[scriptingnerd]

Sadly, while the 21% tax law is great for companies, it can suck for those of us who sling code for a living. This administration is hostile to unions, and the last administration was not overly happy to support them but in name only. America is simply not a terribly friendly place for unions. I wish our tech scene looked more like Norway or Sweden, but good luck with that...

[thestephen]

Why would you want that? When it comes to working immigrants, the Swedish unions generally have the power to say no [1], which they use – several high-skilled immigrants have been thrown out of Sweden the past two years.

[1] https://www.affarsvarlden.se/juridik_affarer/facken-stoppar-... (Swedish)

[Kiro]

If you think unions are strong within the tech scene in Sweden, you're wrong. I don't know anyone working in tech that's a member of a union tbh.

[conanbatt]

> I wish our tech scene looked more like Norway or Sweden

Why is this?

[peoplewindow]

I've found Americans frequently believe/are told by their media that Norway and Sweden are forms of socialist paradise - basically sort of what Marx wanted but never achieved.

It's not quite clear why anyone thinks that. As far as I know Sweden has a pretty typical welfare state and union laws, comparable to the UK. It's a very politically left society in general with respect to things like identity politics, but economically it's not much different to France or the UK or other countries with publicly funded healthcare.