Why did welfare in Sweden begin to be dismantled from the 70s? Can everyone get a job? How do we give people housing? The climate - how do we save it? Feel good in a challenging society, okay? The newly published book "Survival - for society and the people" wants to spark discussion about society and life. Read the review by Lars Gahrn,…
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We voluntarily discipline ourselves online
Philosopher Foucault spoke of how as feudal punishments softened towards the end of the 1700th century and the beginning of the 1800th century, society shifted from disciplining our bodies through physical punishment to chastising our souls. Facebook and social media have taken this a step further.
There is a lot of free, cheap and other things to be grateful for in Sweden
Yes, the red-greens have not made major changes since the Alliance ruled. Mainly because not more people voted for the red-greens. But the changes the red-green made, such as increased unemployment insurance, dropped deadlock in health insurance, increased public investments especially in housing construction and welfare billions to the municipalities have meant that we have had a boom again and that more...
We have to combine different solutions
In Gothenburg, there will be redevelopments in the city, i.a. Västlänken, to lead to the city losing 7000 parking spaces. The car is not only the big dream for many, e.g. all of us who may never be able to afford a villa but still want to be able to get to natural areas comfortably. Of course, exhaust gases can be an environmental problem, but Gothenburg still has a long way to go...
Some prerequisites for reducing car ownership
Public transport is more than competitive when it comes to getting us to work or downtown to take part in entertainment. Of course, under ideal circumstances it can be a little faster to go to work by car, but usually many motorists make the same analysis and then instead there are traffic jams and longer journey times by car than by public transport....