[seydor]

the nordics are probably the most individualists in europe. Look to the south for more collectivist cultures. The strong nordic state welfare actually enables people to be individualists. there s no argument about what society must do, but the evidence shows that people gravitate that way

[badpun]

They are collectivist in the sense that they pay very high taxes without trying to weasel themselves out of them. But yeah, they pay them so that they can actually live an individualistic life :)

[lostmsu]

> they pay very high taxes without trying to weasel themselves out of them

You haven't met rich Nordic people, IMHO.