Here in the US, racists would break this. If you help one black person who “doesn’t deserve it”, then angry whites would rather shoot themselves in the eye than let the program stand. Well, that’s the angle that right-wing pundits use, anyway, and it’s shown to be effective time and time again.
The Nordic model is good, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not ambitious enough to set as a target. Plus, by being a real thing rather than an aspiration, people will look at the real flaws in the system as proof that it isn’t viable elsewhere. Ya know, like the xenophobia that people point to as the secret sauce of the Nordic model (not saying they’re right, just pointing it out as an example).
Creating a holistic vision of a future you want and the steps needed to be taken to get there will get far more results than pointing to real but flawed existing systems that can be attacked for being “imperfect”.
Here in the US, racists would break this. If you help one black person who “doesn’t deserve it”, then angry whites would rather shoot themselves in the eye than let the program stand. Well, that’s the angle that right-wing pundits use, anyway, and it’s shown to be effective time and time again.
The Nordic model is good, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not ambitious enough to set as a target. Plus, by being a real thing rather than an aspiration, people will look at the real flaws in the system as proof that it isn’t viable elsewhere. Ya know, like the xenophobia that people point to as the secret sauce of the Nordic model (not saying they’re right, just pointing it out as an example).
Creating a holistic vision of a future you want and the steps needed to be taken to get there will get far more results than pointing to real but flawed existing systems that can be attacked for being “imperfect”.