bro what are you on about. do you really think there were no equivalent problems back then weve since solved? i cant examplify because i was not alive at that time and im not read up enough but to me its obvious every time period will have their own challenges, and stop putting words in ppls mouths lol

source? plus “western wages” is a pretty broad range and doesnt really mean anything without context

also as a swedish person i think by far the most notable aspect is how level the playing field is when it comes to respect, primarily in schools and the like but even in other spaces.

its the norm that students and teachers are on first name basis and honorifics are almost never used anywhere. the plural 2nd person pronoun “ni” has largely fallen out of use in its other meaning as a singular 2nd person formal pronoun, being replaced with its informal counterpart “du” most of the time.

students and employees alike can freely and commonly do criticize and talk back to teachers and employers/bosses if theres a genuinely valid reason to do so and the general dynamic between different social positions is so relaxed to the point of it being fascinating. i think meeting the literal king of the country would for many people not warrant that big a change in behaviour other than obviously just being particularly nice.

as a result of this i think people have an easier time seeing each other as people rather than just as cogs of society, and being a person who struggles a lot with reading social cues its an enormous relief to so far in my professional life never had to worry a single time whether i should refer to someone as mr. or ms. or if i should be speaking in a particular register

artist - recommended album (spotify link)

my recommendations:

• Deafheaven - Sunbather (guess my namesake wow)
• Vektor - Terminal Redux
• Abigail Williams - Walk Beyond the Dark
• Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
• Lantlôs - .neon
• Wilderun - Epigone
• Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
• Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy
• Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
• Virvum - Illuminance
• Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (NOW I CAN SEE THE WHALEEEEES)
• Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence
• Silhouette - Les retranchements
• Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive
• Mgła - Age of Excuse

friends recommendations (maybe slightly more digestible than some stuff on my list):

• Inferi - Vile Genesis
• Vale of Pnath - II
• The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
• Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
• Fallujah - Empyrean
• Allagaeon - Fragments of Form and Function
• Native Construct - Quiet World

my go to for remembering which one to use is translating the sentence to english and if “the” or “they” is correct use “de” and if “them” is correct use “dem” (remember by thinking dem = them)