Thom Hartmann from Sweden with Rick Falkvinge

[needtoalwayslearn]

Most ridiculous nonsense I've heard from an adult.

[lovedbythepeople]

Great job man!

[Lallar3n]

Sweden has long had a small population and some big exportcompanies that has supported the entire country. If you get sick you get 80 % of your pay for upto 570 days from the state. After that you get 65 % for the rest of your life. As you see in comments people usually think this is way to low. Most people demand 100% for the rest of their life. They think money grow on trees. Incometax is upto 57 %, which makes you more like a slve to the socialist state.

[Smulan45]

The so-called Swedish model is about to crack wide. I hope that Hartman just dig a little deeper and realize this. The neoliberal politic is on the agenda big time.

[mr13377]

lol america could NEVER EVER have the same system as sweden. You would go bankrupt in just a few years. Just like the whole EU could never have the system of sweden. Sweden is VERY wealthy and had only white people untill very reacently.

And what is labeled as "conservative" and "liberal" simply doesn NOT exist in Sweden. In Sweden you have socialism vs communism.

[Smulan45]

Sick people who has lkost their healt insurance have been forced to sell off everything they own, they have been forced to go from house and home and finally ended up in the last instance, the social services office...

[Smulan45]

Falkvinge forgot to mention that 45 000 people in sweden has lost their health insurance, (Sweden have the strictest rules for sickness benefits across the OECD now) and more people will loose their insurance the comming years.

Most of those who have unemployment compensation got far from 80% of previous income.

Sweden got slave jobs, (so-called Phase 3 jobs) people work for a few hundred dollars a month ... Just a small selection ... In Sweden's safety net is now big rips.

[oolong2]

Wow.... 09:00 "a base wage for everybody" I just heard conservatives and libertarians heads exploding...

Though he's right, at some point automation will overtake the need for wage earners and manual labor.

You have two choices:

1. Continue a growing devide between the wealthy & middle class (while exploiting 3rd world countries)

2. Provide for basic needs (food, shelter, healthcare, etc.) and create a system (perhaps a form of capitalism) for people to benefit from innovation & expertise.

[shadowmagix]

We need this pirate party in the united states! keep the internet FREE!

Great interview Thom, thanks.

[saintearth]

Lieutenant Dan was a high ranking member of the Pirate Party.

[PompousPreacher]

National healthcare and unemployment benefits? I'm not sure if that's what Sweden's founding fathers would have wanted. Maybe they should elect Sainte Ronne Paulsonne and get back to their Norse heritage!

[503burnside]

AAARRRRRR me wants join the pirate party matey!!!

[tristbjorn]

Thank you for this interview. I live in denmark and we haven't heard this much from TPP!

[Lexekon]

This should grow in the US, a breath of fresh air from our entrenched two party system

[MAZDAKPRODUCTION]

Us Americans do not have a pirate party. We just like to bomb countries, rape them for their riches, wage undeclared wars, sanction & control others, hire private special forces to do clandestine operations that result in millions dead. No we dont have no pirate party and we despise the name. We kill & rape people under these names: Democrats & Republicans.