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I must have been in my teens. We were visiting an uncle who had – still has, to be exact – a group of sons worthy of a sultan. I’d lost count at five or so, but at that point it felt like the offspring were somewhere close to the audience in an average Stockholm derby.
From time to time, the sound level was also reminiscent of a Stockholm derby. This was a great opportunity.
We sat on the ground floor of the house. The derby took place in the upper zone. We were talking about something in general and my uncle was right in the middle of a quiet and peaceful exhibition, when someone was clearly murdered upstairs. It was a cry of anxiety like no other, followed by a triumphant, angry howl and the same roar that must have traveled through the Jordan Valley when the walls of Jericho fell.
My uncle didn’t even take a break. Not a wink. He continued in the same calm tone.
Of course I felt compelled to ask. Hadn’t he heard what the rest of us hear?
Yes, he assured calmly. But if it’s something worth worrying about, surely someone will come here and tell you about it.
With this we move on to the last tours of Swedish politics.
If you vote for Ulf Kristersson, you endanger democracy, our Prime Minister announced the other day. It’s not that Ulf Kristersson wants to abolish democracy, the Prime Minister acknowledged at the same time, but it doesn’t matter. The Sweden Democrats will touch your panties. And of us, then. Exactly how is a bit confusing, but Jimmie Åkesson was said to disapprove of a show on P3 and said so publicly.
Anyone who doesn’t follow Annie is an illiberal killer.
Let’s talk about issues instead of polluting each other, replied Jimmie Åkesson himself, who really doesn’t want to “fight in the social democratic mud.” He then took the opportunity to add that Stefan Löfven is Sweden’s answer to Donald Trump and wondered if the prime minister intended to respect the election result if it went against him. He paused before wondering if Löfven intended to send the Young Eagles to storm the Riksdag, but it will surely arrive in a couple of weeks.
This was a few weeks after Ebba Busch declared that the government had “bravely” allowed the pandemic to spread among the population and about a week after Richard Jomshof called Islam “an abominable ideology and religion.”
Annie Lööf, on the other hand, has been at the extreme center for a couple, three years. It is based on the fact that anyone who does not follow Annie is an illiberal murderer. He also recently suggested that all malls, shopping malls, and why not even gyms, be closed completely for a few weeks. Stefan Löfven doesn’t want to be much worse, so he held another press conference the other day and ordered the Swedes not to celebrate Easter. At least not in a funny way.
And so it goes. Long and small. In almost all. It is, in short, a horrible life upstairs. Is it weird that you are a shark? That you feel that maybe you should do something?
No, that is not strange. But that’s wrong.
We should learn from my uncle. Ignore the noise. Let them gape at all they can. That are exceeded in capital letters. Stay still. Keep up the good work.
If what they were yelling upstairs was really worth worrying about, surely the roars would come down here and say something sensible.
