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Cut military spending and flourish?

Population density is lower in nordic countries(except for Denmark) than in US, so maintaining infrastructure is more expensive over here per capita than over there.

Smaller domestic markets are also an issue over here, as well as language barriers which also complicates exporting products to an extent.

I claim that the system in nordic countries would not fit to US because of way, way lower purchasing power. Imagine cutting your pay by 33 % and having the local grocery prices hike up by 25 % for example. Good? No.



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