Hear the sirens. If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way. - ThreadSky

isabellamweber.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Hear the sirens.

If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.

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northernlights7.bsky.social•6 days ago

Say no more, Janan Ganesh.

We heard you already.

paraver.bsky.social•7 days ago

TINA, once again. No word about tax avoidance or tax evasion. It is no coincidence.

ignatzthemouse.bsky.social•6 days ago

There is no menace for peace to EU except for EU current leadership

helios-daedalus.bsky.social•7 days ago

This insipid article aside, "wartime Keynsianism" seemed to have been the mechanism by which the debt break was itself broken. From a leftist perspective, it's not great, but the EU is likely to only get butter if it also gets guns.

francesconicoli.bsky.social•6 days ago

I still fail to understand why we Europeans should give any importance or bearing to non-EU commentariat.

rodaimonia.bsky.social•7 days ago

How Janan remains gainfully employed is truly a disservice to meritocracy. Nobody in the FT editorial page is as consistently stupid and dishonest.

karmetxu.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thank you so much, Isabella, for finding the right words in these chaotic times.

kutheks.bsky.social•7 days ago

this is not twitter, including links will not limit the reach of your posts. please include links

renekelleter.bsky.social•6 days ago

For the right wing there is always a reason to demolish the welfare state.

sleepy-nonah.bsky.social•6 days ago

Or we could just ask those who have most to lose to pay to defend their wealth...

gamleode.bsky.social•6 days ago

Reportedly there is 32 trillion in offshore accounts, a fraction of that would fund a sturdy defense.

jmcintire.bsky.social•5 days ago

I am nearing the end of my second full cycle with the FT.

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torek.bsky.social•7 days ago

The premise is false. A few per cent of GDP is enough for a world class military, and won't theaten welfare.

darioha.bsky.social•7 days ago

here in germany a few percent of GDP means 100 to 150 billion euros. Our former government was fighting about 3 billion for Ukraine or a proposed 12 billion welfare program for children in poverty and both were deemed too expensive. this is the reality of austerity politics.

jethanded-wyvern.bsky.social•7 days ago

In fact, if taxes were proper progressive and targeted the wealthy more efficiently (looking at tax loopholes in particular for corporations 👀🔪), you can finance these both far more efficiently.

thirdreconst.bsky.social•5 days ago

Even if it didn't, the idea that the world's largest currency zone (and one of the largest manufacturing zones) can't have both butter and guns at the same time is... absurd.

I get that I'm an MMTer, but my god neoliberalism/neoclassical econ gives people brainworms.

ilikenewspapers.bsky.social•7 days ago

I feel like Ganesh rarely has a lot of original thinking to offer nowadays especially when he focuses on this sort of social analysis. He was quite good at one point writing about smaller issues from unexpected angles

rodaimonia.bsky.social•7 days ago

I've read the FT since the late 2000s and he's always been objectively awful.

ilikenewspapers.bsky.social•7 days ago

fair

jeanklare.bsky.social•6 days ago

Tax the rich. No problems.

semvn.bsky.social•6 days ago

Rutte asked for this too, but it would be the dumbest thing to do. If you want support for democracy and for its defense, you cannot leave people behind. Note that Putin gains much of his popular support through pensions.