bullshit! "they" want you to belive that jews are responible for everything! from multiculuturism to bad economy to violence and dirty porn... blame it on the jews, they have a scapegoath there..
but something really fucked up, is that if a man has better qualifications than a woman, and they both apply for the same job, the woman would get the job if there were to few women in the company......
A law like this only takes effect when there is a deliberate and long standing gender descrimination policy that has adversely affected women for a long time. In this case, yes being forced to share the wealth would definitely be in order. Do women customers or clientel not support these companies with money? What if those women decided to boycott these companies? You think they would change their tune then? Just sayin...
It's amazing how sexist some of these comments are... Do you people REALLY think that women aren't capable of doing the same jobs as men? That there aren't enough qualified women out there to fill 40% of a company? We had a law in Canada where companies were forced to hire people of different nationalities and gender. because guess what happens when companies are allowed to pick whoever they want? You have a company full of old WHITE MEN. BIG Surprise, This law did not cause the world to end.
This is feminism at a new level. Look at all the men in this video, all beat down weak men brainwashed to please women while forgetting men. This new 40% law is a huge discrimination against men. Less qualified women already have it much easier as men to get good jobs, now it's only getting worse. I'm really afraid for the future of men in Western countries.
@Sp1kerPistol you say that..yet the norwegian economy is the only one still growing..every other economy is failing at this very moment.... this might not be the reason..but they do things other countries dont... and it works..
why would they force companies to have 40 percent woman?
what happens if most woman want to stay at home - and only 20 % or woman or 10% of the total population work?
then this means that this 10% is forced to fill in 40% of executive positions? forcing perhaps more qualified men out of their position to a person who is less qualified purely because of their gender?
@adeafningsilence you see that is not a problem since many norwegian women are in work. (i guess at least) 70% of the women have jobs and are in work.
most women want to work, in norway that is. to prove that, you should go to any university. there are just as many girl if not more than boys applying for higher education. so there is women out there with the same qualifications as men. so to find that 40 % should be that hard.
@adeafningsilence Yes, quotas is discriminatory, thats the down side, but the upside, in my opinion larger, is that OVER TIME it gives great result - with in this case women as educated and contributing to the nation, also in politics and leadership!
At the moment it seems a bit unfair, but in the long run its more fair, simply because it "forces" social equality.
@adeafningsilence you are right...hypothetically.. but reality is that woman are working more and more... it the way the world is going..so this makes sense...but if things change, the law will have to change...
@adeafningsilence first of all, I agree with the notion that its wrong to employ women when there is men who are better qualified. But why on earth would you think women would be less qualified? and why do you think the probability of women wanting to stay home is higher than with men? Of course you would be right if we lived in the 1900th century...
@adeafningsilence .. so agree i live in norway and i guess it is really wrong to consider gender over qualifications when it ocmes to job positions.. i find it contradicting gender equality
@adeafningsilence Look up Norway's economy. They can afford to do this, because they make sure to educate qualified professionals. Why would women want to stay home when their income can greatly increase their benefits, not only by their salary but by the support they get when they get pregnant or sick because of working? Norway's unemployment rate is currently 2.80%. This is not only a gender-including advance, but a social and economic one as well.
It is not only that. It also hurts women. There is a strong social stigma against women marrying men who are less successful than themselves. Men who are unemployed become depressed and lose their viability as marriage partners. This reduces the number of men available for these educated women. This reduces marriage and childbirth rates, leaving many of them feeling empty. This is what has happened in the African-American community. It has taken a tremendous social toll
@adeafningsilence No, you are simply an idiot that didnt bother to read whats actually the case. What has been stated, is to even out the numbers of men and women, its good to pick a woman if that specific job is mostly male dominated. OF COURSE the male will be picked if he has BETTER qualifications. Its when two people have the same qualifications that one should pick the gender that is not dominant in that specific job. Seriously, go read the actuall facts before commenting
Well I think women should do what they feel is right making Cookies or Working at a Job. I think that putting presure on the young femals is wrong. I've Also seen female Work,, its Bad. They Talk all day Long. The men have to work much harder. Now they want leadership positions so they can sit on top eat cake and make Bad decsions. Of couse I've seen men make Bad decsions also. I feel that its a Two Way Street that has the Caution Light Flashing Wildly.
-++ There is a huge difference , living in Norway and California , check crime rate of Califronia and Norway ,
Check how many people are in prison in California and in Norway ... Thta is quality of life too. I do not see Norwegian middle class , with no teeth , or in BAD health ,, as I have seen in USA ... You do not HAve Health Insurance ,, There , Plus Private insurance that exists , does not pay for medical care of sick patients , to make money ... ONLY in USA.
+++ Marcfj ---- You know what is difference , between Norway and California , in California you can go homeless , and in Norway you can not ..
I think this is huge difference. PEOPLE in CAlifornia live from day to day , Never ending money pit , I know people from CAlifornia , THEY spedn EVERYTHING they earn .. to get bY ... In Norway people have savings accounts ... That is a FACt , they do not live in CREDIT.
Sorry, Omar, but I have traveled extensively throughout Scandinavia and I happen to know from first hand experience that all this socialist propaganda about the incomparably affluent Scandinavian countries is pure bullshit. Even the humblest of meals - a large pizza delivered from Oslo's most popular pizza joint will run from $34 to $48, including delivery fee and a 25 percent value added tax. I can get a good meal at a restaurant in San Francisco for under $10.00. Go figure!
Marcfj, now you forgot to adjust the cost of living to GDP PPP. San Fransisco may be cheap, but NOrwegians earn what they earn and pay what they pay, without
worrying about tomorrow. And besides, Californias economy is fucked. I guess Norway came out as the master, and your ass as the slave. Don't worry though, we accept skillled foreign workers.
Oh, you can be sure that I did a reality check, Stengevarsel. Remember, I have traveled extensively throughout Scandinavia and there is no way that the standard of living in Norway, or anywhere else in Scandinavia for that matter, is higher or even comparable to our standard of living here in America. The average worker here in the U.S.A. can buy far more commodities with an hours wage than can his counterpart in Norway.
I grant you that if it makes you feel better, but only because I had a hard time finding sources. So the American middle class is better off than the Norwegian middle class. I did also come across a study a while back that claimed that American poor in fact are richer than the Nordic middle class, based on numbers from the 90's. I don't suppose your extensive traveling is from that period?
The American economy is based on people buying cheap shit. Sure Americans can buy Wiis, Playstations, and other commodities that have a nearly insignificant use value, but Norwegians make more money than Americans! In Norway, things are more expensive, so when Norwegians come to the United States, what they can buy doubles because we Americans have surrounded ourselves with cheap shit. However, a higher percent of Norwegians than Americans can afford education and health and afford to live.
It's funny how this video divides people into two groups: male and female, while overlooking all the individual experiences that led those people to make the decisions they did.
If the law is truly the right thing, then why is it not imposed everywhere? Nursing is a female dominant profession, as is teaching. Are they next going to require 40% of nurses and teachers to be men? This is ridiculous.
Sure you can focus on all the women that prosper from this law but if they're already qualified, then why do they need a law ensuring they will get hired?
What about the qualified men who are left out because it's illegal to hire them??
If you don't look for the hidden costs in laws you'll only ever get one side of the story.
I lived in Norway in the 1960's before they had the North Sea oil and I liked it much better then than I did when visiting there in 2006. Also, be advised that the socialist propaganda, put out by the media, that Norway has the highest standard of living in the world is pure bull shit.
