Jacobin Show: Italian Fascism w/ David Broder
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What Happened in the Swedish Election?
I want to ask you about this in the Swedish context of course because obviously compared to the US we tend to think of Sweden as a very one of the most equal places on earth with a very generous social safety net and welfare state. So I guess the question for you is what kinds of longer-term changes to Sweden's economy may have come before this moment that could have precipitated the rise or helped precipitate the rise of the Sweden Democrats. You know at least here in the US when you see working-class voters sort of turn to right populist politicians or parties I think often what underlies that is a growing sense of economic inequality they say.
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