Du synes måske, du har det godt her i Danmark; at du lever i et frit samfund, hvor alle kan få lov at gøre som de vil, hvis bare de overholder loven og lader andre være i fred.
Måske har du hørt om, at Danmark er et land, hvor uskyldige mennesker kan sidde fængslede i månedsvis, helt uden at de er mistænkt for at have gjort noget som helst galt, og uden hensyn til, om de er gravide eller ofre for vold eller voldtægt.
Men du er jo ikke hverken asylsøger eller fremmed, og så gælder det ikke. Eller gør det?
På Adventures and Japes undersøger den britiske skolelærer TackiestOnes, hvor sikker du egentlig kan være på, at den slags ikke rammer netop dig.
Hun begynder med at citere en artikel, der forklarer, at i Danmark kan torturofre tvinges til at tage antidepressiva, også selv om de ikke virker og tværtimod gør ondt værre. Landets jobcentre har sågar tiltaget sig magten til at påtvinge sådanne mennesker antidepressiv, også selv om deres læge direkte fraråder det.
TackiestOnes forklarer:
The Danish school system spends more money per pupil than any other, you might have heard. But did you know that the education system is so good that anyone can prescribe medication? All employees of the borough council in Denmark have the right to say which drugs you should receive, what the dosage should be and for how long you should be on the drugs. What a wonderful country! If a worker in a Job Club is a bit unsure about which drugs would be best, they can ask a doctor but the doctor is not required to see the patient.
As everyone is so well qualified in medicine here, the patient is not allowed to refuse.
The Caseworker will see you now
Men okay, siger du – jeg er ikke torturoffer, bliver ikke bedt om at møde på jobcentret og er i det hele taget ved godt helbred, uafhængig og fri.
We don’t have to deal with the kommune!
Bortset fra, at det ikke kun er flygtninge og torturofre, der kan tvinges til at tage antidepressiva, som ikke virker og uanset, om lægen fraråder dem eller ej – det er alle, som risikerer på et eller andet tidspunkt af deres liv at få en depression samtidig med, at de er nødt til at søge økonomisk hjælp af en eller anden slags. Vi ved det godt – det kunne ikke ske for dig.
You are correct. The chances that you will fall on hard times and continue to stay in the country are indeed low. It will, as you have noticed, probably not affect you. Maybe your children. But not you. Probably. Depression is really rare, right? Especially in countries with nine-month-long winters, the likes of which you have never experienced… Especially not in countries where outsiders find it hard to build a support network….
Let’s just for a second consider what it all means, what the big context is.
The Danish State is huge, it is the biggest employer and it touches every aspect of your life. The minister for employment, the social workers, the case workers in the Job Club, the office workers in the borough council and so on, they all have enormous power.
If they decide, just POOF, one day decide that the best treatment for depression is antidepressants then it becomes so. Even if they only help a minority of people. Even if the side effects can be so bad that they drive people to suicide. Even if the drugs they force you to take, eat away a huge proportion of your benefits cheque. Even if your own doctor and an entire group of specialists say the drugs are not advisable in your particular case, you can still be forced to take them.
Men … det påvirker jo stadig kun nassere, siger du. Ikke folk, der overholder reglerne, passer deres arbejde, betaler deres skat. Og altså ikke bliver deprimerede. Ikke folk som dig. Og du har måske ret. Med mindre, du altså går hen og bliver skilt. Hvis du bliver skilt og ender med at være den, der tager sig af børnene, erhverver kommunen sig herved ret til at overvåge dig dag og nat uden hensyn til, hvad loven siger – det kunne jo være, at de herved kunne finde selv det spinkleste grundlag for at tage børnetilskudet fra dig.
Måske du vil finde, at det ikke altid er morsomt at leve i et socialistisk paradis.
You might also find, to your surprise, that your facebook is printed out, that the shoes outside your front door are noted, that the cars that visit your house are logged. You might find that as a result of this, you may be denied something you should be allowed or forced to do something. You might have your children taken off you.Fun fact, if your children are not in daycare and they are “behind” in their Danish language development, they can be forced into daycare. If you refuse, your family can be “investigated”. If you were planning on staying home past six months after your baby’s birth, think again. Even if you do not have a job to go to, you will be told to send your children to daycare around the six months mark so they can learn how to “socialise”.
Alt sammen i Danmark, verdens bedste land – det socialistiske paradis, hvor få har for meget og færre for lidt, og hvor vi alle finder sammen omkring vores “hygge”, som er et ord, der ikke findes på nogen andre sprog, bortset fra norsk, svensk, hollandsk, engelsk og sikkert mange andre sprog.
Ret skal være ret, det særegne, socialrealistiske mareridt, som vi i Danmark påtvinger samfundets svageste borgere, findes nok ikke helt magen til nogen steder. Og gud ske lov for det.
Link: Should I move to Denmark: Denmark is a Socialist Paradise.