Reminds me of this galaxy brain ben moment
Ol Benny Shaps is about as sharp as a baked potato
He has the energy of that kid in high school who has been told his whole he’s the smartest person ever by his parents, and now he thinks everything he ever thinks is the objective truth.
I mean that’s kinda been his schtick is being the “conservative boy genius” except he’s pushing like 40 now so he’s been shifting his style before he completely outgrows his old style. Letting some stubble grow, wearing leather jackets, and generally hitting that “divorced dad trying to look cool but not too much y’know” look
So his age is high enough to surpass his IQ…
When crime is outlawed, only outlaws will commit crimes
… So make crime legal and tax it instead??
This is the logic of the NRA
Is that not what fines are? There are plenty of crimes you can do as long as you have the money
Now you’re thinking like a patrician
As a side bonus, you now know who all the members of the thieves guild are.
Tax evasion is no longer a crime, but evading taxes has a tax. Checkmate!
My god she is so god damned dumb. The whole right wing is just so vapid in this country, except the nazis- they aren’t just dumb, they’re zealous too, which is a way more dangerous combination.
These assholes are turning Sweden into a straight up surveillance society and dismantling our rights because dAnGeRoUs ImIGrEnTs. It makes me want to fucking vomit, they are destroying everything that made Sweden great so that we can become more like USA- their favorite country in the world (except for the nazis, who for some super inexplicable reason are in love with Russia).
Who is this?
Annie Lööf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Lööf
While she is a crazy economically far right politician, who wants everyone to have higher rents, no welfare, and so on, the one thing her party (through many party leader switches since her) still stands against is the populist racist far right. While all other right wing parties adopted the far-right language and started collaborating with them, her party did not, and left their previous coallition to be in opposition instead. I have probably zero respect and understanding for her and her party’s politics, except for that one point. This position also led her to be a target of a planned neo nazi assassination, because of all the hate the far right (here I mean hate the actual far right party, which all the right parties collaborates with openly had for her) has for her and her party.
Centerpartiet is not a crazy economically far right party lmao. They’re absolutely economically liberal, which is a conservative point yes, but they’re not worse than anyone other from Alliansen. This includes Annie Lööf of course.
If you believe she is far right, you have some serious reading to do mate. You won’t though. You’ll just trash this comment and say you know more than me.
You’re entitled to your beliefs. However wrong they are.
“Far right” lol ok
This is Patrick!
You do realize that Annie Lööf hasn’t been a politician since 2023 because of people like you?
Oh nooo, little miss Ayn Rand fangirl stopped working in politics. Her mandate lasted nearly twenty fucking years, she had plenty of time as a politician.
twenty fucking years
How is that relevant? There’s no time limit on being a politician.
And it’s a huge problem if politicians feel that they have to cease their engagement because of fuckfaces spreading hate and threats against them. If you downplay the issue you’re either not a fan of democracy or can’t see the wider implications.
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The issue is normalisation of hate against politicians, which is the end becomes nazi assassinations. It starts with people, often online, creating a climate where personal attacks are okay, then it step by step increases in intensity to become calls for violence and so on.
You are intentionally sabotaging public discourse
Absolutely not. There’s a difference between calling politicians “fucking dumb” and criticizing policy. If you can’t understand that I can’t help you.
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And no one has made such claims. I’m afraid that you are completely missing the point. I don’t understand if it is with intent or not but it is not helpful for the debate.
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And more power to them.
Oh shit, Sweden too! That was my emigration plan in case of serious problems. The world is fucked all around.
The image is roughly 10 years old and Annie got her fair share of shit for the saying. Don’t worry, you’re welcome here.
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This is also true in America, but only if you’re not wealthy.
“Justice is a snake, it only bites the barefooted ones.”
This holds true here in Sweden too.
No, this is what causes high crime rates! If you want lower crime rates you just outlaw law.
The translation is not what she said though.
Link to actual translation?
“Viral: Annie Lööf and the criminal offenses
I have noted that this old image of Annie Lööf from SVT’s Aktuellt is circulating on social media again. “In Sweden, it is forbidden to be criminal,” the caption on the image reads, and comments usually suggest that this proves how utterly imbecilic Annie Lööf is to say such a thing.
