03-20-2017, 02:39 AM
(03-19-2017, 03:44 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: This article is garbage. First off the PVV went from the third party in a proportional system to second. Yes they didn't pick up as many seats as they wanted--no one ever does in such a system, however, the VVD either has to form coalition with far left groups ideologically repugnant to them (VVD is classified as Center Right) or PVV since the Center Left Labor party was obliterated in the election.
The Dutch have a true multi-party system that requires that practically all governments be coalition governments. Nobody wants to deal with Wilders and his PVV.
Quote:Considering the Atlantic was wrong all through the US election I have no confidence in their "analysis" if you can call it that of Dutch elections.
The only people wrong about the 2016 election in the USA were... just about everyone who was not a true believer in Donald Trump. Those who saw a crushing defeat of the Democrats sounded as if they were participating in wishful thinking.
Long-shots occasionally win horse races. Teams seeded #7 in basketball tournaments and tennis players seeded #7 in tennis occasionally defeat teams ranked #1. Yes, it is possible that the Detroit Lions will win the next Superbowl.
Government of the moneyed elites, by the moneyed elites, and for the moneyed elites is an evident possibility with any pol who melds racism or religious bigotry with vague populism. Donald Trump has shown a way that just doesn't look so good anymore.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.