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I would look for and inspiration in developed post-Communist countries where people are especially dissapointed. The whole 90s they had heard about privatisatio

I would look for and inspiration in developed post-Communist countries where people are especially dissapointed. The whole 90s they had heard about privatisation, free market, supply-demand, "everyone is in charge of their own destiny" cliches - the environment which pushed them out to emigration to countries like Germany, UK, Sweden, Italy, etc. To the countries where, surprise!, rich and affluent families and clans hold and rule the whole economy and where one's social and financial status is defined by the place and the family one was born in.

clarab 7y ago
That is an interesting perspective to add to this article! thanks for sharing.
walterstucco 7y ago
> in developed post-Communist countries where people are especially dissapointed. but are looking back at protectionism and far right politics, so their disappointment it's not something to really look up to, it's something to be scared of Not only because the economy failed them, but because their anti communist sentiment made them reluctant to even engage in more balanced economies, because they are seen as a return of previous era when they where dominated by USSR. So their disappointment is more like "society is not awarding me enough for my skills and my diligence" than "we should inject some socialism back in society" And the enemy is the old same (it was an enemy in communists country as well) Look at Poland for example thousands of far-right activists and supporters marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw to protest a law signed by Trump last year — the Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today Act — that aims to help Jews seek compensation for property lost during the Holocaust. Which is even worse than living in a country like Italy, where I live, where if you go to the hospital you don't have to rely on private insurances (good luck with that) or your own private money breaking bad style.

clarab 7y ago

That is an interesting perspective to add to this article! thanks for sharing.

walterstucco 7y ago

> in developed post-Communist countries where people are especially dissapointed. but are looking back at protectionism and far right politics, so their disappointment it's not something to really look up to, it's something to be scared of Not only because the economy failed them, but because their anti communist sentiment made them reluctant to even engage in more balanced economies, because they are seen as a return of previous era when they where dominated by USSR. So their disappointment is more like "society is not awarding me enough for my skills and my diligence" than "we should inject some socialism back in society" And the enemy is the old same (it was an enemy in communists country as well) Look at Poland for example thousands of far-right activists and supporters marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw to protest a law signed by Trump last year — the Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today Act — that aims to help Jews seek compensation for property lost during the Holocaust. Which is even worse than living in a country like Italy, where I live, where if you go to the hospital you don't have to rely on private insurances (good luck with that) or your own private money breaking bad style.