Wanting to take a look at something more optimistic after our last prison-heavy episode, Peter and Isaac decide to leave the forced-scarcity war of all against all and instead have a look at a complete opposite: the prisons of min-incarceration social-democratic Norway.Of course, it's worth discussing the well-stocked grocery stores, "social worker" CO's, relatively nice-looking prison "rooms", and the fact that few inmates ever re-offend. But we explore this system, through the eyes of its harshest test and critic: the complete unrepentant occult nazi prick and Black Metal murderer Varg Vikernes. Given the maximum sentence of 21 years for stabbing black-metal scene member in the back, Vikernes' whiny and contempt-filled interviews over the course of 15 years and 5 prisons show a reformed system looking pretty good, even in its harshest light. But that doesn't mean there aren't still questions....Along the way talk about how Norwegian prisons got the way they are, prisoners movements, the surprising pivotal role the correction officers union played, and abolition vs. reform of prisons.Pictures, documents and more at our Patreon page, subscribe today!: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-23-varg-82288058/edit
