I don't buy that it's hatred of the poor.  Rather, I suggest that it's very limited empathy for those who could work, but choose not to, and become parasites on those who do work.  Its an impatience with those who cry "I'm a victim, gimme, gimme, gimme.", or those who feel entitled to economic equality without working for it, financed by higher taxes upon those that do work in an attempt to get ahead.

Things aren't as rosy in Scandinavian countries as they once were.  They have become beacons for economic migrants looking for the easy life.  Backlashes are growing in Sweden; Finland's historically superior education system is declining at an alarming rate.  Socialism is the great equalizer...and creator of mediocrity.