Why do you like ponies? (If you're homo it's okay you can come out <3)
After seeing so many pony avatars on MCF 2+ years ago, I decided to check out the show. I though that since so many people like it, it can't be half bad and so I watched the first 2 episodes. I dunno why, but the I actually enjoyed the story/plot and the animations were just fantastic and I continued to watch the series. Another thing might be the fandom around it, the br0ny community is probably my favorite with many talented musicians, artists, authors and animators that really hyped the show by creating shittons of fan content for it.
Why do you think socialism has been so effective in Scandinavia?
Scandinavian countries gets rich from oil, more money into the economy, more money in the average persons pockets which leads to higher living standards and wages for everyone.
The fact that Norway has rich natural resources like oil, gas and water that are nationalized so that indvidual capitalists doesn't end up with all the profit is probably the main reason. We also have the highest taxes in the world so that education and healthcare is free for everyone. You might say ''Hah if you pay so much of your salaries in taxes, it isn't really free is it?'' Well, remember that in Norway persons with high salaries pay larger percentage of tax then people with low salaries (Note: Low salaries in Norway are still greater then averege salaries internationally). So if someone from a low income family gets a serious illness, they won't have to deal with extremely large health costs but instead have the expenses paid by other tax payers that are much more able to handle their economic situatuon.
Free and solid education = Low percentage of unemployed people = Lots of tax money = More money the state can spend on necessary things for the country.
Another thing might be that there are not really any political parties challenging Social Democrats here in Norway. All the important parties except one really are just social democratic. The only thing that differs is their different views on how socialism should work in Norway.
For countries outside of Scandinavia, I think Capitalism with Democratic Socialist Programs such as free healthcare is a better alternative then pure socialism as it won't require as much resource-spending as Socialism.