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Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by CryptoBanker »

toasterlovin wrote: post #15
lbsnake7 wrote: post #7

Congratulations to her but it seems like age is seen as less of a factor in these countries. From an outside perspective, the Nordic countries have a very by the book form of government. Meaning the government/prime minister isn’t the result of the hopes and dreams of the constituents but more of how do we get things done with the least amount of turmoil. Kind of like how your local city government is run, where thin…

Perhaps that is because many of the Nordic countries are about the population of a large metro area. Finland, for instance, has about 5 million people.

Also an insanely homogenous population

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by brohee »

CryptoBanker wrote: post #41
toasterlovin wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps that is because many of the Nordic countries are about the population of a large metro area. Finland, for instance, has about 5 million people.

Also an insanely homogenous population

People keep saying that and it's incredibly wrong, those are the countries that took more refugees per capita than about anyone else.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by GrayTextIsTruth »

CryptoBanker wrote: post #41
toasterlovin wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps that is because many of the Nordic countries are about the population of a large metro area. Finland, for instance, has about 5 million people.

Also an insanely homogenous population

Less so in recent years. But Finland’s neighbor, Sweden, has been seeing a sharp rise in crime as a result.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by MS90 »

sampo wrote: post #37
toasterlovin wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps that is because many of the Nordic countries are about the population of a large metro area. Finland, for instance, has about 5 million people.

What's the most powerful political position in a US state, comparable to the prime minister in European countries? Speaker of the House of Representatives? At least Michigan has a 31 yrs. old Speaker of the House currently. Or is it more like state governor is like both the European prime minister and president combined?

Governor is the highest position in US state governments. They're basically the president/prime minister of the state.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by GrayTextIsTruth »

brohee wrote: post #42
CryptoBanker wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also an insanely homogenous population

People keep saying that and it's incredibly wrong, those are the countries that took more refugees per capita than about anyone else.

Economic migrants. Besides, it damaged the homogeneous culture and now crime is in the rise.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by sampo »

MS90 wrote: post #44
sampo wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the most powerful political position in a US state, comparable to the prime minister in European countries? Speaker of the House of Representatives? At least Michigan has a 31 yrs. old Speaker of the House currently. Or is it more like state governor is like both the European prime minister and president combined?

Governor is the highest position in US state governments. They're basically the president/prime minister of the state.

Ok, youngest current governor seems to be 41.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_governor...

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by notkaiho »

billfruit wrote: post #27
haunter wrote: post #24

I really don't get HN sometimes. The russian doping ban article was flagged fore political, yet this one stays up even tho I feel this is more political https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21742239 And before everyone says "Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate". I'm not complaining just observing situations like this + HN lacks appropriate open ways for meta discussion (which Reddit actually does…

I thought Russia doping one would at least have some matter for debate and discussion. This news is just a factoid.

If you look at the comments below there's actual discussion about whether a younger person could be an effective national leader. So it's not "just" a factoid.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by nickthegreek »

sad-throwaway wrote: post #35
sojournerc wrote: post #21

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Is it really impossible? Why? Do you think there really aren't conservative young people? I somehow missed when conservative became a dirty word, and have a hard time understanding why anything right of center is "ruining" young people lives.

Oh there's young conservatives like myself, but there's just not many of us -- so dating and friendships are harder. I often don't have anyone to talk to about political things that get on my nerves, whereas all my non-conservative friends can talk to each other My partner is (broadly speaking) center-left, but politics is essentially a forbidden topic. It's not just venting, whenever there's some good news (e.g. a l…

I would imagine there are local clubs/groups that you can find with like minded individuals. Surely there are others who share at least some of your political opinions. If there is literally no one, then I would suggest you try and understand whyas they might be way outside the norm.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by sad-throwaway »

nickthegreek wrote: post #48
sad-throwaway wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh there's young conservatives like myself, but there's just not many of us -- so dating and friendships are harder. I often don't have anyone to talk to about political things that get on my nerves, whereas all my non-conservative friends can talk to each other My partner is (broadly speaking) center-left, but politics is essentially a forbidden topic. It's not just venting, whenever there's some good news (e.g. a l…

I would imagine there are local clubs/groups that you can find with like minded individuals. Surely there are others who share at least some of your political opinions. If there is literally no one, then I would suggest you try and understand whyas they might be way outside the norm.

I've tried that. There's really not much out there. Regarding trying to understand why, I think it's something like cultural differences.

Despite being born here, and raised by British parents, I am the only Pro-Gun, pro-self defense person that I know. I've tried for many years to find others like me

To be blunt, I'm working on getting a degree so I can fuck off to Texas where I clearly belong

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by notkaiho »

sad-throwaway wrote: post #35
sojournerc wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it really impossible? Why? Do you think there really aren't conservative young people? I somehow missed when conservative became a dirty word, and have a hard time understanding why anything right of center is "ruining" young people lives.

Oh there's young conservatives like myself, but there's just not many of us -- so dating and friendships are harder. I often don't have anyone to talk to about political things that get on my nerves, whereas all my non-conservative friends can talk to each other My partner is (broadly speaking) center-left, but politics is essentially a forbidden topic. It's not just venting, whenever there's some good news (e.g. a l…

Username checks out ;)
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