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Sweden Exceptionalism?
Swedish exceptionalism may not be something you want to acknowledge or talk about. But I think we had... We were one of the ones having a really good shot at exceptionalism just because we lived in such harsh environments. If you live on the African plains, you have all the warmth and you can eat whatever passes your way. Of course, you can also get killed by whatever comes along. In Sweden, you know you will die if you have not stored food for six months of winter. They create something. Why Sweden was more successful than maybe Canada or Greenland? I don't know.