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Sweden Dropped from 4th to 25th Wealthiest Nation Under Socialism Before Reversing Course
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The 50-Year Economic Collapse That Created Socialism Is Happening Again Right Now | Impact Theory w/ Tom Bilyeu & Daniel Priestley
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"Sweden was the fourth wealthiest country in the world, the highest GDP per capita. They were doing incredibly well, but they had some wealth inequality, right? Some people were doing better than others. So they became a socialist country. They went all in on socialism. And then they got to the point where they had runaway inflation, tyrannical governments starting to come in and control everything. They had dropped down to the 25th wealthiest country in the world."
Daniel Priestley revealed that Sweden's socialist experiment in the late 20th century caused the nation to plummet 21 places in global wealth rankings, from 4th to 25th wealthiest per capita. The country faced runaway inflation and near-bankruptcy with debt reaching catastrophic levels before abandoning pure socialism in the 1990s. Swedish officials have since publicly asked American politicians to stop citing them as a socialist success story.
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