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Lars Anders Johansson

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Lars Anders Johansson

Swedish journalist
@Budoarstamning · 12,121 Followers
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Exciting times. I suspect it will become increasingly uphill in the coming weeks for those trying to trivialize electoral fraud, vote buying, and clan voting. Those who otherwise see threats to democracy in every bush are suddenly strangely silent. (translated)

New episode out now: Video games generate tens of billions, employ thousands, and are larger than music exports. Yet they are often discussed as technology or entertainment, rather than as one of Sweden's most important creative industries. (translated)

The car traffic already pays for itself by far. Government revenues from road transport exceed expenses by about 65 billion kronor. It is car traffic that subsidizes other modes of transport. Punishing motorists further with road fees is neither reasonable nor effective. (translated)

Regardless of what one thinks about the veil ban, attempts to draw parallels to nuns and folk costumes are merely ridiculous. (translated)

Why is it no longer possible to get around in Stockholm by any means of transportation? I can't remember it being this bad since I started working in the capital. The difficulty in driving a car is obviously the result of a deliberate policy, but what about the rest? (translated)

The right to life naturally does not only concern the right not to be killed by the state. In the same way, freedom of speech is not just about not being silenced by the state. (translated)

It is truly a strange notion that only the state can restrict our freedoms and rights. In a society where criminal gangs, clans, religious groups, or individual perpetrators dictate what can be said, there is not genuine freedom of speech in practice. (translated)