Picardía / Thumbs Up Emoji Man - When your only contribution to the modern world is to serve as a warning for others

Let me repost a comment I made on a similar image a few months ago:

I don't expect this to be a very popular point of view but I have to get it out of my chest:

All those peoples who think Sweden is the rape-fest shithole they saw memes about on 4chan are actually retarded.

Here is a few facts about Sweden:

- Voted third most democratic nation in 2017 by the Economist group
- Number 8 when it come to Human Devellopement Index in 2018 (USA were 15)
- Number 4 on the Freedom of Press Index for 2020 (USA were number 45…)

I could go on. Peoples that make those shitty 'Sweden Yes' memes are just edgy, angry 4channers that are mad Sweden exist because it's a successful, economically and socially stable nation with progressive politics. It's everything they despise. And before someone ask, I'm not Swedish. But I did actually live here for a year (I was studying there), unlike 99% of the peoples that make those memes. Never had any problem here. Never got assaulted, never got robbed, never actually been a victim or witness any crimes. I actually had a great time there, made lot of friends.

And yeah, there is immigration, like literally any first-world country in the world. Sweden is an attractive place that doesn't try to use the refugees-crisis to win brownie-points with far-right wingers nuts. I know, how shocking.

I think it depends on the places you've been to. I've heard all sorts of different stories from Sweden, from people who weren't 4channers meme'ing.
Obviously you're not gonna be raped by just casually walking around the streets, but at the same time you can't deny that there are issues. And besides, most European countries score higher than the USA in the rankings you mentioned