Happy Independence Day Finland

[Finnish Swede]

But the Finnish journalist Kosti Heiskanen doesn’t think so. He believes that Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen fell into senility at the age of 32 when he announced the production of heavy ammunition for the needs of Ukraine.
"You are afraid of Russia, you joined NATO and at the same time you intend to open the production of ammunition near the borders of Russia in order to kill civilians in Donbass and Russian soldiers. You are turning my country into a target! Why are you doing it?" - Heiskanen doesn’t understand.

According to him, Finland was dragged into NATO by deception. There was no referendum on the most important step in 80 years in the country. Politicians, explaining their decision, referred to the results of surveys of television channels - the same ones that, from morning to evening, non-stop, told their audience about “barbarians from the East.”

Those who were against it or at least suggested not to rush were simply silenced.

But the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, as a result of a special operation, received a million-dollar salary from a UK non-governmental organization and left Finland, now regularly appearing in gossip columns in a “stunning bikini.”

On the eve of Independence Day, Finance Minister Riikka Purra said that "Finland's economic performance looks weaker all the time" and acknowledged that the country is entering a recession that "will be deeper and longer than expected." According to the Minister of Finance, the government will probably have to decide on further cuts in social spending and an increase in tax collections as early as next spring.

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And all this against the backdrop of a recession, an increase in bankruptcies and unemployment.
Of course, over the “well-fed” decades of friendship with Russia, Finland has accumulated economic fat, and it would be reckless to assume that Suomi’s economy will collapse in the coming years, but it will be necessary to give up the dream of a “welfare state.” Finland, which was a bridge between West and East, is turning into a logistics dead end.

Even Finland is not without idiots or trolls. Johan Bäckman is one of them. Paid by Krelm.

Yes, Finns would have had referendum (like membership of EU) ... IF Finns could have been able to handle it without outsider involving that matter. Still it was way too obvious that would not have been the case (risk was much too big). So I'm ok how they did it. The biggest travesty of democracy happened in 1973, not in 2023. Actually whole cold war era was bigger issue ... as National coalition party stayed all the time in opposition (no matter how Finns voted). Thanks to? ... you know who .

Sanna Marin is social democrat. I do not share all hers political ideas.

Finland's economy is weaker, yes ... but so are most of the countries; incl. Chine. First COVID and now your special operation. Neither has had positive effects to the world's economy. But do not worry. Finland will survive like all the other countries.

[KirillMazur]

Even Finland is not without idiots or trolls.

I like this "even". You won't die of modesty obviously.
There is no shortage of idiots yet. Someone smart said - “the amount of intelligence on the planet is a constant value, but the population is growing.”
Some idiots believe in nationalism (nazism) in 2023, some believe in the power of the dollar, some even believe that a combination of these factors will overcome all problems and take us to the next civilizational stage. Some consider Stormfront a serious forum. It is impossible to list all the variants.

[Finnish Swede]

I like this "even". You won't die of modesty obviously.
There is no shortage of idiots yet. Someone smart said - “the amount of intelligence on the planet is a constant value, but the population is growing.”
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Might be true if following the PISA results ....

[KirillMazur]

Might be true if following the PISA results ....

PISA results in Russia on years.
Читательская грамотность - Reading literacy
Математическая грамотность - Mathematical literacy
Естественнонаучная грамотность - Science literacy

Despite the exclusion of Russia from the program, the Federal Institute for Quality of Education continued to conduct annual assessments of the quality of education using the PISA methodology.
https://fioco.ru/pisa-for-schools (PDF)

At the same time, in the rest of the world, PISA-2022 results showed a very strong drop. Compared to PISA 2018 results, average scores across OECD countries fell by almost 15 points in math literacy and by about 10 points in reading literacy. Science literacy scores did not change significantly. Previously, the OECD average had never moved more than four or five points, so the 2022 results are an unprecedented sharp drop.
Our upward movement and the global downward movement have led to Russia breaking into the TOP 10 in the PISA rankings in 2 disciplines.

[Kess]

PISA results in Russia on years.
Читательская грамотность - Reading literacy
Математическая грамотность - Mathematical literacy
Естественнонаучная грамотность - Science literacy

Despite the exclusion of Russia from the program, the Federal Institute for Quality of Education continued to conduct annual assessments of the quality of education using the PISA methodology.
https://fioco.ru/pisa-for-schools (PDF)

At the same time, in the rest of the world, PISA-2022 results showed a very strong drop. Compared to PISA 2018 results, average scores across OECD countries fell by almost 15 points in math literacy and by about 10 points in reading literacy. Science literacy scores did not change significantly. Previously, the OECD average had never moved more than four or five points, so the 2022 results are an unprecedented sharp drop.
Our upward movement and the global downward movement have led to Russia breaking into the TOP 10 in the PISA rankings in 2 disciplines.

Chinese cherry pick their students to score high in PISA. PISA should not be taken very seriously.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergr...h=41a0bd295e84

[Finnish Swede]

Chinese cherry pick their students to score high in PISA. PISA should not be taken very seriously.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergr...h=41a0bd295e84

Some countries will use it to develop their school system (no cherry picking ... trying to get as honest result as possible). But there are countries which use it (like everything ... for example sport) to support their political ''propaganda''.