Amanda Sokolnicki: Sverige är ett land fullt av bortskämda ”nepo babies” – och politikerna fortsätter göda dem

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Amanda Sokolnicki has written a pointed column describing Sweden as a country packed with spoiled nepo babies. Her complaint is that politicians keep fattening this favored group instead of restraining them. She concedes that backing people who genuinely need help is a legitimate task for the state. Her charge is that Swedish politics in practice does something quite different. Instead of directing aid where it is needed, policy increasingly caters to a middle class that is already well off. That group, in her words, apparently should not have to feel any price increases at all. The column lands in the middle of a broader Swedish debate over how public money is shared between social groups.

Att stödja dem som verkligen behöver det är en sak. Men svensk politik går alltmer ut på att serva den redan välmående medelklassen, som tydligen inte ska behöva känna av några prisökningar.

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