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> My theory is San Francisco evangelists have Stockholm syndrome

There do seem to be a whole lot of people around CA with outright delusional ideas about Scandinavian cultures and policy choices. For all their much vaunted "socialism" (with Scandinavian characteristics) Stockholm is a lot less dysfunctional than San Francisco.

I'm not sure if I missed a joke, but Stockholm syndrome is about hostages rather than governmental policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

TIL there's a Helsinki syndrome: https://www.scandinaviastandard.com/what-is-helsinki-syndrom...

TIL the London and Lima syndrome from the second link.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

I don’t think the parent is referring to Stockholm (the city), but rather Stockholm Syndrome, the psychological phenomenon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

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