compared to other countries.
Complacency, equality in imbalance, and apathy and ignorance, combined with lax laws and the same conditions in law.
Quoting: StarFlowers


Very true. I'm a Swedish man, and I've never seen another Swedish man in my vicinity stand up for anything. Not once in my life.

When I was young, I did stand up for what's right, always, and regardless of the odds. I was fearless and stood up against those in power, wielding a flaming sword of truth. It caused me a lot of trouble, lemme tell you!

And every time when I was sticking my neck out, I was fighting alone. Never did anyone take the chance to join me and fight side by side.

Instead a lot of people would come up to me afterwards and pat me on my back, praising me for standing up and saying what needed to be said. As an example, the company I worked at called all employees to a meeting where they explained some new fascist control measures they were going to implement.

I stood up at the meeting and demanded the word. The fact I was newly employed and at the bottom rung of the hierarchy didn't stop me from speaking out. And then I demolished them, intellectually and morally. I won. They backed down. None of their plans were implemented. They were forced to scrap their plans because I revealed them for what they are.

The next day everyone came up to me for some back patting and secret whispering. Everyone was on my side, it turned out. But no-one would stand up with me. They didn't have the courage.

I fought alone. And so I paid the price alone, and was fired.

After many years of being hammered down this way, as any nail that sticks up will be, I gave up and stopped drawing attention to myself. I settled down into a passive life of conflict avoidance. Just like the rest of the emasculated men in this nation.

Nowadays I'm just trying to avoid making waves and living the best life I can, anonymous and unseen, no feathers ruffled. I'm not fighting to save my nation. I'm surviving in the cracks and staying safe. I'm having a great life, actually! But I'm not making a difference at all.

It's pathetic, really. But I am just one man. I can't fight this war alone.

If there is ever a gathering of 100 Swedish men that are willing to "do battle", count me in as warrior #101! But I'm not sticking my neck out alone again. I'm too old for that.