It's not pure bullshit. It's pure numbers and statistics. They're out there for all to see. You may think it's all media, but that is obviously because you haven't looked at the data.
I know Norway is not in the EU...BUT, if the European Union were a state in the USA it would belong to the poorest group of states. France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany have lower GDP per capita than all but four of the states in the United States. In fact, GDP per capita is lower in the vast majority of the EU-countries (EU 15) than in most of the individual American states. This puts Europeans at a level of prosperity on par with states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia.
I haven't looked it up, so it may well be true. Norway, however, has the highest GDP per capita in the world (If we ignore Lichtenstein and Luxembourg), much higher than the US.
GDP per capita is of course not automatically an indicator for prosperity.
In late March a study done by KPMG, the international accounting and consulting firm, indicated that when disposable income was adjusted for cost of living, Scandinavians were the poorest people in Western Europe. Danes had the lowest adjusted income, Norwegians the second lowest, Swedes the third. Spain and Portugal, with two of Europe's least regulated economies, led the list.
The old disposable income myth. Keep in mind that the Norway government subsidises many facets of everyday life, such as child support, cash support, living support, and that is without being on welfare. If you really think that Norwegians in fact are poor, you need to do a reality check.
Since they are too small measure. Simple as that. Also, they are tax havens for rich people. You didn't know that? I guess you know nothing about Europe, then.
Didn't mean any disrespect, I must have been drunk or something. Anyway, statistics are key. If anyone disagrees, check their facts. Then their ass is yours (most of the time).
i think this is a good thing ....i respect norwegian women for their hardwork...i m a man btw n it will give men relaxing tym n more tym with their children.
I have to agree there that men should be with the children more, but the paternity leave in Norway is still grossly too short-again showing the imbalance against men.
i think it's good that they passed this law. if more women work then they will be more respected and considered equal to men which unfortunately is not the case in every country. canada has had improvements is gender equality to because now more women go to university than men which shows that women are working hard and one day we might actually stop hating each other for stupid reasons (i.e. race, gender, etc.)
@mrhenryleopard um when did I say that? I am simply saying women are being more encouraged to do well in school whereas before they weren't. I don't think it's good that there are way more females in university than males I'm just saying that all these women going to university has improved how people think of women. I wish it was 50% male 50% female but that is not what I was talking about.
@mrhenryleopard Why the hell should I "trust you"? You obviously know NOTHING about this issue. My brother was the one who TAUGHT me what feminism meant. So it's NOT like feminists are evil women that want to take over the world. Women just want to be respected and treated in the SAME way that men are. In this case, companies SHOULD be forced to pick women as long as they are qualified.
"My brother was the one who TAUGHT me what feminism meant. "
The dictionary definition of feminism yeah. But the real face of feminism can be seen here by trying to force companies to hire more women at the expense of equally qualified male employees.
Do you think that the nursing and teaching sectors should have 40% of female applicants rejected just because some lefty thinks there should be more men in predominantly female jobs?
In Canada we had a law enforced where companies were being forced to hire minorities. The reason those companies were made up of mostly white men was because they could hire whoever they wanted. NOT because they were smarter, more qualified, more hardworking or better than blacks, browns etc... Women, black people, & gays can be just as hard working and qualified as white straight men. laws like these help groups of people to PROVE themselves before being judged on their skin, sex or sexuality.
The idea that employers hire who they want to hire is true and so it should be as most of the time they hire the right person for the job regardless of race, gender or religion. Government intervention is unnecessary and somewhat intrusive.
And the laws that you praise so highly in Canada only do women and minorities harm as it gives them a bad image from society because people think they only got their job because of the government and "Political Correctness".
this is funny and ridiculous law. Why enterprise got to have 40% women? What does this guy thinks, has he propounded very good idea.?
If someone has set up businesses, they would know this is wrong.
Ok you have set up business organization but you it can't operate bcz it does not have women it in? .......and you have to wait for women to please come and beg them, otherwise legally we won't be functional?
Norway had a good economy before the oil, the oil was just an extra bonus. When the oil is gone we still have gas, export of fish and thorium. When the oil is gone we will just specialize in for example fish..its not like our country will be zimbabwe when were out of our beloved petrolium. And why remove the oil? We have it, you dont..live with it. If UK had the oil, it would be the same thing, take away YOUR oil and see how strong YOUR exonomy really is. get it?
there is a down side to finding the oil. After finding the oil, there has been rapid de-industrialisation requiring more dependance on the state. 52% of the workforce is employed by the state or communes. that is false economy
The reason Norway made it out bether than middle eastern countries on this part about oil is that Norway threw out the companies who helped us find the oil after we had managed to get the oil up ourselves.
@Scoxn Really, Norway had a good economy before the oil lol. Is that why half of Norway's population moved to the United States in the early 20th century?
I wish they would realize the need of sex industrialism also here in scandinavia so I would have not make long trip to Thailand to get my sexual dreams fullfilled. In USA it is multibillion dollar busines so if they are so clever why they have not realize that also! So easy money for women and incredible fast money also! Wake up!
UAU, I can just imagine how 33% the employees of the enterprises felt when they had to get fired to let in women into their jobs, since the the new legilslation implied 7% of women in an enterprise is not an aceptable number.
Don't kid yourselves Norway. You are only rich because of the oil. And if women in the workplace is sooooo good for the economy then companies would employ them because companies don't care about sex, race or religion, they only care about money!
Putting aside that it isn't actually true that companies only care about money, is that companies are made up of people and people have their own perceptions, prejudices, etc and don't make decisions like some fantasy model of a market where everyone has perfect understanding, perfect knowledge and a totally transparent market.
Equality is the most dangerous and unfair aspect of the civilized world that we have ever had, and the worst thing is people are afraid to speak up against it. Men and women equal? We are born different and now the law and authority is trying to make us the same. We are dealing with complete INSANITY! The cause of the destruction of society.
completely nuts, businesses are to make money not to make social fairy tales! Are they also saying that 40% of production line workers should be woman? 40% of construction workers should be woman? 40% of road sweepers? Next thing we know there'll be a law that 40% of men have to give birth! complete bollox
-- Norway is the best country in the world .. Next to Sweden ... USA is fucking BULLSHIT ... Highest Prison population on EARTH ... STALIN is turning in his grave ,, hey STALIN USA made you look weak , THEY put more people in Prison than you ever dream acomplishing. USA has 760 people in prison on 100.000 people. IRAN has a high prison population 222 on 100.000 people. USA leads ..
I disagree with this law. You shouldn't force businesses to hire more women. You should pursuade them to realise women are just as good/ better at certain jobs, diversity will benefit companies so they WANT to hire more.
The government is forcing equality rather than letting it happen through reasoning and good will. Force never ends well.
Well, this is wrong. Don't you think that they tried to pursuade them before they started to force them? It is a reason for every law, and this law was not made just for fun. It is actually one of many laws made to get more equality in Norway.
By force the companies we are getting more women to work, without getting less men to work.
I'll take your word for that. As far as I see, a law stating '40% execs should be women' is completely different to a law that says 'you should not steal' or 'you should not kill', etc.
It's expensive because of the money people earn. So if you move to Norway and then get a job, you would not see it as expensive any more. A normal Norwegian person earn something around 55,000 USD per year. That makes a 0.5 coke for 2 USD cheap for us :)
What a sexist country. Where is the law that makes it necessary to have 40% male executives minimum? What a huge discrimination against men! They're actually placing gender quotas on them! No wonder that region has an astronomical suicide rate. Theres no point living in a country that hates you and trys to make it difficult for you to even earn a living. God, I'm glad I don't live there.
