I live in the Netherlands and the people who call themselves socialists here are invariably Trotskyists or Social Democrats. It has a reputation of being some kind of “leftist”, “progressive” country but it’s politics are neoliberal and people are hyper individualistic. I think the " Polder model" is a result of a mindset that’s the result of being eternally under threat of flooding and the cooperation that needs to happen to prevent that. Otherwise it would be the Texas of Europe.
I live in the Netherlands and the people who call themselves socialists here are invariably Trotskyists or Social Democrats. It has a reputation of being some kind of “leftist”, “progressive” country but it’s politics are neoliberal and people are hyper individualistic. I think the " Polder model" is a result of a mindset that’s the result of being eternally under threat of flooding and the cooperation that needs to happen to prevent that. Otherwise it would be the Texas of Europe.
Wdym “the Texas of Europe”?
Neither have been great analogies to be fair. I meant to imply some kind of “rugged individualism”, self orientation, insular, anti-social, me me me.