I'm 46 yo. When I grew up, the Swedish state took care of a lot of things; public transport, phone services, health care including pharmacies, postal services etc. It was mostly cheap and reliable.
These days all of it has been privatized, which has made it more expensive and not nearly as reliable.
Even government institutions, like the tax office have gone seriously downhill lately. You used to be able to go there and get professional help in reasonable time. These days it's a joke in comparison. There isn't even a tax office anymore, it's been lumped together with the unemployment office and God knows what and staffed with immigrants just of the bus who don't know shit about anything.
You used to be able to ask the police for help and expect to get it, politely; these days I'm more afraid of cops than criminals to be honest.
These days all of it has been privatized, which has made it more expensive and not nearly as reliable.
Even government institutions, like the tax office have gone seriously downhill lately. You used to be able to go there and get professional help in reasonable time. These days it's a joke in comparison. There isn't even a tax office anymore, it's been lumped together with the unemployment office and God knows what and staffed with immigrants just of the bus who don't know shit about anything.
You used to be able to ask the police for help and expect to get it, politely; these days I'm more afraid of cops than criminals to be honest.
I could go on and on.