• nifty
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    196 months ago

    Remember the government is not your friend.

    The government is working out just fine for people in Nordic and other EU counties

    • @kava@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      There are benevolent kings every once in a while. Doesn’t mean monarchy is a good system in the long term. Nordic countries have some of the highest wealth inequalities in the world. They keep the working class content with the programs and benefits. They have been able to afford it up to now, but the system is straining.

      In the long term they cannot sustain this and we see it with their indicators slowly falling over time to match other Western European countries.

      French & UK citizens are not fans of their government.

      Less power the government has unnecessarily, the better. Doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t have power, just we need a mentality that we always need to be trimming the fat.

    • @banana_lama@lemm.ee
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      26 months ago

      There’s examples that swing both ways of a government being benevolent and self serving. The more likely outcome is the government being self serving. I personally anticipate every government to eventually go that route. For instance Agustus and a few following Roman emperor’s had set a good example. But once corruption had set its teeth within the government it became incredibly difficult to be a “good” emperor. Not impossible but discouraged.

      So yeah. Just because there’s good examples doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be cautious even in their cases. Enjoy the prosperity and encourage it but do have a Killswitch of sorts just in case