That is a lie. If you mean Scandinavia as a whole. In fact sucide rates are smaller here then in the USA. You really buying into the 1950's anti socialist propaganda because scandinavia atm was mostly ruled by democratic socialist goverments.
Sorry but serious statistics would suggest that there is more scuide here.
well, norwegian male here & i'm very happy to live in norway. there is no problem for men or women getting a job here, in fact we enjoy the best living standards in the world. what has been a problem though, is for women to get into high ranking positions, and the law reflects that. you are right about the suicide rates, but it's rather funny that you are trying to connect that to this law :D i think there is several reasons for it, for example the climate & and the lack of sun in the winter..
it would be interesting to know the suicide rate in alaska, so we could compare it to ours.. is it not japan who ranks highest on suicide rates? check up on their womens/mens rights.. as most other europeans i'm very happy i don't live in the us, and i'm baffled by americans lack of ability to understand the world outside the usa
u know, i've checked up on the suicide rates, and we were both wrong (i'm sure plenty of people is ready to point it out, so i better correct this ;) our neighbour finland on the other hand..
per 100 000 (data from wikipedia)
norway: 15.7 men, 7.4 women, 11.6 total
usa: 17.7 m, 4.5 w, 11.1 t
finland: 31.1 m, 9.6 w, 20.1 t
highest ranking is Lithuania with 68.1 m, 12.9 w, 38.6 t.
if you compare the average living standards in norway and the us, i would agree that ours is quite high..
you also might notice (though it doesn't fit your agenda) that suicide rates are actually higher for men in the us than in norway.. how about you start researching you facts from now on, it will make you look like less of a fool
Bullshit... Norway is far from a failiure it is thesecond richest nation in Europe and it has more GDP per capita then the USA it it has one of the world lowest unemployment in Europe. So think twice before you use the term failed and ''human nature'' no Islam is not giving a more inportant way of life... gosh..
I mean are you one of those extreme religois that like to bash the very secular Scandinavia?
Okay I allready know I can't watch this. This IS discrimination. This is going to cause so much private sector waste I don't want to imagine it. Employers know what's best for their business. The government can go burn in hell.
There's a very good reason we're the richest country in human history. It really isn't that complicated. We were the first, along with great Britain, to allow free enterprise and real equality before the law. This is a sickening departure from those principles and if does anything good at all I'll eat a hat. Made of meat.
''richest country in human history'' Depends on how you view rich. USA has one of the worse class diffrences in the first world the income gap is extreme compared to other nations. In GDP per capita no.. there Norway for an example beat USA. Norway hasvery strong women for an example most leaders of there politcial parties for the moment are women and this is a sort of campaign to make women stronger in the private sector if this ensuring is the right is another debate.
American decline is a recent development and can be directly linked to the rise of the welfare state, government support of the unions, and the various regulatory agencies. But I measure wealth by standard of living, and if it isn't the case right now then it was not to long ago that ours was the very best in the world.
Forcing business to hire women is injust in three ways. First, it's gender discrimination against men because it assumes presumably male employers prefer to hire men for no reason other than they are men. Second it violates their right to discriminate, which is something you need to run a good business. You have to hire the people you think will help you the most. Thirdly, the resulting immunodeficiencies of removing the discrimination will saddle society with less productivity. Everyone hurts.
So you call the Reagen area(And not much have changed since then) to be a rise of welfare state? USA has one of the smallest goverments in welfare but one of the biggest in military.
And unemployment has typically been lower in America than Europe as a result. I don't know about Norway but France was hovering at 9% for years. We get worried when it goes past 2 or 3. Even now we're still better off than most countries, in most ways. We spend more on military than everybody, but it wouldn't surprise me if the percentage of citizens serving in the military is actually smaller than most developed countries. We pay to give them better equipment.
And in fact the real rise of the welfare state happened before Reagen during Lindon Johnson's Great Society. Reagen didn't roll back the curtain as much as people think though. he cut taxes but spending increased dramatically, and government size doubled. He was a bit of a farce.
Well this is something. Two sources I'm unfamiliar with put Norway as leading the world in standard of living. Another source that I am familiar with, the CATO institute seems to claim America has number 1 in that regard. I trust CATO, especially considering Wikipedia highlighted Norway as the most expensive country in the world to live in, with government owning a huge swath of GDP and implementing the heaviest taxes in Europe. Those things just don't sound any fun.
The question is... what do people mean when they say "standard of living"? I never thought about it much before. Specifically. I'm glad I spoke with you. This demands further study on my part.
Norway do not have highest taxes in the world that price goes to Denmark.
But it is trye that it is costy in Norway but they get heavy wages this leads to Norewegians in the border to Sweden to shop in Sweden becasue of the lower prices Norway still has the best economy in this crises in Europe that is for sure.
Please define what you mean by standard of living.For example,how long do must you work to support yourself both while young and later in life perhaps beyond 55 years.Can you be more SPECIFIC about other aspects of quality of life as well? It would help me very much.thank you.
I'd guess I'd define standard of living as involving free time, purchasing power, and how abundant and diverse the products and services you wish to purchase are. Anything more than that I'd figure to be too complex to guesstimate, let alone estimate. But if on average the people have a lot of money, a lot of time, and lots of choices to spend their money it, it would follow their standard of living would be very high. They would have the time and the means to pursue their own happiness.
Yes it is complex.I could mention the infrastructure and public services,political stablility.A Saudi has free time and spare cash,and lots of choice,but I would not give them high marks in standard of living,unless one is close to the inner circle of power.Over to you.
The average Saudi does not have those things. The average Saudi has to put up with the fact over 70% of his nation's economy is run by the government and profits the governemnt, leaving him quite impoverished. He is also severely limited in what he may purchase with what wealth he does have, as Saudi Arabia restricts imports for economic and religious reasons.
Infrastructure and public services I wouldn't count, because a wealthy enough population can purchase good infastructure, and better private services than anything government can provide, while a population that's too poor can't be taxed enough to provide working substitutes. Political stability goes without saying though, especially if property rights come with it. But chaos is counterproductive no matter how you do business. Stability allows people to make riskier investments.
Well Norway has the lowest unemployment in Europe is one of the tot richest nations and has less crime and high GDP per capita and etc.. it is a succsses.. but from an american view diffrent since Norway more or less as the Scandinavian model of social mixed economy my nation Sweden has a similear system to them but not exactly the same.
So I there is nothing specific that is wrong in Norway in terms of quality of life.
You're really not as socialist as you and most people think. Your economy is significantly market driven, which keeps your big government afloat. But at the same time your socialism is apparent in how little-known your cutlure is. I doubt you can find that many people outside Norway who can name five Norwegians off their tongues, or even five Scandinavians as a whole. But I don't doubt you know five Americans. Maybe even five Britains.
As I said we social mixed economy. Well most americans know of Swedish or Scandinavia musicians like oldies ABBA, now days Robyn, The Hives etc just for an example these alone are more then 5 people.
I only know about ABBA, and I don't know any of their names. And It's been my impression as an American that they attract mostly a niche audience. I didn't hear about them until a couple years ago.
Well I can give tons of examples the band Europe in the eighteis , Roxette, Ace of Base The Cardigans etc some of these might be genre based and I know these are internationaly known but exactly how known in the USA.
