30 June 2026 The Quickening

Two Longings Denmark Won't Name in One Breath

You get an overview and summary of all answers to yesterday evening's question.

"Which country do you look to as a pioneering country, benchmark or role model - a country you think Denmark should try to be more like?"

The two first places point in opposite directions.

Switzerland is almost always mentioned with the same words - local democracy, direct democracy, citizens who have real power over their own country. It is a longing for less top-down control.

Poland is about something else - borders, values, a state that wants its own population first.

Japan, Finland and Hungary follow.

And a small faithful group answers Denmark - we can still learn most from ourselves. ๐Ÿ˜…

What emerges is not one country. It is two longings - for more self-determination from below, and for a state that dares to stand by itself.

Perhaps that is where the conversation actually lies.

If you answer further below - I will summarise it again tomorrow.

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