The Faster Times and The Guardian report on a thriving youth subculture in Sweden called "raggare" that Katie Natopolis describes as:
The Faster Times then presents a gallery of fourteen photos of raggae folk. Conor Creighton of The Guardian further describes the subculture:
Faster Times Link and Guardian Link via Marginal Revolution | Photo: Christer Ehrling
[...]a delightful mix of the style of a’50s greaser, the corpulence and bad hygiene of a biker, the love of the Confederate flag of a southern redneck, and the enthusiasm for drinking of a British soccer hooligan. Basically, every stereotype about poor white trash spanning both time and globe, rolled into one.
The Faster Times then presents a gallery of fourteen photos of raggae folk. Conor Creighton of The Guardian further describes the subculture:
The raggare have always tended to be drawn from country folk: farmers, petrol station owners, low-skilled workers. The growth in their numbers is the result of the differing fortunes of the US and Swedish economies over the decades: successive oil crises and a poor exchange rate saw Americans trading in gas-guzzlers for more economical models; the Swedes, relatively rich in comparison, bought their cars for a song.
For young Swedes, these giant American cars, which contrasted with the safe, boxy Volvos their parents drove, were the ultimate symbols of rebellion. And they were dirt-cheap. "They were stupid," Georg says about the Americans. "Some of the cars were limited edition. They built maybe 70 of them and they were selling them to us for a few thousand when they were collector pieces."
Faster Times Link and Guardian Link via Marginal Revolution | Photo: Christer Ehrling
It's just opposing mainstream (adult) culture by adopting something which is totally in contrasts this duly,always proper,secure, correct world of their parents. Typical youth subculture.
Redneck,Hillbillies,Trailerparks - things which never existed in Scandinavia.
Lots of of photos of a rragare camp.
http://hansti.de/100709powerbigmeet/4/index.htm
http://hansti.de/100709powerbigmeet/6/index.htm
WTF am I reading?
Not only do they not make as much, but over 60% of their income goes to taxes.
If anything they are taking to this subculture because they are all anti-establishment.
Well, what do y'all want? That's the kind of profound comment this story evokes.
60% of my income goes to taxes? Really? Last I checked, and that was when I declared my taxes 2 months ago, I was taxed 32%. And for that we have free education and healthcare that everybody benefits from.
All financed by exports to the US.