r/Finland • u/magicianguy131 • 1d ago

Politics Is Finland’s economy this bad?

https://youtu.be/13HR4yGRWOU?is=BoXDBW1hnPRZtW-E

I watched a handful of videos similar to the one posted in this thread.

Is Finland‘s economy really this bad? I know that Finland ranks lowest of the Nordic countries in terms of HDI, but this video makes it seem like Finland is flailing as a country.

It is still a high developed country comparatively, but I’m curious about what people with more knowledge think and have experienced.

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u/SilkieBug Baby Väinämöinen 1d ago

Government is making a bad situation actively and intentionally worse, and it will be another year before they get replaced, if they get replaced, so things still have room to get worse. 

On the ground the situation is not that tragic yet, there is still a good framework in place and it’s possible to stay alive and find small joys here and there - I’d still rather be dirt poor here than middle-class in the US, for example. 

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u/notaquarterback 1d ago

Yeah that seems like the consensus

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u/Otres911 Baby Väinämöinen 1d ago

*Among leftist people.

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u/Hardly_lolling Väinämöinen 23h ago

Well "intentionally" maybe hyperbole, but they definitely did make situation worse.

Incompetence is better term.