Utopia is a trap; striving for freedom is more important than arriving.

[Bigjon]

Psychoanalyst Rollo May being interviewed in Swedish documentary Sagolandet from 1988


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDYQBQ3sVOs&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDYQBQ3sVOs&feature=player_embedded

American psychoanalyst Rollo May being interviewed for Swedish documentary on topics related to life in a modern society, with some input on the specific challenges facing Sweden in particular. Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson also participating in conversations.

Though May was not a political activist, here he confronts the founding ideology of the Swedish welfare state

[singular_me]

I think I read a while back that the average tax rate in sweden is around 60%... or even more. In belgium as as a free lancer I used to pay 50% taxes and paid 2,000 dollars for health insurance every 3 months.


striving for freedom is more important than arriving.

I entirely concur


Utopia is a trap

dont agree at all, when conflicts reach a tipping point, the only exit is "toward" the unknown. And 90% conflicts tend to take this direction eventually.

[Skirnir_]

Do not let the perfect become the enemy of the good. Analyse things on the margin in order to gradually achieve one's ends.