Image likely from Aktuellt, February 21, 2012. But is the text authentic or manipulated?
But is the image actually authentic? Admittedly, those who subtitle TV programs are often forced to compress statements quite heavily, so this could possibly be what the subtitler thought was a fair summary of what Annie Lööf said. However, it could also be a Photoshopped image.
The last time this image went around the web, I wrote to Aktuellt to ask, but unfortunately received no reply. The image shows the older Aktuellt logo, so it should be older than March 5, 2012, when Aktuellt launched its new design.
The Swedish Radio program Tankesmedjan i P3 addressed the matter on February 23, 2012, and on the program’s website, they also wrote about it under the headline “It is illegal to commit crimes.” The audio file itself on the website was titled “In Sweden, it is thus criminal to be criminal.” In the program, this causes great amusement, yet they quote Annie Lööf with a longer excerpt than what appears in the TV image, where she says:
“In Sweden, for a very long time, it has been forbidden to conduct activities with a criminal purpose, and it still is and will continue to be so in the future.”
The Social Democratic magazine Tiden’s Facebook page also reproduces the longer quote and cites the source as SVT’s Rapport on February 21, 2012. Political scientist and commentator Ulf Bjereld likely heard the same phrasing in Aktuellt that same day, as he tweeted:
“In Sweden, it has long been forbidden to conduct activities with a criminal purpose.” Annie Lööf just said in SVT Aktuellt.
Bjereld apparently considered any further comment superfluous.
When the TV station did not respond to my email, I wrote instead to Annie Lööf’s department, the Ministry of Enterprise, and received a reply from Joel Kanebjörk (Oct 19, 2012, reg. no. N2012/3636/BREV):
“Minister for Enterprise Annie Lööf has previously pointed out that it is forbidden to conduct activities with a criminal purpose. This was in connection with deliberations regarding Annie’s and the government’s vision to simplify and increase freedom for the country’s entrepreneurs. Part of this vision has been to reduce the number of regulations for entrepreneurs, precisely to increase freedom and profitability. Against this background, an implication has been highlighted suggesting that the government has simplified things so much for businesses that it is now easier for them to resort to criminal acts.”
Well, then the statement perhaps doesn’t sound quite so tautological. If you search through old government bills and legal texts, you also find quite a bit regarding “criminal purpose.” For example, the Trade Names Act (1974:156) prohibits registering a firm that “is contrary to law or other statutes.”
In Government Bill 1973:115, legislation is requested because it can “be suspected that at least part of the significant income provided by sex club and posing activities is utilized for a criminal purpose.”
In a motion to the Parliament (1997/98:L912), it is stated that it is not “justifiable that the Foundation Act is used for a criminal purpose. A review should take place to close the loopholes that make economic crime possible…”
It remains an open question whether the specific image is manipulated or not. But it can be considered established that Annie Lööf was likely referring to these types of ulterior motives within certain activities.”
Not a huge difference or should I say not very different
In difference, it is considered to be insignificant.
No but the swedish subtitle is not what she said either. It concerns the legal term “criminal intent” when it comes to running a business. Someone else posted a longer explanation.
That is not nearly as fun though
A distinction without a difference.
I think I see what she’s trying to say. Something along the lines of “normally legal things can become illegal if it can be proven that you’re doing them with criminal intent”. Like you’re buying a car for example, which would be legal. But if someone can prove that you’re buying that car with the explicit purpose of using it to run someone over in a preplanned assault, then it can be treated as illegal. Which might have been too much for the translator to reduce into a short and accurate one liner.
Maybe she’s just an idiot though, who knows. I don’t even know if that’s how the law works over there.
Damn this meme aged like milk.
Our politicians still argue like this to this day.
“in Sweden you simply can’t be a criminal”
Aladeen/aladeen
Didn’t this happen in The Dark Knight Rises?
At least they haven’t started incorporating Judge Dredd side stories into their politics. Only a matter of time before one of them reads the Dark Judges stories and decides being tough on crime means killing everyone.
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