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Sjatar t1_iy3aaxc wrote

Not sure where they would reverse it. The story is that if Pluto is defined as a planet the current definition of a planet has to be changed.

Specifically the line "A planet is any object in orbit around the Sun that is dominant in its immediate neighbourhood.". This happens due to big objects making small objects orbit unstable if they are close. Pluto does not do this and does not fill that criteria.

If this criteria was removed however there is a lot of additional bodies in orbit around the sun that would be planets, so it's Pluto and 200 additional planets, or Pluto as a dwarf planet.

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Sjatar t1_itofwqk wrote

It's def not saying that. It's like saying that even if crime is bad it's very inefficient to root it all out. In the greater picture the life of a average citizen has to be the goal, while corruption scandals are embarrassing for Sweden there is not a rampant increase of them. As happened in 2018, when donations have to be declared, prevention of loop holes and more transparancy is being legislated.

Sweden is doing good and much better then other countries according to independent reports. Not sure why you cannot take back the phrasing "corrupted as fuck".

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Sjatar t1_ito34ut wrote

I'd be interested to read if you had a article and I could not find it myself ^^

I have also heard the rumor but cannot remember seeing any proof of it.

In Sweden it's a requirement to report a crime about stolen property to get insurance money for it. Now some might not be bothered to do this. But with normal reports and reports to get insurance money, I'd say that the dark figure for bike crimes is not large enough to say it's significantly higher then the reported number.

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Sjatar t1_ito27ue wrote

I'm not telling you there is no corruption, I'm telling you "corrupt as fuck" is a overstatement.

As if the shared second lowest corrupted country in the world is "corrupt as fuck" you need to normalize your ranking system or accuse the index of being wrong.

I'd like to also clarify the anonymous donation example. You cannot donate to a party anonymously since 2018. These parties also never took the money as the anonymous donor was in fact a undercover reporter from a popular TV show "Kalla Fakta" which have successfully uncovered a large amount of corruption scandals in Sweden. Again not saying there is no corruption. I'm saying it's hard to get away with it and the current laws have strict transparency requirements.

It could be that Sweden has a low amount of corruption but most if not all are publicly documented. Other countries which seems to have the same amount might in fact just have a large dark figure of corruption which is not publicly documented.

I cannot find the first example you gave.

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Sjatar t1_itny05b wrote

That was from what I understand quite overstated. Do you have the article as I cannot find it. According to statistics from bra (crime prevention council) says that in 2020 about 10.5% of all households have experienced bike theft and that has not massively changed for a good 15 years.

I'd say that going around with a truck full of stolen bikes is going to get you caught pretty fast.

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Sjatar t1_itnvvh5 wrote

That honestly does not sound to bad. But I'm also not a big fan of the new sitting government. Do you have other examples?

From that I would not say "corrupt as fuck" that sounds like a massive overstatement.

Private schools has been a big debate in the last vote and the Swedish people have voted for a government that will keep them with the same or loosened regulations. The severance packages has also gotten a huge spotlight put on it but it's still all above board, but adjustment to the system is talked about.

Sweden is not a perfect country, but it's not "corrupt as fuck" and it's hard to get away with corruption. That is why I think it ranks high.

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Sjatar t1_itnsobp wrote

Sweden is listed as the shared second highest ranking country on the Corruption Perception Index with a score of 85/100. (highest score is 88)

The country who should not be named has a score of 67/100. I doubt Sweden has a issue where taxpayer money does not go where it was meant to go. While I would agree that the country that should not be named probably has a issue on that front.

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