1/10 In the 80s and 90s, Swedish media could report straightforwardly: the costs of immigration, crime, integration problems. DN, SvD, and local press openly wrote about accommodations, police warnings, and the municipalities' finances. Today? Almost unthinkable. 🧵A thread about how journalists became activists.

1/ Sweden built its welfare on a brilliant idea: you work and pay taxes. If you become sick, unemployed, or run into trouble, there is a safety net. A solidarity insurance. But today, the system has lost its logic.

1/10 The Swedish people for 30 years: "We want to accept fewer refugees." The political elite for 30 years: "Interesting. We will do the opposite." Democracy in Sweden has functioned much like an elevator with buttons that are not connected – you can press, but the ride goes where the elite has already decided. Join in on a thread about the failure of democracy 🧵