lansink.bsky.social
Retired Dutch ambassador. Served in Egypt, Iraq, India, U.S.A., Libya, Germany and Tunisia. Renegate Atlantist. Running, birdwatching. Socio-economic historian.
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With Europeans sharply increasing their defence spending, the #Trump can do what he announced earlier. We can expect the #US to start withdrawing troops from #Europe soon.
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Samengevat is het argument: “Maar het gaat hier (natuurlijk) om principes en om het afgeven van een signaal.” Deontologie ten voeten uit. Maar helaas gaat het bij politiek juist niet alleen maar over ethiek. Politiek gaat over een meerderheid vinden voor jouw standpunt, niet over moreel isoleren.
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Samengevat is het argument: “Maar het gaat hier (natuurlijk) om principes en om het afgeven van een signaal.” Deontologie ten voeten uit. Maar helaas gaat het bij politiek juist niet alleen maar over ethiek. Politiek gaat over een meerderheid vinden voor jouw standpunt, niet over moreel isoleren.
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If investors continue to ignore geopolitical risks, that could be a sign of a bigger downturn to come, rather than a bullish signal for those who continue to test the limits of their own conviction.
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There are (scientific) facts and (historical) points of view. My view is that the decennia long uneven distribution of the benefits and costs of globalisation (including migration) has undermined trust in traditional politicians and paved the way for extreme political experimentation.
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Is hier sprake van onbegrip over de Nederlandse taal? Over wat waar of onwaar is discussieer je niet; die stel je vast of je ontmaskert de leugen. Een discussie gaat tussen voor -en tegenstanders en dan is het nuttig beide standpunten te belichten.
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Mogelijk omdat christenen zich realiseren dat er geen ‘origineel’ bestaat en het boek tot stand kwam door selectie en ‘overleg’; mensenwerk dus.
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Russia Minister of Energy Anton Rubtsov "The tax burden is so substantial that today many options to maintain production are simply unprofitable." Reuters reported Russia's oil and gas revenue had fallen by a third in May..."
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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It’s politics, a gamble as the current anti-migration politicians have democracy undermining tendencies. But what is the alternative, as ‘open border’ politicians keep ignoring the ‘hidden’ costs? To repeat only (!) the age-old ‘rational’ mantra’s does not create trust that change will now come.
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Politician’s used the ‘a tide raises all ships’ mantra and were deaf to complaints. Anti-migration politician exploit this weakness. In a democracy they provide counterweight and provide a rational, though dangerous, choice for those that are neglected since the seventies.
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Migration is not an intellectual debate, but a societal choice, a political issue. Intellectually it might be irrational, but politically not. Politics is about power and in a democracy people choose (rationally) for those that - considering the current rules of the game - best serve their interests
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The issue is not migration per se, from a macro-perspective, but the skewed distribution of its benefits and costs. As long as voters can remember politicians never succeeded at redressing this imbalance. If you’re on the receiving end of costs it is rational to be anti-migration.
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Goochelen met juridische termen en historische analogieën over #Gaza zijn activiteiten die meer zeggen over de morele zorg dan bijdragen aan het vinden van de juiste acties. Ze zijn anderzijds wel prettig binnenlands politiek tijdverdrijf.