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[-] loomy@lemy.lol 145 points 1 week ago

False ; Norwegians don't look at Americans.

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 34 points 1 week ago

Fair enough.

[-] match@pawb.social 22 points 1 week ago

The Americans are going to walk up on the street and randomly engage them in conversation

[-] smee@poeng.link 28 points 1 week ago

Norwegians when americans just come up and say "How are you?" and they don't really want to know in detail how we are but just want to be polite:

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[-] rovingnothing29@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

So I'm functionally invisible if I go there? Tempting

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So you either successfully do crimes because you're invisible, or you successfully get put in a Norwegian prison. I'm gonna go check plane ticket prices.

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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 93 points 1 week ago
[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago

I was about to make a joke about flying over to Norway and causing issues, but I don't want to be a jerk.

Could someone in Norway frame me and have me extradited, please?

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 114 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately you're not the first person to have that thought. And from what little bit of research I did into it it seems that they would much rather just spend the money to buy you a plane ticket and send you home.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 95 points 1 week ago

Makes sense. I wouldn't want me around either.

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[-] mriswith@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Based on a quick search you could go for one of the stricter non-felony crimes and try to get a short stay. But I'm guessing you would have more sucess asking for asylum based on the border issues in the US these days.

Although there were references to a court statement from a few decades ago, about a not extraditing someone to a US prison because it might be a human rights violation. Which could potentially be brought up again these days with the current situation.

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[-] regdog@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

But american prisons generate more profit for the private sector. So who can really say which system is better?

[-] Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

The Norwegian justice system is far too lenient. In Norway you can get convicted of murder and be out in just five years and plus those prisons are very expensive to maintain and they all come that the taxpayers expense.

[-] regdog@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Give me an example of which country has a better prison system.

[-] Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I would say Russia or maybe Theiland. Those countries really punish criminals so you wouldn't want to be seen dead doing something illegal in those countries.

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 17 points 1 week ago

The one with the least amount of repeat offenders.

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Why would a for-profit business not want repeat customers?

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[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 40 points 1 week ago

Being in prison sucks though. No matter what. I mean Norwegian prisons are very clean and remarkably comfortable, and Japanese prisons have top notch food (freshly cooked and with fresh ingredients). But I would rather not have the choking lack of freedom in any of them.

[-] Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Pretty much this. According to Varg Vikernes Norwegian prisons are mostly filled with crazy people.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

I'm sure there's a starving person in poverty that would disagree. Terrible thought but desperation is common in the working class.

[-] Neuromorph@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

stories of people robbing a bank for $1 to get into prison for medical care comes to mind

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

For many people, being imprisoned in one of these places would grant them a lot more freedom than they currently have.

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

The shame of the Norwegian criminal justice system is not in how they treat their prisoners but in who they haven't gotten around to imprisoning. White Wing nationalism absolutely tearing that country to shreds.

[-] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

…you would want to ban an opposing political opinions? Really? You know that cunts like Viktor Orban and Donald Trump only ever can get elected via the absolute and complete failure of the opposition?

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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 25 points 1 week ago

Mainly because Norwegians are pretty tall

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

A gilded cage is still a cage. I’d rather work and pay rent and live in a modest apartment than be imprisoned in a luxury hotel that I’m not allowed to leave. Prisoners in Halden prison don’t get to set their own schedule, don’t get to quit being a prisoner and move across the country, don’t get to code with whom they live and associate.

Even with a minimum wage job you can save up enough money for a plane ticket to anywhere in the world and just leave. Or even just a bus ticket across the country to live somewhere else.

Or how about taking your girlfriend/boyfriend out on a date to a nice restaurant? Or rent a cabin in the woods for a weekend and just relax? Or go out to the bar for a few beers with a friend? Or volunteer to spend time with some elderly folks at a nursing home!

Being in prison sucks, no matter how much they dress it up. The vast majority of things you might do are closed off to you just because you can’t leave. Every single one of those prisoners knows they’re being punished. Every single one of them counts the days until their release.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Even with a minimum wage job you can save up enough money for a plane ticket to anywhere in the world and just leave.

If you make minimum wage in the city I live in you either live with your parents, have multiple roomates, or live on the street.

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[-] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

A good example is to see what Varg Vikernes were doing while in prison:

Burzum remained as a solo project until 1994, when Vikernes was arrested for the murder of Euronymous and the burnings of several churches in Norway. [...] While imprisoned, Vikernes managed to record two other albums in a dark ambient style. They were released as Dauði Baldrs (1997) and Hliðskjálf (1999). Both of these albums were created with a synthesizer, as Vikernes was prohibited from using any other instruments in prison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzum#Imprisonment_(1993%E2%80%932009)

[-] smee@poeng.link 12 points 1 week ago

The mass murdering child killer Breivik sued the government because he was only offered a Playstation 2, not the Playstation 3. And did not enjoy the pets he was allowed. 🤷

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[-] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Everyone loves to talk about Norwegian welfare as the pinnacle of social policy while conveniently forgetting that it's a tiny country of 5.5 million people backed by a trillion dollars of oil money from the state.

Edit: I love how everyone glosses over the population size as if it has nothing to do with policy making and the politically stagnant environment of the US.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
  • Healthcare $200
  • Data $150
  • Infrastructure $800
  • Military industrial complex $3,600,000,000
  • Culture war $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my country is dying-

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[-] SkyeStarfall 14 points 1 week ago

And as we all know, the US doesn't have any oil itself!

No, but, the oil fund isn't really used. For reference, the first withdrawal in history was in 2016. The prison system is far older than that

[-] Khaliso@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago

It's also comparably equal.

If US wealth was equally distributed, every person would own about 450.000$

That would make like 20 people lose a lot of money.

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