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Why Are We Hearing So Much about Those Damn Danes?
Bernie Sanders presidential bid is putting Denmark on the map.
By Josh Hoxie
If you ask Bernie Sanders about his version of socialism, youll probably hear a lot about the small Scandinavian country perhaps best known for inventing Legos.
Anderson Cooper experienced this firsthand when he asked about the Vermont senators embrace of democratic socialism during the first Democratic presidential debate. That prompted the full Sanders rap on the wonders of Denmark, including the Nordic countrys strong safety net and egalitarian ethic.
As a longtime fan of all things Danish, from their bike lanes to their Viking hats, Im excited to see this northern nation enter the spotlight here at home.
While studying abroad in Denmark as a college student, I compared its universal health care system to our own and found Denmarks far superior.
This was in 2009, a time when this was anything but an academic exercise.
Back home, Congress and the Obama administration were brushing the so-called public option, which would have given all Americans a chance to steer clear of private insurers, off the table. Progressives were outraged when they realized that the Affordable Care Act wouldnt bring on anything remotely like Denmarks single-payer health care system. ..............(more)
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Why Are We Hearing So Much about Those Damn Danes? (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2015
OP
I noticed that after Denmark came up in the debates, the Create Channel ...
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2015
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malaise
(268,921 posts)1. My oldest sister has lived in Denmark for well over 40 years
Denmark is about its people and society - the US is about the market and profit.
2naSalit
(86,534 posts)2. +10000000000000000000000000000000!!
eppur_se_muova
(36,259 posts)4. "We don't have a culture, we have an economy."
My dad said that. I'm not sure if someone else said the same thing, but I think he at least independenly invented it.
malaise
(268,921 posts)6. Smart dad
He nailed it
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. K&R
eppur_se_muova
(36,259 posts)5. I noticed that after Denmark came up in the debates, the Create Channel ...
... re-ran Rick Steves' shows on Denmark.
(OK, it was probably coincidence. They reran all the recent shows on the Nordic countries.)
MisterP
(23,730 posts)7. javlar!