I am afraid the wealth of a country basically boils down to two things, is the country industrialised (or how far towards industrialisation in the case of developing countries) and the size of the population.
Hence why if you list the 34 industrialised nations from most populous to last: US, Japan, Germany, France, UK Italy South Korea Spain Canada ..and so on, you will find virtually the same order if you list them from richest to "poorest", with the only minor variations being countries with very similar size populations occasionally swap places (France and UK for instance). The US nor the UK have done anything special, their wealth is as you would expect it to be.
As for equality, many countries had equality whilst black people were being forced to sit in a different section of the bus in the US, let alone equality in the workplace... The US did catch on, eventually...
America and Japan are largely service-based economies, and yet two of the richest countries. A region or nation becomes wealthy when its citizens are allowed by their government to do what they feel is best. They know better. They know what their land is most useful for, and what people at home and abroad need that they could best supply.
I dont get it why lots of idiots are posting irrelevant to the subject??? Allah, Muslim, Sharia - what are those??? Its ridiculous. Norway is a peaceful country not suited for terrorists...
I hate people like you that hate! The only righteousness is in Islam.When we take over your country you will have two choices either convert to Islam or die.
@KasparHauser4 islam has no place in europe. its a false religion. how do you explain our 10 times better living standards ? its because God is watching over us. And over you as well but is disappointed in you and what you believe in.
@MidgardEagle Black Death and World Wars are caused by humans (or at least the World Wars). Suffering may be also seen as a way of discovering how strong our faith truly is. If everything was red and pink and easy on this planet, then we would have nothing to look forward to in heaven ! And if everyone was supposed to be good, then we would have no free will ! think about that mr. smartypants. !
@BenTennison16 I take it you're not looking forward to Heaven, then.
Also like your double standards -- you're saying Europe is better than the rest of the world because it's a Christian continent (let's not get into how Africa is currently far more Christian than we are), then when I point out how you're wrong, you back-pedal and say that, oh, THOSE things are caused by humans/meant to be that way!
Okay, fine, then the current Middle Eastern problems are meant to be that way, too:).
seriously these guys want you to believe norway is rich cuz womens have so much power,
NORWAY is so rich cuz of oil you idiots, and whos working in this dirty jobs???
seriously journeymanpictures is such a bullshit channel only propaganda, ofc only dumb island monkey believe such lies.
meProudToBeCaucasian 1 week ago
It has never been a doubt that women make more responsible leaders! Any man who disagrees is just being a man.
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Sweden vs. Norway 4-0
- Prettier women
- Way higher standard of living (average car in Oslo; Opel. In Stockholm and elswhere in Sweden: the Volvo V70/XC70)
- Sweden is better in sports
- Swedes know how to construct and manufacture cars, trucks, buses, planes, locomotives, subs, etc. etc.
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tomcat624u 6 months ago
@tomcat624u norwegians simply evolved as humans...
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tomcat624u 6 months ago
@tomcat624u i refuse to work
thugproofclips 5 months ago
JEWS are responsible............ i repeat JEWISH ZIONISTS
They are behind all the Muslims immigrations and Feminism
mrtundra45 7 months ago
bullshit! "they" want you to belive that jews are responible for everything! from multiculuturism to bad economy to violence and dirty porn... blame it on the jews, they have a scapegoath there..
truth is much more weird.. a genious plan indeed!
jaakko455 6 months ago
OMG it sounds like positive fascism....
goodheartlove 7 months ago 13
@goodheartlove It is Socialist Democracy.. And it's fucking awesome!
xRedStingx 6 months ago
What a bunch of BULLSHIT
goodheartlove 7 months ago 5
Only idiots say no to let the women do all the hard work from now on.
lazygamerz 7 months ago
Anybody Knows Camilla Helene Leversen Or Is It Bainca Helene She Lives In Norway
Xguy890 8 months ago
but something really fucked up, is that if a man has better qualifications than a woman, and they both apply for the same job, the woman would get the job if there were to few women in the company......
kjartanx 8 months ago
A law like this only takes effect when there is a deliberate and long standing gender descrimination policy that has adversely affected women for a long time. In this case, yes being forced to share the wealth would definitely be in order. Do women customers or clientel not support these companies with money? What if those women decided to boycott these companies? You think they would change their tune then? Just sayin...
druss3636 8 months ago
It's amazing how sexist some of these comments are... Do you people REALLY think that women aren't capable of doing the same jobs as men? That there aren't enough qualified women out there to fill 40% of a company? We had a law in Canada where companies were forced to hire people of different nationalities and gender. because guess what happens when companies are allowed to pick whoever they want? You have a company full of old WHITE MEN. BIG Surprise, This law did not cause the world to end.
amyray1111 9 months ago
This is feminism at a new level. Look at all the men in this video, all beat down weak men brainwashed to please women while forgetting men. This new 40% law is a huge discrimination against men. Less qualified women already have it much easier as men to get good jobs, now it's only getting worse. I'm really afraid for the future of men in Western countries.
willemdawillem 1 year ago
If they want qualifed women on the boards, why do they then employ female politicians with NO qualifications?
Kulumuli 1 year ago
This 40% rule is utterly retarded, and trying to link it with a strong economy is beyond absurd. Hilarious really.
Sp1kerPistol 1 year ago
@Sp1kerPistol you say that..yet the norwegian economy is the only one still growing..every other economy is failing at this very moment.... this might not be the reason..but they do things other countries dont... and it works..
Langotriel1 1 year ago
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shakildcm 1 year ago
Vina Norwegian woman Viva Norway,,, inspirational video!!! thnxxx for the uploading!!
shakildcm 1 year ago
why would they force companies to have 40 percent woman?
what happens if most woman want to stay at home - and only 20 % or woman or 10% of the total population work?
then this means that this 10% is forced to fill in 40% of executive positions? forcing perhaps more qualified men out of their position to a person who is less qualified purely because of their gender?
Quotas are fundamentally discriminatory.
adeafningsilence 1 year ago 24
@adeafningsilence Do you really think women dont want to work?
nico2710 1 year ago
@adeafningsilence you see that is not a problem since many norwegian women are in work. (i guess at least) 70% of the women have jobs and are in work.
TheFirkant 1 year ago
most women want to work, in norway that is. to prove that, you should go to any university. there are just as many girl if not more than boys applying for higher education. so there is women out there with the same qualifications as men. so to find that 40 % should be that hard.
anavrin91 1 year ago
@anavrin91 sorry, i ment to say "should NOT be that hard"
anavrin91 1 year ago
@adeafningsilence Yes, quotas is discriminatory, thats the down side, but the upside, in my opinion larger, is that OVER TIME it gives great result - with in this case women as educated and contributing to the nation, also in politics and leadership!
At the moment it seems a bit unfair, but in the long run its more fair, simply because it "forces" social equality.
omglolffs 1 year ago
@adeafningsilence you are right...hypothetically.. but reality is that woman are working more and more... it the way the world is going..so this makes sense...but if things change, the law will have to change...
Langotriel1 1 year ago
@adeafningsilence first of all, I agree with the notion that its wrong to employ women when there is men who are better qualified. But why on earth would you think women would be less qualified? and why do you think the probability of women wanting to stay home is higher than with men? Of course you would be right if we lived in the 1900th century...
