Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Asianometry" channel.

@SofaKingShit De facto US colony? I haven't found anything recent. But in 2005 about 33% of the bonds of our sovereign wealth fund was to the us, while 44% where to the EU. While on the stock side of the equation (a lot less money then bonds at the time) where 34% in US companies and 25% in EU companies. And that's simply because those two makes up a huge portion of the worlds economy, and unlike China isn't hostile, and unlike some other nations they're not unstable... We're no colony of any nation, whatever you may think and have opposed both the EU, US and Russia on a number of occasions. Seeking out compromises and cooperation does not make a nation a "colony".
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@askip9304 here the heck do you have that idea from? "The lower classes are treated horribly"? I'm in said lower class and I don't recognize anything in that post as accurate of what I'm observing...
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@adam872 A lot of what works here will work elsewhere. But it's often a more complex set of traits of our counties interacting then just a few features. For instance, just copying our justice system and prison system without integrating a pretty decent welfare system as well isn't going to work as well. And a lot of our government efficiencies is based on trusting our bureaucrats to do their jobs instead of controlling every detail of what they're doing, something we've actually been getting worse at in recent years...
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@alexanderrose1556 True to some degree. But I also think that the world can learn a lot from us. But it's not enough to try to make a exact copy of what we're doing. Instead you need to understand everything then make a modified version adapted to local needs in whatever country you're in.
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@adam872 True, but usually not at the same scales. Nordic countries are generally fairly well run by people who genuinely are trying their best. Doesn't mean that they're always making the best decisions, as seen here... But that intention helps a lot.
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@alexanderrose1556 I live in Norway, I know that it's more complicated then people often think. But I dissagree that trying to emulate us is a bad idea. But you need to understand the complex interactions, not just copy it blindly.
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@ROIDDDDD Um... Norway has 0,07% of the worlds population, yet owns 1,4% of all the worlds company stocks in the sovereign wealth fund alone... Ignoring non-stock assets and assets in private hands... Norway is also relevant in a number of areas, providing telecommunications services to NASA and others, producing space tech for NASA and others, producing the designs for ARMs integrated graphics IP and much more besides. Norway is relevant, has a large number of well educated citizens and more then enough capabilities to become just as capable again if need be.
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 @alrighty4456 Yeah, we could have handled that one better.
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