Me and a friend nearly got into a fight with two cocky guys from Stockholm last night at the club. It reminded me of the reality of how the decline of Swedish welfare increasingly segregates people into safe white zones for upper middle class and dangerous multicultural zones for the lower middle class. The latter don't like the former, so the former feels its way of life is constantly under threat (hence upper middle class is liberal/Conservative and lower middle class is socialist). It's class war everywhere, you just have to keep your eyes open.

Sthlm guy: Where are you from?

Friend: X.

Sthlm guy: Ok, I won't be seeing you again.

Friend: Huh? I've partied around where you live, you people are a real drag.

Sthlm guy: Sure you have.

Friend: Yeah, you people bore me out.

Sthlm guy (intimidated): What the..

Me: What's your problem?

Sthlm guy: People from the South are the worst people I know.

Me: Hehehe.

Sthlm guy: You hate us, don't you?

Me: I don't have much against Stockholm, I haven't been there that much.

Sthlm guy: But where you come from you hate people from Stockholm?

Me: You're not very popular in Malmö, no. You wanna know why?

Sthlm guy: Yeah.

Me: We were Danish 300 years ago. You're the symbol of Swedish authority.

Friend of the Sthlm guy: Hah, exactly, fucking Danes!

Me: So? I'm proud of where I come from. Why aren't you?

Sthlm guy & friend (slightly baffled): Ehm..we ARE.

Me: Why then do you come off to me as so insecure?

Friend of Sthlm guy: ....FUCKING DANES!

Later on another friend of mine joined and ordered in champagne. The Stockholm guys were yet again baffled and took off, without the girls they thought they were going home with. The girls were staying with us. Pride, my friends, is essential to identity. Many people don't like to brag about who they are or where they come from, but if you criticize them, they will lash out at you. We are still only primitive animals and we feel most secure within our local community and tribe. Always be proud.