If you are a believer in individualism, you should be in favor of a strong state. That sounds paradoxical and it is. Reality is contradictory while ideologies strive to eliminate contradictions. But before this gets too philosophical: Back to the initial thesis.

Sweden, still the country with the world’s most comprehensive social system, is also – after Finland – the country with the highest proportion of one-person households. Almost 50 percent of Swedes live alone.