celebrates polygamy – then explains the muslim woman that she is a slave to her husband
Finnish professor: Sweden is a greater threat to Finland than Russia
Katie Hopkins: the Feminists are a mafia that oppresses the Swedish women
Journalistvrede when Ingrid Carlqvist participating in the Fox
Katie Hopkins horror filled trip to Sweden: "Your white -jezebel-!"
Russian TV depicting Malmö as a multicultural skräckstad
Fox News shocked by asylsexvågen in Sweden – "It is grotesque"
Video: Here attacked a documentary filmmaker from the united states in Husby
Read the full the MINISTRY's manual against the "Sweden-bashing"
So to the foreign MINISTRY to combat "fake" the image of Sweden as a multicultural kaosland
Swedish contributions to the IS terrorists is now a world first
Donald Trump's warning: "Look at Sweden, it's a mess"
Minister for integration in Norway: We must never become like Sweden
60 Minutes: "Sweden has fallen victim to its own humanism"
This will be the "60 Minutes" was attacked in Rinkeby
The Swedish embassy in the PK-war with the Daily Mail
Trumps asylvarning: the united states can become like Sweden
Daily Mail: refugee children in Sweden, "a gigantic scam"
"Allahu Akbar, if you throw me out, I will take ten swedes lives"
Swedish "skäggbarn" evokes the fascination in the united states
Daily Mail: Sweden is lost
Finnish politicians mocked Stefan Löfven: "How can immigration be a strength and a burden at the same time?"
Sweden multicultural scare story in the american tv
The Danish debate: "Europe is committing collective suicide"
The jyllands-posten newspaper traces the civil war in Sweden
Kjærsgaard: Sweden, the sickest country ever
Ekstrabladet: "Sweden is the Nordic north Korea"
"Swedes on way to rebel against their politically correct elite"
Sweden is used as a cautionary example against immigration
Norwegian Aftonbladet: "Sweden needs the help"
Swedish journalists rage against the criticism in the New York Times
New sharp Sverigekritik in the New York Times
International criticism of the Swedish handling of dissidents
The Guardian: Sweden has gone off the rails

There are elections in Sweden this September: _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_general_election,_2018 I will end with some alleged quotes from Arstoteles on democracy which I found on the way, so to say. When reading them, one should consider they were thoughts on the ancient Greek democracy of the city state and not the kind of mega state administration, we have today. After this disclaimer here are the words?

Aristotle: "Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle of responsibility secures that which is the greatest good in states; the right persons rule and are prevented from doing wrong, and the people have their due. It is evident that this is the best kind of democracy, and why? because the people are drawn from a certain class." The last section, I do not understand completely. In any case the balance between responsibility and freedom is not so easy to realize when a significant numbe of people do not feel much responsibility for taking care of and appreciating the common goods. The responsibility can be understood on many levels, individual, family, social, community, country, world ...

Aristotle: "No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself." Without some kind of common basis, this migh be difficult. When many people violate the justice of others, they show they are as capable "of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself."

Aristotle: "Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny." I wonder of this pattern is repeating in Sweden, or other similar nations? One may start off and say Sweden is not a republic, but a consitutional monarchy. Still, as practised this is not far from a republic, and after many years as a liberal welfare state, it appears Sweden has become more obsessed with political correctness. Time will show if a tyranny emerges.

"Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, . . Those who think that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state." There are many parties in Sweden, and the minister of education will say no, but what will others say?

 

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Quite a few things are actually hapening, like everywhere else. Here is one small observation:
Denmark has been one of the many European countries that decides its selfdetermined policies based on the imperial advice of the US State Department. This includes opposing Nord Stream II that should bring extra gas from Russia. This is a remarkable demonstration of the capabilities of several Danish politician as one of the really major natural gas sources in the North Sea called Tyra, accounting for 90 % of Danish production will be temporarily closed down from November 2019 to July 2022 according to Største Nordsø-investering nogensinde: Tyrafelt ombygges for 21 mia. kroner in an article from December 1, 2017. In the mean time, the missing gas will come from outside, including Norway. In a different article from March 2017 Gigantrenovering af vitalt naturgasfelt lukker dansk produktion over to år they write there will be two years with gas from Germany, which gets its gas from ... Russia. Now we know who delivers besides Norway - Russia. This is worth repeating as Denmark has worked against the Nord Stream II project. Does this really need further commenting?

Another observation came in this morning, when a news agency, Ritzau, reported as relayed in JydskeVestkysten that the Danish national rail network had been subjected to a serious DDoS attack Sunday night which put the whole ticket system down. At the end of the article they wrote: "The attack comes at night before the Defence Intelligence service publishes its threat assessment on the it field." One can not conclude anything, it is just an interesting coincidence.

Finally the other day it was reported that the new F-35 planes in North European NATO countries will possibly be meeting up to do exercis over the Danish part of the North Sea. The article said that this would bring new jobs. On the surface of things it is the strategic position of Denmark that favours such a choice as it is sort of in the middle with respect to Germany, the Netherlands and Norway.