It may sound weird, but this is not that big problem in Finland. We don&#x27;t have too much that sort of arguments. Our politics is lot more consensus&#x2F;compromise based than U.S. politics. This means people disagreeing in quantity can be sorted out. But the big parties can veto this stuff for no apparent reason what so ever.<p>Our left is more communist than U.S. left. Some of them don&#x27;t give a shit what is &quot;living wage&quot;. They think government should give them all excess money possible. And if there is no excess, then take loan to support some arbitrary standard of living for everybody. &quot;You don&#x27;t have to pay debt&quot; &quot;tax the rich more&quot;.<p>But people don&#x27;t really believe them. Most Finns still think that &quot;average Finn is somewhat sensible person&quot;. The whole multiparty system can exist, because we mostly agree on stuff. It&#x27;s just the details that are different. When I go to vote, I don&#x27;t think &quot;how to save the country from the evil Kokoomus&quot;. I think what party could nudge the system to better direction.<p>Being cohesive small nation state is cosy. But the hivemind can be scary at times. Currently police is trying to pass internet surveilance legistlation and it&#x27;s not much protested. Because &quot;average Finn is somewhat sensible, they would not do this if they didn&#x27;t really have to&quot;.