Sahwa@reddthat.com to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoFuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norwaywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkFuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norwaywww.theguardian.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareironblossom@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThe worst thing an economy can do is subsidize energy prices for political reasons.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThe one lesson we should have learned since 2008 is that politics cannot be ignored. This kind of supposed technocratic neoliberalism has failed.
minus-squareironblossom@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSorry but if populism is a requirement then it’s the people who have failed, not the government.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoHow Brechtian of you.
The worst thing an economy can do is subsidize energy prices for political reasons.
The one lesson we should have learned since 2008 is that politics cannot be ignored. This kind of supposed technocratic neoliberalism has failed.
Sorry but if populism is a requirement then it’s the people who have failed, not the government.
How Brechtian of you.