• kava@lemmy.world
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    1 month 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.