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Dutch Neoliberalism (D66,VVD,CDA,Volt) and Dutch fascism (PVV,FvD,JA21) and even Dutch social democrats (PvdA,GL,CU) are all to happy kiss the American flag.
FYI to everyone, this is desinformation. D66 and Volt oppose the US, and PvdA/GL no longer exist (instead it's Pro now). CU isn't social democratic per se, but rather confessional - though they are economically centre-left.
Pro in fact is one of the harshest opponents of American fascism, alongside with SP, Socialisten, Bij1, and PvdD. D66 and Volt well strongly oppose it, but either believed for longer that a diplomatic solution was possible, or wanted to buy more time to switch to non-diplomacy.
12 years of VVD liberalism is to blame. Unlike the CDA they didn't moderate, instead doubling down on impoverishing the labourer and zzp'ers, favouring privatisation and rogue states over nationalisation, liberation and safety. The fascist and rightist parties are trying to infiltrate and seize the VVD, and they're walking into it with open eyes. They do that through algorithms, bots, AI, and attempting to manipulate legislation.
This is not true in any meaningful sense. Their words are a bit fighty, I guess, but they vote and advocate for everything that the US asks for.
To oppose the US and be Neoliberal is like opposing cheese whilst being a dairy farmer.
ProNL have been distancing themselves from their socialist roots to a point that most Left donβt call them left at all.
Iβm glad you noticed that Bij1, PvdD and SP were missing in my list.
P.S. Where are those 10 new cities D66 promised?
Social democrat is a very, very strong term to describe these parties. PvdA has been neoliberalized since Kok, and GL since Halsema. Not sure about CU. They're basically the Clinton and Blair of their respective parties, and the parties haven't recovered since.
Yep, a happy little American colony.
I heard about the "Dutch-American Friendship Treaty" (DAFT -- very aptly named) a while back. An American citizen only needs to register a business (even a ZZP/sole proprietorship works), create a Dutch business bank account, deposit 4,500β¬ there, and then they get legal residency.
You don't need to give any business plan, nor is there any point-based test (which is required for basically anyone else who wants to move to the Netherlands to start a business)... You don't have to prove that your business is innovative, that you have any higher education, nor that you will hire any Dutch employees... As long as you register your business and deposit the required 4,500β¬, and that you're an American citizen, your business is legally considered to be in the interest of the Dutch economy and you're granted residency.
lol oh man wtf, imagine trying to do that if your are an African βexpatβ.
EU leaders are just an extension branch to the Epstein class.
Maybe Spain is just an exception, but all the other EU leaders are puppets to American imperialism and under Zionist control.