Olvee 11 months ago
@adeafningsilence .. so agree i live in norway and i guess it is really wrong to consider gender over qualifications when it ocmes to job positions.. i find it contradicting gender equality
TooSoonOrTooLate 6 months ago
@adeafningsilence Look up Norway's economy. They can afford to do this, because they make sure to educate qualified professionals. Why would women want to stay home when their income can greatly increase their benefits, not only by their salary but by the support they get when they get pregnant or sick because of working? Norway's unemployment rate is currently 2.80%. This is not only a gender-including advance, but a social and economic one as well.
Redbloodedsky 3 months ago 2
@adeafningsilence
It is not only that. It also hurts women. There is a strong social stigma against women marrying men who are less successful than themselves. Men who are unemployed become depressed and lose their viability as marriage partners. This reduces the number of men available for these educated women. This reduces marriage and childbirth rates, leaving many of them feeling empty. This is what has happened in the African-American community. It has taken a tremendous social toll
kingjayapala 1 month ago
@adeafningsilence No, you are simply an idiot that didnt bother to read whats actually the case. What has been stated, is to even out the numbers of men and women, its good to pick a woman if that specific job is mostly male dominated. OF COURSE the male will be picked if he has BETTER qualifications. Its when two people have the same qualifications that one should pick the gender that is not dominant in that specific job. Seriously, go read the actuall facts before commenting
gulbirk 1 week ago
Well I think women should do what they feel is right making Cookies or Working at a Job. I think that putting presure on the young femals is wrong. I've Also seen female Work,, its Bad. They Talk all day Long. The men have to work much harder. Now they want leadership positions so they can sit on top eat cake and make Bad decsions. Of couse I've seen men make Bad decsions also. I feel that its a Two Way Street that has the Caution Light Flashing Wildly.
MegaTriumph1 2 years ago
what next..women shud grow penises!!...
gpardhu 2 years ago
prac2 -- That is 100 % true what you said , ChinA is producing everything and anything ,,, you can imagine .
Made in China .
I do not know why Europe is de-industrialisation
aviomaster 2 years ago
-++ There is a huge difference , living in Norway and California , check crime rate of Califronia and Norway ,
Check how many people are in prison in California and in Norway ... Thta is quality of life too. I do not see Norwegian middle class , with no teeth , or in BAD health ,, as I have seen in USA ... You do not HAve Health Insurance ,, There , Plus Private insurance that exists , does not pay for medical care of sick patients , to make money ... ONLY in USA.
aviomaster 2 years ago
first, Norway is not the USA. Norway can afford public healthcare, but trillions are lost in wastage but no one cares because they can afford it.
Secondly, if norwegian women were so strong, they wouldnt need a law to force companies to hire women in management positions.
prac2 2 years ago
+++ Marcfj ---- You know what is difference , between Norway and California , in California you can go homeless , and in Norway you can not ..
I think this is huge difference. PEOPLE in CAlifornia live from day to day , Never ending money pit , I know people from CAlifornia , THEY spedn EVERYTHING they earn .. to get bY ... In Norway people have savings accounts ... That is a FACt , they do not live in CREDIT.
aviomaster 2 years ago
Stengevarsel, seriously, when was the last time you were in California?
Marcfj 2 years ago
Sorry, Omar, but I have traveled extensively throughout Scandinavia and I happen to know from first hand experience that all this socialist propaganda about the incomparably affluent Scandinavian countries is pure bullshit. Even the humblest of meals - a large pizza delivered from Oslo's most popular pizza joint will run from $34 to $48, including delivery fee and a 25 percent value added tax. I can get a good meal at a restaurant in San Francisco for under $10.00. Go figure!
Marcfj 2 years ago
Marcfj, now you forgot to adjust the cost of living to GDP PPP. San Fransisco may be cheap, but NOrwegians earn what they earn and pay what they pay, without
worrying about tomorrow. And besides, Californias economy is fucked. I guess Norway came out as the master, and your ass as the slave. Don't worry though, we accept skillled foreign workers.
stengevarsel 2 years ago
@Marcfj we earn more than people in other countries, so the high prizes is not that bad for us, only for people outside norway.
hornvin 1 year ago
Oh, you can be sure that I did a reality check, Stengevarsel. Remember, I have traveled extensively throughout Scandinavia and there is no way that the standard of living in Norway, or anywhere else in Scandinavia for that matter, is higher or even comparable to our standard of living here in America. The average worker here in the U.S.A. can buy far more commodities with an hours wage than can his counterpart in Norway.
Marcfj 2 years ago
I grant you that if it makes you feel better, but only because I had a hard time finding sources. So the American middle class is better off than the Norwegian middle class. I did also come across a study a while back that claimed that American poor in fact are richer than the Nordic middle class, based on numbers from the 90's. I don't suppose your extensive traveling is from that period?
stengevarsel 2 years ago 2
The American economy is based on people buying cheap shit. Sure Americans can buy Wiis, Playstations, and other commodities that have a nearly insignificant use value, but Norwegians make more money than Americans! In Norway, things are more expensive, so when Norwegians come to the United States, what they can buy doubles because we Americans have surrounded ourselves with cheap shit. However, a higher percent of Norwegians than Americans can afford education and health and afford to live.
OmarAlQaseer 2 years ago
It's funny how this video divides people into two groups: male and female, while overlooking all the individual experiences that led those people to make the decisions they did.
If the law is truly the right thing, then why is it not imposed everywhere? Nursing is a female dominant profession, as is teaching. Are they next going to require 40% of nurses and teachers to be men? This is ridiculous.
andrewh817 2 years ago
Sure you can focus on all the women that prosper from this law but if they're already qualified, then why do they need a law ensuring they will get hired?
What about the qualified men who are left out because it's illegal to hire them??
If you don't look for the hidden costs in laws you'll only ever get one side of the story.
andrewh817 2 years ago
Independent money making woman ,,, fuck Good ...
That is I support this , initiative ,,,
aviomaster 2 years ago
Not independant-requiring state laws to enusre her position
prac2 2 years ago
Helt idiotisk.
Rippledawg 2 years ago
''High birthrate''
Norway has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. This video is bullshit.
hevnervals 2 years ago
hight birth rate compered to other europeean countries. But wery low compered to the rest of the world.
Nortrix87 2 years ago 2
norways birthrate is 1.9 thats pretty much the highest in the developed world.
2.0-2.1 is the goal.
dogmonkeybottle 2 years ago 2
I lived in Norway in the 1960's before they had the North Sea oil and I liked it much better then than I did when visiting there in 2006. Also, be advised that the socialist propaganda, put out by the media, that Norway has the highest standard of living in the world is pure bull shit.
Marcfj 2 years ago
It's not pure bullshit. It's pure numbers and statistics. They're out there for all to see. You may think it's all media, but that is obviously because you haven't looked at the data.
stengevarsel 2 years ago
I know Norway is not in the EU...BUT, if the European Union were a state in the USA it would belong to the poorest group of states. France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany have lower GDP per capita than all but four of the states in the United States. In fact, GDP per capita is lower in the vast majority of the EU-countries (EU 15) than in most of the individual American states. This puts Europeans at a level of prosperity on par with states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia.
Marcfj 2 years ago
I haven't looked it up, so it may well be true. Norway, however, has the highest GDP per capita in the world (If we ignore Lichtenstein and Luxembourg), much higher than the US.
