Comedian Jonathan Pie shows with pinpoint brilliance in the video below how Trickle-down economics with his mantra: "Help the rich! Punish the poor!” not working. Trickle-down economics does not build a strong economy nor a strong welfare. Put simply, it leads to a very difficult existence for those who have the least. Even many high achievers…
Category: Civil disobedience
"Survival" - Book for libertarian left-wing social democracy
Why did welfare in Sweden begin to be dismantled from the 70s? Can everyone get a job? How do we give people housing? The climate - how do we save it? Feel good in a challenging society, okay? The newly published book "Survival - for society and the people" wants to spark discussion about society and life. Read the review by Lars Gahrn,…
We have to combine different solutions
In Gothenburg, there will be redevelopments in the city, i.a. Västlänken, to lead to the city losing 7000 parking spaces. The car is not only the big dream for many, e.g. all of us who may never be able to afford a villa but still want to be able to get to natural areas comfortably. Of course, exhaust gases can be an environmental problem, but Gothenburg still has a long way to go...
Treat yourself to rest and pleasure quite often
Neurological research shows that the brain works best when it is slightly relaxed. Psychologists say that recovery from time to time is necessary to cope with stress. In the Stone Age, for which we are mostly genetically shaped, we only hunted for a few hours a day. The rest of us probably took it easy and were social.
Individuals cannot save the climate
Andreas Gustavsson wrote in Dagens ETC's leader on 6 October 2016 that individuals must be ready for significantly more and tougher sacrifices in order to save the climate. In part it is true, but the solutions can be quite comfortable with respect for the individual's freedom and shortcomings if structural solutions to the environmental threats are introduced.
The EU is trying to go around national parliaments to get TTIP through
TTIP is the so-called free trade agreement between the EU and the US which specifically wants foreign investors in private courts with special rules to be able to sue the agreement countries whose decisions may lead to reduced opportunities for increased profit for said foreign investors. This really threatens the possibility of strengthening welfare, environmental and consumer rights. There are an awful lot of…
CETA – an even trickier Trojan horse to destroy welfare and bring in TTIP
CETA is a dangerous trade agreement that the president of the European Commission wants to rush through now after the Brexit vote - without letting the Riksdag have a say. Demand that our elected officials have their say! Sign: https://kampanj.skiftet.org/page/s/ceta CETa is a so-called free trade agreement similar to TTIP and TPP but between the EU and Canada. In fact, it is just like TTIP…
M and S say yes to total surveillance of Sweden
M and S want total surveillance of Sweden in the name of anti-terrorism. Read what M wants here and what S wants here. Historian Hobsbawm predicted that the fall of the Soviet Union, which left no political alternative to the Western market economies, would lead to the latter becoming more authoritarian and less egalitarian. The Soviet Union was…
The left is totally superior to the freedom of the little person
Freedom is essential to our happiness and our ability to express who we are. Freedom is best exercised in a spirit of freedom, equality, ecological responsibility and solidarity, but where should the limits be set?
Extra effort only possible for a short time
There are periods when you can make an extra effort, e.g. during a post-secondary education so that you have skills to live on for years to come or before a big deadline that can provide an enormous amount of resources for some time to come.