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On a slightly unrelated note, I think Finland is the only country in the world where Pete Buttigieg would be a leading politician.
Finnish people love an ineffectual lib that is "qualified". Most of them seem like they were made in a lab. Tarja Halonen is the only finnish politician I've seen that isnt dead behind the eyes. I guess it is preferable to the alternative which is the saying the quiet part loud party.
Nah he'd be big in most of Scandinavia
Sweden doesn't really do the technocrat much, and when we get them they're usually dunked on. Only buttigieg-y politician in Sweden I can recall being successful is Bildt, but he fucked it up for all technocrats to follow. Kristersson also has a similar vibe, but he is a leading politician because he is being buoyed by the saying the quiet part loud party, not because he is well liked.
Can't speak much for Norway and Denmark however.
Fair, Denmark is technocrat country though, everything thing is "nuanced" (nuance is when the left wing government does tax cuts and the libertarian does anyi-immigration policy)
Don't get me wrong, the policies are largely the same, just a difference in affect.
The norwegian-dutch-danish nuance brain axis is real
Absolutely, we love our dweebish politicians.