I have an American friend who thought Finland as communist country partly because of Finnish healthcare and tax system and to be honest it was a little offensive to me. Last thing we Finnish people want is to be related with communism, Soviet Union or Russia. After Winter War (1939-1940) and Continuation War (1941-1944) with Russia during WWII we Finns have tried to take distance to Russia as much as possible. I think we have some kind of special hate and fear mentality towards Russia. Most of Finns does not like Russia and are suspicious towards them but at the same time we are afraid of them and don't want to offend Russia at any mean. Maybe that's also the reason why we are not part of UN.
You just can't make joke at Finns and claim they are communists and ruled by Russia. If there had been Finland on last section with Norway, Denmark and Sweden, you all would have been dead by now. That's serious topic for us Finns. ;)
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I have an American friend who thought Finland as communist country partly because of Finnish healthcare and tax system and to be honest it was a little offensive to me. Last thing we Finnish people want is to be related with communism, Soviet Union or Russia. After Winter War (1939-1940) and Continuation War (1941-1944) with Russia during WWII we Finns have tried to take distance to Russia as much as possible. I think we have some kind of special hate and fear mentality towards Russia. Most of Finns does not like Russia and are suspicious towards them but at the same time we are afraid of them and don't want to offend Russia at any mean. Maybe that's also the reason why we are not part of UN.
You just can't make joke at Finns and claim they are communists and ruled by Russia. If there had been Finland on last section with Norway, Denmark and Sweden, you all would have been dead by now. That's serious topic for us Finns. ;)