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Meanwhile Finnish babies sleep in the cardboard box that originally contained a government-supplied cache of baby clothes, pillows, blankets, and even a toy and book or two, while their parents are both given 160 days (32 five-day work weeks) of paternal leave to care for the kid.

Capitalism!




Photo of the baby box and contents: https://yle.fi/a/74-20083915


Yeah and Finish devs also make a small fraction of what's possible in America


Dunking on the happiest country on earth, 7 years in a row, with "yeah well one of their professions makes less money". Nice.




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