GDP per capita is of course not automatically an indicator for prosperity.
stengevarsel 2 years ago 2
In late March a study done by KPMG, the international accounting and consulting firm, indicated that when disposable income was adjusted for cost of living, Scandinavians were the poorest people in Western Europe. Danes had the lowest adjusted income, Norwegians the second lowest, Swedes the third. Spain and Portugal, with two of Europe's least regulated economies, led the list.
Marcfj 2 years ago
The old disposable income myth. Keep in mind that the Norway government subsidises many facets of everyday life, such as child support, cash support, living support, and that is without being on welfare. If you really think that Norwegians in fact are poor, you need to do a reality check.
stengevarsel 2 years ago
Why ignore Lichtenstein and Luxembourg?
GTXMAN 2 years ago
Since they are too small measure. Simple as that. Also, they are tax havens for rich people. You didn't know that? I guess you know nothing about Europe, then.
stengevarsel 2 years ago
Yes I guess I don't,But at least I'm learning .
GTXMAN 2 years ago
Didn't mean any disrespect, I must have been drunk or something. Anyway, statistics are key. If anyone disagrees, check their facts. Then their ass is yours (most of the time).
stengevarsel 2 years ago
@Marcfj yea, but norway has higher GDP per capita than USA :D:D:D
hornvin 1 year ago
i think this is a good thing ....i respect norwegian women for their hardwork...i m a man btw n it will give men relaxing tym n more tym with their children.
emashcmb 2 years ago
I have to agree there that men should be with the children more, but the paternity leave in Norway is still grossly too short-again showing the imbalance against men.
prac2 2 years ago
i think it's good that they passed this law. if more women work then they will be more respected and considered equal to men which unfortunately is not the case in every country. canada has had improvements is gender equality to because now more women go to university than men which shows that women are working hard and one day we might actually stop hating each other for stupid reasons (i.e. race, gender, etc.)
amyray1111 2 years ago
@amyray1111 You think men falling behind in academics is a good thing?
Long live feminists and their ideas of equality.
mrhenryleopard 9 months ago
@mrhenryleopard um when did I say that? I am simply saying women are being more encouraged to do well in school whereas before they weren't. I don't think it's good that there are way more females in university than males I'm just saying that all these women going to university has improved how people think of women. I wish it was 50% male 50% female but that is not what I was talking about.
amyray1111 9 months ago
@amyray1111
"canada has had improvements is gender equality to because now more women go to university than men"
An improvement is considered a good thing.
Trust me feminists don't want 50/50 in anything so don't give me that bullshit.
mrhenryleopard 9 months ago
@mrhenryleopard Why the hell should I "trust you"? You obviously know NOTHING about this issue. My brother was the one who TAUGHT me what feminism meant. So it's NOT like feminists are evil women that want to take over the world. Women just want to be respected and treated in the SAME way that men are. In this case, companies SHOULD be forced to pick women as long as they are qualified.
amyray1111 9 months ago
@amyray1111
"My brother was the one who TAUGHT me what feminism meant. "
The dictionary definition of feminism yeah. But the real face of feminism can be seen here by trying to force companies to hire more women at the expense of equally qualified male employees.
Do you think that the nursing and teaching sectors should have 40% of female applicants rejected just because some lefty thinks there should be more men in predominantly female jobs?
mrhenryleopard 9 months ago
In Canada we had a law enforced where companies were being forced to hire minorities. The reason those companies were made up of mostly white men was because they could hire whoever they wanted. NOT because they were smarter, more qualified, more hardworking or better than blacks, browns etc... Women, black people, & gays can be just as hard working and qualified as white straight men. laws like these help groups of people to PROVE themselves before being judged on their skin, sex or sexuality.
amyray1111 9 months ago
@amyray1111
The idea that employers hire who they want to hire is true and so it should be as most of the time they hire the right person for the job regardless of race, gender or religion. Government intervention is unnecessary and somewhat intrusive.
And the laws that you praise so highly in Canada only do women and minorities harm as it gives them a bad image from society because people think they only got their job because of the government and "Political Correctness".
mrhenryleopard 9 months ago
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hiroguam 2 years ago
this is funny and ridiculous law. Why enterprise got to have 40% women? What does this guy thinks, has he propounded very good idea.?
If someone has set up businesses, they would know this is wrong.
Ok you have set up business organization but you it can't operate bcz it does not have women it in? .......and you have to wait for women to please come and beg them, otherwise legally we won't be functional?
softwings09 2 years ago
Take away their oil and see how strong the economy really is. Nice country though. Spent 3 months there last year and a month this year.
Rainwarning 2 years ago
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Norway had a good economy before the oil, the oil was just an extra bonus. When the oil is gone we still have gas, export of fish and thorium. When the oil is gone we will just specialize in for example fish..its not like our country will be zimbabwe when were out of our beloved petrolium. And why remove the oil? We have it, you dont..live with it. If UK had the oil, it would be the same thing, take away YOUR oil and see how strong YOUR exonomy really is. get it?
Scoxn 2 years ago 20
there is a down side to finding the oil. After finding the oil, there has been rapid de-industrialisation requiring more dependance on the state. 52% of the workforce is employed by the state or communes. that is false economy
prac2 2 years ago
@Scoxn
The reason Norway made it out bether than middle eastern countries on this part about oil is that Norway threw out the companies who helped us find the oil after we had managed to get the oil up ourselves.
warlord784 1 year ago
@warlord784 I think the compony who found the oil is still located in the north sea, i think it was Phillips
hornvin 1 year ago
@Scoxn Really, Norway had a good economy before the oil lol. Is that why half of Norway's population moved to the United States in the early 20th century?
AquaellaAaron 1 year ago
@AquaellaAaron Truth is t that we really did not. Before the 1970 when oil was discovered in the North Sea, we where far from a "wealthy" country...
prnkstr 1 year ago
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I wish they would realize the need of sex industrialism also here in scandinavia so I would have not make long trip to Thailand to get my sexual dreams fullfilled. In USA it is multibillion dollar busines so if they are so clever why they have not realize that also! So easy money for women and incredible fast money also! Wake up!
magemaatikko 2 years ago
UAU, I can just imagine how 33% the employees of the enterprises felt when they had to get fired to let in women into their jobs, since the the new legilslation implied 7% of women in an enterprise is not an aceptable number.
ertreri 2 years ago
Don't kid yourselves Norway. You are only rich because of the oil. And if women in the workplace is sooooo good for the economy then companies would employ them because companies don't care about sex, race or religion, they only care about money!
Musketor 2 years ago
Putting aside that it isn't actually true that companies only care about money, is that companies are made up of people and people have their own perceptions, prejudices, etc and don't make decisions like some fantasy model of a market where everyone has perfect understanding, perfect knowledge and a totally transparent market.
ywrtywto09 2 years ago
equal..right. Whatever. "So I did it without asking...calculated..."
People, "Society" was/is created to keep the fat man fat.
Zot64 2 years ago
Equality is the most dangerous and unfair aspect of the civilized world that we have ever had, and the worst thing is people are afraid to speak up against it. Men and women equal? We are born different and now the law and authority is trying to make us the same. We are dealing with complete INSANITY! The cause of the destruction of society.
