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The Culture of Consensus
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In the shadow of the future
The Danish journalist Mikael Jalving calls Sweden the country of silence. Sydsvenskan's Per Svensson disagrees. Johan Lundberg leads a discussion on national consensus and taboos.
The other side of consensus
A society in which conflict avoidance is a virtue is a weak society with no moral integrity. We bow to the strongest winds of the moment, and will do anything to avoid challenging them.
Pippi and Sweden’s specificity
Collectivist Sweden combines a strong state with extreme individualism. That is why capitalism works well in our country.
The Country of Cooperation
The downsides of the Swedish culture of consensus culture are a lack of vision and a certain uniformity. But its advantages are greater: openness to others' arguments and the majority's respect for the minority.