Comment by immibis

Comment by immibis 6 hours ago

3 replies

I guess they're talking about neoliberal, which is completely different from liberal (but overlaps - both liberals and conservatives are neoliberal; actual leftists aren't)

this_user 6 hours ago

The problem are leftist policies that have completely destroyed any economic dynamism and that have created such high tax burdens that working full-time and trying to advance in your career is basically not worth it for many professionals. I know a lot of people who have either left the country or who have switched to part-time, because doing four days a week gives you 50% more weekend, but only costs you a little bit of money if you are reasonably well paid.

If anything, we need more economically liberal policies, because those actually do stimulate innovation and growth. Instead, leftists are completely focused on how they can extract even more money from the productive part of the population to give to the unproductive.

  • immibis 3 hours ago

    To my knowledge, leftists aren't in power anywhere, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. And if they are in power somewhere, they're certainly not bailing out massive automotive companies.

  • piva00 4 hours ago

    That doesn't explain how Denmark and Sweden can have quite high economic dynamism while the tax burden is higher than Germany.

    It's not that simple, it's never that simple...