I am an anthropologist. I live in Denmark. I follow developments in the Danish welfare state while I am living my own life. Jeg taler dansk. I work in Sweden. My wife is Norwegian. I have worked in Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia. I do research on corruption.  The best way to understand how Denmark works is to focus on those who feel they are victimized.  Every single day there is a victim. And if there is a victim there must be a perpetrator, and a witness who can give sympathy, support or criticism. Denmark is a land of victims, and people trying to treat them... trying to make the resourssvag into resourcestærk... Victims are articulate.. and in a country where nothing major really happens --no disasters, civil wars, corruption scandals, mass murders or Hollywood celebreties, the victim can be heard.
Take yesterday 11 june: Parents of schoolchildren are protesting against "inklusion" of  handicapped ("special needs") children in their classrooms. "I don't want to be egotistical,", says a mother of a 7 year old daughter, "but I need to think of my child first". So she and other parents will pull their kids out of public school. How bad for them. Their kids don't learn anything because the teachers are spending time with the ADHD kids. Parents of normal kids are UGENS OFFER... VICTIM OF THE WEEK.