334286 2 years ago
-- USA leads the world in prison population ,,, They put more people in prison than communists in CCCP ,their own people , for saying Fuck Stalin ...
aviomaster 2 years ago
this has what to do with the video?
clockworkorange1986 2 years ago
Why only 40 per cent,surely 50 is the right number.Anyway,take away your oil and gas and then try being so liberal.
tinytina789 2 years ago
What has oil or gas got to do with it?
ywrtywto09 2 years ago
completely nuts, businesses are to make money not to make social fairy tales! Are they also saying that 40% of production line workers should be woman? 40% of construction workers should be woman? 40% of road sweepers? Next thing we know there'll be a law that 40% of men have to give birth! complete bollox
zurich1935 2 years ago
Norwegians are hot but OMG wtf why are they so ugly in this vid :S
VoluptuousAlchemy 2 years ago
well answer me this... can u suck your own balls?
feartherifeonmyballs 2 years ago
so discrimination is encouraged......great.
ASroma90 2 years ago 2
6:50 the guy look like a queer
DARVOC3T 2 years ago
Women are not weak they do not need help. A meritocracy is the only way to have equal opportunity.
LTDreams 2 years ago
Women in Oman are the most empowered in the arabian gulf!
InfectiousLaugh 2 years ago
Ridiculous law.
greenleaf81 2 years ago
-- Norway is the best country in the world .. Next to Sweden ... USA is fucking BULLSHIT ... Highest Prison population on EARTH ... STALIN is turning in his grave ,, hey STALIN USA made you look weak , THEY put more people in Prison than you ever dream acomplishing. USA has 760 people in prison on 100.000 people. IRAN has a high prison population 222 on 100.000 people. USA leads ..
aviomaster 2 years ago
And Bosnia leads the world in.............?
clockworkorange1986 2 years ago
Sweden?
I would say Switzerland,Norway and denmark.
GTXMAN 2 years ago
you people did not tell about the social of norwaygian women!
haseebgood 2 years ago
I disagree with this law. You shouldn't force businesses to hire more women. You should pursuade them to realise women are just as good/ better at certain jobs, diversity will benefit companies so they WANT to hire more.
The government is forcing equality rather than letting it happen through reasoning and good will. Force never ends well.
Terramax 2 years ago
Well, this is wrong. Don't you think that they tried to pursuade them before they started to force them? It is a reason for every law, and this law was not made just for fun. It is actually one of many laws made to get more equality in Norway.
By force the companies we are getting more women to work, without getting less men to work.
McMusic94 2 years ago 11
I'll take your word for that. As far as I see, a law stating '40% execs should be women' is completely different to a law that says 'you should not steal' or 'you should not kill', etc.
Like stated, these are private companies.
Terramax 2 years ago
Norway is just for the rich people! It is very expensive country to live in!
magemaatikko 2 years ago
It's expensive because of the money people earn. So if you move to Norway and then get a job, you would not see it as expensive any more. A normal Norwegian person earn something around 55,000 USD per year. That makes a 0.5 coke for 2 USD cheap for us :)
McMusic94 2 years ago 2
fyi - norway also implements a 1-year maternity leave.
jdugena 2 years ago
ima gona move to norway!
jdugena 2 years ago
What a sexist country. Where is the law that makes it necessary to have 40% male executives minimum? What a huge discrimination against men! They're actually placing gender quotas on them! No wonder that region has an astronomical suicide rate. Theres no point living in a country that hates you and trys to make it difficult for you to even earn a living. God, I'm glad I don't live there.
menareangrynow 2 years ago
That is a lie. If you mean Scandinavia as a whole. In fact sucide rates are smaller here then in the USA. You really buying into the 1950's anti socialist propaganda because scandinavia atm was mostly ruled by democratic socialist goverments.
Sorry but serious statistics would suggest that there is more scuide here.
What one think of this policy is diffrent matter.
Eopyk 2 years ago
well, norwegian male here & i'm very happy to live in norway. there is no problem for men or women getting a job here, in fact we enjoy the best living standards in the world. what has been a problem though, is for women to get into high ranking positions, and the law reflects that. you are right about the suicide rates, but it's rather funny that you are trying to connect that to this law :D i think there is several reasons for it, for example the climate & and the lack of sun in the winter..
numb1010 2 years ago 2
it would be interesting to know the suicide rate in alaska, so we could compare it to ours.. is it not japan who ranks highest on suicide rates? check up on their womens/mens rights.. as most other europeans i'm very happy i don't live in the us, and i'm baffled by americans lack of ability to understand the world outside the usa
numb1010 2 years ago
u know, i've checked up on the suicide rates, and we were both wrong (i'm sure plenty of people is ready to point it out, so i better correct this ;) our neighbour finland on the other hand..
per 100 000 (data from wikipedia)
norway: 15.7 men, 7.4 women, 11.6 total
usa: 17.7 m, 4.5 w, 11.1 t
finland: 31.1 m, 9.6 w, 20.1 t
highest ranking is Lithuania with 68.1 m, 12.9 w, 38.6 t.
if you compare the average living standards in norway and the us, i would agree that ours is quite high..
numb1010 2 years ago 2
you also might notice (though it doesn't fit your agenda) that suicide rates are actually higher for men in the us than in norway.. how about you start researching you facts from now on, it will make you look like less of a fool
numb1010 2 years ago
Norway looks so sweet and happy.. I want to live there...
ShaktipatSeer 2 years ago
This is great! I'll marry one of those Norski wimmen and then I can sit around all day long chugging brews, eating cod and lefse. Woo Hoo!
akeffo 2 years ago
Bullshit... Norway is far from a failiure it is thesecond richest nation in Europe and it has more GDP per capita then the USA it it has one of the world lowest unemployment in Europe. So think twice before you use the term failed and ''human nature'' no Islam is not giving a more inportant way of life... gosh..
I mean are you one of those extreme religois that like to bash the very secular Scandinavia?
Eopyk 2 years ago
Okay I allready know I can't watch this. This IS discrimination. This is going to cause so much private sector waste I don't want to imagine it. Employers know what's best for their business. The government can go burn in hell.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
I have to say your comment is like something I would hear from Fox News... So American Fetch..
Eopyk 2 years ago
There's a very good reason we're the richest country in human history. It really isn't that complicated. We were the first, along with great Britain, to allow free enterprise and real equality before the law. This is a sickening departure from those principles and if does anything good at all I'll eat a hat. Made of meat.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
''richest country in human history'' Depends on how you view rich. USA has one of the worse class diffrences in the first world the income gap is extreme compared to other nations. In GDP per capita no.. there Norway for an example beat USA. Norway hasvery strong women for an example most leaders of there politcial parties for the moment are women and this is a sort of campaign to make women stronger in the private sector if this ensuring is the right is another debate.
Eopyk 2 years ago
American decline is a recent development and can be directly linked to the rise of the welfare state, government support of the unions, and the various regulatory agencies. But I measure wealth by standard of living, and if it isn't the case right now then it was not to long ago that ours was the very best in the world.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Forcing business to hire women is injust in three ways. First, it's gender discrimination against men because it assumes presumably male employers prefer to hire men for no reason other than they are men. Second it violates their right to discriminate, which is something you need to run a good business. You have to hire the people you think will help you the most. Thirdly, the resulting immunodeficiencies of removing the discrimination will saddle society with less productivity. Everyone hurts.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
So you call the Reagen area(And not much have changed since then) to be a rise of welfare state? USA has one of the smallest goverments in welfare but one of the biggest in military.
