They sound alike, but they are not the same.
Ironically, while the American left argues for a Scandinavian socialist model, the Scandinavian countries have been moving away from their socialist model of the 1970s, for the last two decades. Today, countries like Denmark and Sweden score at the very top of economic freedom. This is telling because American politicians that label themselves as democratic socialists point to the Nordic countries as examples to follow. We are left to wonder if they are fundamentally ignorant or just deceitful.


