07-08-2024, 06:22 PM
It just is what it is.
Everyone knows the rules of the game.
Left wing economic ideas just aren't that unpopular anymore after years of failed neo-liberalism.
The right wing parties, for all their bluster basically copy paste the conservative policies on the economy.
I think that if you organized a referendum in the entire EU to decide between the current form or a unified social state with UBI(universal basic income) and nationalized healthcare, energy, water and other utilities most people would vote for the latter. They don't really care which flag is printed on their hand-outs. The 'free market' only still works here because we can invest in foreign markets and wealthy foreigners invest in Europe. Remember that during COVID the big discussion was not about the government expanding its control over our every day lives, the main issue according to many was that the government was not doing enough to bring the dissenters in line.
Everyone knows the rules of the game.
Left wing economic ideas just aren't that unpopular anymore after years of failed neo-liberalism.
The right wing parties, for all their bluster basically copy paste the conservative policies on the economy.
I think that if you organized a referendum in the entire EU to decide between the current form or a unified social state with UBI(universal basic income) and nationalized healthcare, energy, water and other utilities most people would vote for the latter. They don't really care which flag is printed on their hand-outs. The 'free market' only still works here because we can invest in foreign markets and wealthy foreigners invest in Europe. Remember that during COVID the big discussion was not about the government expanding its control over our every day lives, the main issue according to many was that the government was not doing enough to bring the dissenters in line.