Eopyk 2 years ago
And unemployment has typically been lower in America than Europe as a result. I don't know about Norway but France was hovering at 9% for years. We get worried when it goes past 2 or 3. Even now we're still better off than most countries, in most ways. We spend more on military than everybody, but it wouldn't surprise me if the percentage of citizens serving in the military is actually smaller than most developed countries. We pay to give them better equipment.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
And in fact the real rise of the welfare state happened before Reagen during Lindon Johnson's Great Society. Reagen didn't roll back the curtain as much as people think though. he cut taxes but spending increased dramatically, and government size doubled. He was a bit of a farce.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Norway has 3 % umemployment atm and has with that very large wages and high GDP per capita.
Eopyk 2 years ago
well that's quite impressive in a world like today. I'll definitely have to look into it. I can assure though it's not because of laws like this.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Well I never said it was becasue of that policy.
Eopyk 2 years ago
Well this is something. Two sources I'm unfamiliar with put Norway as leading the world in standard of living. Another source that I am familiar with, the CATO institute seems to claim America has number 1 in that regard. I trust CATO, especially considering Wikipedia highlighted Norway as the most expensive country in the world to live in, with government owning a huge swath of GDP and implementing the heaviest taxes in Europe. Those things just don't sound any fun.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
The question is... what do people mean when they say "standard of living"? I never thought about it much before. Specifically. I'm glad I spoke with you. This demands further study on my part.
And maybe a trip to Norway.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Norway do not have highest taxes in the world that price goes to Denmark.
But it is trye that it is costy in Norway but they get heavy wages this leads to Norewegians in the border to Sweden to shop in Sweden becasue of the lower prices Norway still has the best economy in this crises in Europe that is for sure.
Eopyk 2 years ago
Please define what you mean by standard of living.For example,how long do must you work to support yourself both while young and later in life perhaps beyond 55 years.Can you be more SPECIFIC about other aspects of quality of life as well? It would help me very much.thank you.
hiroguam 2 years ago
I'd guess I'd define standard of living as involving free time, purchasing power, and how abundant and diverse the products and services you wish to purchase are. Anything more than that I'd figure to be too complex to guesstimate, let alone estimate. But if on average the people have a lot of money, a lot of time, and lots of choices to spend their money it, it would follow their standard of living would be very high. They would have the time and the means to pursue their own happiness.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Yes it is complex.I could mention the infrastructure and public services,political stablility.A Saudi has free time and spare cash,and lots of choice,but I would not give them high marks in standard of living,unless one is close to the inner circle of power.Over to you.
hiroguam 2 years ago 2
The average Saudi does not have those things. The average Saudi has to put up with the fact over 70% of his nation's economy is run by the government and profits the governemnt, leaving him quite impoverished. He is also severely limited in what he may purchase with what wealth he does have, as Saudi Arabia restricts imports for economic and religious reasons.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Infrastructure and public services I wouldn't count, because a wealthy enough population can purchase good infastructure, and better private services than anything government can provide, while a population that's too poor can't be taxed enough to provide working substitutes. Political stability goes without saying though, especially if property rights come with it. But chaos is counterproductive no matter how you do business. Stability allows people to make riskier investments.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Well Norway has the lowest unemployment in Europe is one of the tot richest nations and has less crime and high GDP per capita and etc.. it is a succsses.. but from an american view diffrent since Norway more or less as the Scandinavian model of social mixed economy my nation Sweden has a similear system to them but not exactly the same.
So I there is nothing specific that is wrong in Norway in terms of quality of life.
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Eopyk 2 years ago 2
You're really not as socialist as you and most people think. Your economy is significantly market driven, which keeps your big government afloat. But at the same time your socialism is apparent in how little-known your cutlure is. I doubt you can find that many people outside Norway who can name five Norwegians off their tongues, or even five Scandinavians as a whole. But I don't doubt you know five Americans. Maybe even five Britains.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
As I said we social mixed economy. Well most americans know of Swedish or Scandinavia musicians like oldies ABBA, now days Robyn, The Hives etc just for an example these alone are more then 5 people.
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Eopyk 2 years ago
I only know about ABBA, and I don't know any of their names. And It's been my impression as an American that they attract mostly a niche audience. I didn't hear about them until a couple years ago.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
Well I can give tons of examples the band Europe in the eighteis , Roxette, Ace of Base The Cardigans etc some of these might be genre based and I know these are internationaly known but exactly how known in the USA.
Eopyk 2 years ago
I am afraid the wealth of a country basically boils down to two things, is the country industrialised (or how far towards industrialisation in the case of developing countries) and the size of the population.
ywrtywto09 2 years ago
ywrtywto09 2 years ago 2
As for equality, many countries had equality whilst black people were being forced to sit in a different section of the bus in the US, let alone equality in the workplace... The US did catch on, eventually...
ywrtywto09 2 years ago
i think you are confusing real wealth and the illusion of wealth based on people in other countries to buy your debt
penfolduk78 2 years ago
America and Japan are largely service-based economies, and yet two of the richest countries. A region or nation becomes wealthy when its citizens are allowed by their government to do what they feel is best. They know better. They know what their land is most useful for, and what people at home and abroad need that they could best supply.
Fetchdafish 2 years ago
You don't understand what an industrialised nation means do you...
ywrtywto09 2 years ago
I dont get it why lots of idiots are posting irrelevant to the subject??? Allah, Muslim, Sharia - what are those??? Its ridiculous. Norway is a peaceful country not suited for terrorists...
SuperLimerick 2 years ago 3
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Soon Islam will rescue Norway from this terrible decadence and save it with blessed Sharia law.
We demand that Norwegian women wear the burqa!
Can you believe how terrible Norway looks in this Video? Allah will save Norway. Death to the non-believer!
KasparHauser4 2 years ago
fuckoff idiot! god i hate biggots!
loki6993 2 years ago
loki6993
I hate people like you that hate! The only righteousness is in Islam.When we take over your country you will have two choices either convert to Islam or die.
KasparHauser4 2 years ago
@KasparHauser4 islam has no place in europe. its a false religion. how do you explain our 10 times better living standards ? its because God is watching over us. And over you as well but is disappointed in you and what you believe in.
BenTennison16 1 year ago
@BenTennison16 If we disregarded that the nations that top the HDI are, with very few exceptions, the least religious ones, you may have had a point.
God must've been asleep during the Black Death and World Wars :D
MidgardEagle 1 year ago
@MidgardEagle Black Death and World Wars are caused by humans (or at least the World Wars). Suffering may be also seen as a way of discovering how strong our faith truly is. If everything was red and pink and easy on this planet, then we would have nothing to look forward to in heaven ! And if everyone was supposed to be good, then we would have no free will ! think about that mr. smartypants. !
BenTennison16 1 year ago
@BenTennison16 I take it you're not looking forward to Heaven, then.
Also like your double standards -- you're saying Europe is better than the rest of the world because it's a Christian continent (let's not get into how Africa is currently far more Christian than we are), then when I point out how you're wrong, you back-pedal and say that, oh, THOSE things are caused by humans/meant to be that way!
Okay, fine, then the current Middle Eastern problems are meant to be that way, too:).
MidgardEagle 1 year ago
isn't Norway 30% muslim now?
kelloggcerealxoxo 2 years ago
nope
chemlin 2 years ago
Their country is fucked
MysteryManoLove 2 years ago 4
yep, but not because of this.
chemlin 2 years ago
I think so
MysteryManoLove 2 years ago
eeeh, do you live in norway? no, i do.
chemlin 2 years ago
Don't believe in everything you see and hear in the mainstream media. Go see the free series "world deception" :)
chemlin 2 years ago
Muslims will take over in less then 30 years and those bitches will be a home wearing burkas. Bye bye Eurabia.
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