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> little room left for other broad social discourses in Germany, at the moment Now you can call me a pessimist, but if we look back at the last 2 decades, did
by wink 3y ago
> little room left for other broad social discourses in Germany, at the moment
Now you can call me a pessimist, but if we look back at the last 2 decades, did any social discourse really bring out anything positive?
The right-wing politicians are gaining more platform and more supporters, even the so-called social democrats brought us things like Hartz IV, the populists are always at work to call in less taxation for rich people by lying to poorer und uneducated people "they want to increase taxes! You'd get 10€ less per month!" while failing to admit they would maybe get 1000€ or 10k€ less per month)
- mitjam 3y agoI agree to some degree but in my view, in a democracy, big changes (especially those that hurt short term) require public discourse to be legitimate. In addition, on a practical level, few politicians risk pushing a big agenda without backing from the public opinion.