As an American-Brit who has been living in Sweden for a couple of years, I've always found it interesting that pretty much everyone I know here can be found at their home address simply by googling their name and clicking on hitta.se. When I show this to my British or American friends, they're always shocked, and I find myself explaining that "Swedes have a very different, more trusting, relationship with their government than Brits or Americans."
Personally, I've never had a problem arise from this, and neither has anyone I know here, but I've been here less than for two years. I love it here and I can see myself living here for the rest of my life (that is, if you'll have me! Soon time to renew my visa!)
But I find myself wondering: Has anyone here, or anyone you know, ever had a problem arise from their address being listed publicly? Strange people turning up at your door, weird post or packages, or something worse?
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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/adjectivenounnr at 2023-07-06 07:00:45+00:00.
borrelliborr at 2023-07-06 14:47:10+00:00 ID:
jqw94ztYou have to pay tax. Even in the US. Otherwise it is tax evasion. The government knows where you live. Believing anything else is naive.
adjectivenounnr (OP) at 2023-07-06 14:55:13+00:00 ID:
jqwacd1Not if you earn less than the minimum taxable income (about $20k). It's obviously not the majority, but still a large group of people who don't have any legal requirement to give their address to the government. If you don't have any tax obligation, have never committed a crime and don't have a driver's license, there would be no point at which the government would ask you for your address.
borrelliborr at 2023-07-06 15:15:16+00:00 ID:
jqwdc2rThe strange part is that you see this as a positive to me it sounds like the US government only care about its people if they are rich. Which is the truth. If you care for the well-being of your people you need information to be able to help them.
adjectivenounnr (OP) at 2023-07-06 15:17:35+00:00 ID:
jqwdoo8I think you're massively misunderstanding American political culture. Here's a 10 second video clip that should explain it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCedOQJ0ZEA
borrelliborr at 2023-07-06 15:23:44+00:00 ID:
jqwemceThe fact that you can’t acknowledge that the American government has no interest in poor people is pretty telling. No matter if you put any moral value behind it. With the class divides that exist in the US it is clear that the US government has no interest for poor people