For example: Finland has transparency and accountability, like public documents are generally open for review and a free media holds leaders accountable (unlike the US concealing the Epstein files). Their society values social welfare, small income gaps and consensus-based political decisions rather than heavy-handed control. That mindset is absent in American subculture since one has to fend for themselves for survival.

People in Finland have high trust in neighbors and strangers which in turn creates a safe social environment that naturally extends to public institutions, again: there’s too much distrust in the US even towards people next to them rendering the environment unstable. Also, corruption is low in Finland (you don’t hear about lobbyists over there) but America: it’s too much of “both parties are bought by the highest bidder”.

Also, Finnish people have high confidence and trust towards:

  • Law Enforcement (police) at 89%
  • Judicial system (courts) at 75%
  • The military (armed forces): 9/10

In hindsight: how many Americans nationwide trust the police, court system and the military?

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    Finland also has ~6 million people, while the US has ~340 million

    There are the differences between governing a country or an empire