For example, why didn't Sweden lockdown during COVID? In the years prior, the country had a huge conformist culture for wokism, just like San Francisco.
And why did Japan hardly do lockdowns? Why were they able to speak strongly against forced vaccination?
Same for Italy. How did their populist prime minister get elected?
They probably have an ESG-like scoring system for countries. Sweden probably has enough points that they have earned special priveleges.