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The Netherlands are exceptional, at giving this public image of this amazing country, where there is practically no crime, high living standards, little to no c
by phazeedae 4y ago
The Netherlands are exceptional, at giving this public image of this amazing country, where there is practically no crime, high living standards, little to no corruption, etc. etc. etc. etc. However the longer you live here, the more you realise it's just a thin veil on the top, dig just a little bit past that, and it's a country faced with multiple serious issues.
So something like this benefits scandal was not such a big surprise.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoI mean, once you spend more than 10 minutes looking at how their drug enforcement works, you come to the conclusion the Netherlands is a de-facto narcostate. While retail supply of soft drugs is permitted and taxed, production and wholesale supply to those retailers is illegal, which helped drug gangs to become immensely powerful. This could be resolved by legalising the production and wholesale supply aspects (with great benefits for the taxman), but the political will is lacking. It would also sharply hurt criminals. The half measures around drug legislation are indicative of how the rest of the country is ran.