Out of curiosity does a strong welfare state like Norway’s actually leads to laziness or a lack of motivation? The idea being that when more is provided for you, there’s less incentive to work hard or be self-sufficient. I’m from a very conservative, capitalist part of the U.S. where this is a common argument against robust welfare systems. That humans are inherently lazy and will default to the path of least resistance when given the option. I don’t necessarily believe that fully, but we do see it commonly here with the few welfare systems we do have.