I congratulate myself for finding this perfect site.

You won't find anything like this in Sweden. We are not a cultural people. We like nature and that's it and the average Joe acts like an ostrich.

I also congratulate you, US citizens, to live in the most intellectual media climate in the WORLD. Trust me on that. So what is happening in Sweden nowadays? As usual the highest tax burden in the world. ~55%.

So, what is new?

The most acute question is the islamisation of society.

Since the first Gulf-war Sweden has allowed around 400,000 muslims to settle. The total population is only 9 million. Per capita that makes us number 1 in the western world, by far. It is equivalent to 15 million more arabs/muslims in the US the last 18 years.

The tensions in society are enormous. The swedish media is super-ultra politically correct. Everything is like Amy Goodman and "Democracy now". Nothing else. Probably worse.

Swedish journalists/editors deny everything. Sweden used to be the safest country in the world. We didn't know what gang-rape was. Now we know. But we cannot understand where and how one man can find 6 other likeminded men. Simply incomprehensible!

The jews in Swedens third largest city, Malmö, is leaving because of antisemetism. Everybody knows that the arab-muslims are the culprits. Media doesn't talk about it since that would be racist to call ARABS racist. Funny country! It's been a long time since I watched swedish news and debates. Which sane man can endure watching tiny copies of Chomsky, Pilger and Naomi Klein all day long. Intellectually I have never been surprised by the swedish media landscape. Internet is the only hope for my home country.

70% of the tens of thousands of iraqis that imigrated 18 years ago still live on benefits. Somalis don't even learn swedish...

Lars Vilks, a swedish artist, that in his art tries to provoce islamists was beaten up 3 days ago. Yesterday they tried to burn his house down. Swedish main stream media hardly mentions this. That is Sweden of today.

More about Sweden.

An american "liberal" = a swedish "conservative". We don't have any real conservatives left. They're extinct. Media hasn't allowed them a voice since 1968. And now, nobody knows how to become one.

3 times the last 80 years the liberal parties has won the elections. The other 68 years the left has been in power (usually around 6% communist, 6% "greenies" and ~40% ,as CRAIG would say, extremely socially conservative socialdemocrats).

Thanks to the climate (see Montesquieus Meteorological Climate Theory) Sweden is still a monetary rich country. i.e. you don't need brains to get rich!

By the way, an exellent interview! I know Berman. He is like wine. Better the older he gets.

And all the best to you CRAIG! I agree with you!

I'll be back!

-maxtrue

I know this is a tangent, but I have to take issue with this. There's at least a few good Libertarian arguments that would lead to banning the great majority of abortions, all of which hinge on when an individual becomes an individual. Although, I may not have understood the crux of your argument, so I only offer that objection in passing.

Eric Holder's inability to mutter 'radical Islam' or anything close to it cries out.....FLIGHT OF THE INTELLECTUALS

Here's the video.

http://greatpowerpolitics.com/?p=2270

This is progress? And freedom? For whom to impose what on whom?

Sounds like you might have read the minutes of an S.F. Board of Stupefiers meeting, Max. The blatant arrogance and hypocrisy is what's stupefying. Why any sane person would own property or open a business on Fantasy Island stupefies me.

That would be "white collar", which is not necessarily an intellectual.