Draft: The Subtle Totalitarianism of the Social Democratic State

I know a number of great people from all over Europe who live in Denmark, and quite often they will tell me, who has never lived anywhere else, that this or that is typically Danish. These remarks are almost always said in a lenient, forbearing way, like any guest telling his host that the wine has gone bad. One great example that I thought of earlier today is, admittedly, not from my own circle of friends, but taken from a TV show about alcohol and drinking, in which a Czech man, who had resided in Copenhagen since, I believe the 80s, said that the drinking guidelines (sic!) issued by the Department of Health, were extremely Danish. These guidelines, issued a few years ago, advice men not to drink more than such and so much a week, and women a little less so - naturally, I have refused to memorize how much it is (if you really want to know, I will be able to tell you, but shhh!). For a non-Scandinavian, hearing this may cause at least a grin on your face, but that wasn't my only point with this.
In Denmark (or Scandinavia, if you will), the Social Democratic project permeates through almost every aspect of both politics and social life. This political line, which for half a century has been ruling Denmark, includes and embraces every thinkable form of egalitarianism, be it feminism, gay rights or multi-culturalism. But the egalitarianism of the Social Democratic state is a two-way street, and aligning all parts of society by offering equal opportunities would not do - rather, this form of society will have to force its ways upon its 'clients' for it to truly function. Naturally, in any community there must and will be an accommodation of individuals into the surrounding society, but in the Social Democratic state accommodation is ordered and carried through by the state itself.
This politicization (Social Democratization) applies to all walks of life, and draws all institutions and people toward the lowest common denominator.
Denmark today is a political entity, not a nation, and is inhabited by clients and users.