[willmacdonald]

We had a similar problem in Sweden when trying to renew passports. A black market developed as covid eased. Everyone was trying at the same time. Some one made a browser extension which repeatedly tried to book appointments. The government implemented a governement ID system before making any bookings. The problem disappeared!

We still have a similar problem trying to get a driving test time. The driving schools book every slot for months ahead. They are commonly referred to as a mafia. You basically cannot get your license without paying a driving school a ton of money.

[mongol]

Sweden is nowadays a low-trust society living in the shell of a former high-trust society. So many processes that are not adapted to the times we live in.

[0xcafefood]

What happened in Sweden to bring about this change?

[orwin]

I think social media and the democratization of the hustle culture that was for a time limited to the US and at most a few big EU cities.

The number of scams, scammy behaviors like dropshipping, scammy advertising like those 'health pills and supplements' (shootout to Logan Paul and Joe Rogan, but we have those in France now) and how becoming rich on the back of trusting people skyrocketed. I think responsability is diluted enough, and this new mentality of "hey, it's not my fault you felt for it, gotta think more, I did and I'm fine, I merit what I got, and you merit to be scammed" makes people less trustworthy.

[AdrianB1]

Something that cannot be openly discussed here for multiple reasons (I agree with some, like flaming).

[rasz]

clue is in paradox of tolerance

[nikonyrh]

Don't you do the driving test at a driving school? I must be misunderstanding something. Driving schools are booking slots from where?