In Movement, Johan Sjölander raises an important and pressing criticism of the Social Democrats. Sjölander puts his finger on a painful truth – that the party has long been accused of drifting to the right. Now the party has actually drifted far too far to the right. But Sjölander's criticism is too mild. The reality is that the Social Democrats, together with their allies…
Category: Autonomy
Why are Americans so dissatisfied and Trump-positive despite a good labor market
Why are Americans so unhappy? High costs create dissatisfaction in the US despite positive economic news during the Biden administration according to Robert Reich. Reich was the former Democratic Labor Secretary in the United States Expensive housing, food prices and child care Despite positive economic indications, including growth of 3.3 percent in the last quarter of 2023 and an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent,…
Work for all provides a more stable, state-regulated mixed economy
Work for all is the goal society must have. Brilliant text on the benefits of full employment and its positive side effects. Niklas Blomqvist questions the idea that the market itself can create full employment. For example, Blomqvist points out that attempts to follow this path in the last thirty years have not produced the desired results. He emphasizes that work for…
Culture in school produces spiritually richer and more knowledgeable adults
Have you ever wondered why we should spend time on subjects like art, craft and music in school? Susanne Nyström thinks the school should have less time for culture and the student's own choice, but we can take a look at how culture not only enriches our lives but also enriches our learning. Culture makes us human…
Neither demonizing nor releasing the right-wing extremists helps
Of course, it is important not to demonize any political movement, including far-right groups. But helping more extreme right-wing politics by inviting discontent parties on the extreme edge of the right, as The Economist advocates on 2023-09-14 in the editorial "The EU's liberals need better ways to deal with populists" solves nothing. Too often, the right-wing extremists are too…
The people need both the middle class and the working class
Are you part of the middle class and feel like your job doesn't really make a difference? Don't worry, you're not alone in that feeling. But here comes something that might make you think again. We've heard that some experts believe it's time for the middle class to reassess its role…
Brahmins, the chancellery right and the small folk
Probably Brahmins or the right wing of the Chancellery are a problem within the left movement. Can the authorities understand the small people when the class divides shine? The Brahmins and the time that moved At the same time, a lot of workers work for 20000-25000 full time. While many graduates earn 60000 a month or significantly more. The number of dollar millionaires in Sweden increased from…
Do the best you can
People say: always be happy, good and happy. Do the best you can instead. No one is happy, perfectly good or happy all the time. Happiness disappears if we ask ourselves if we are happy. Just enough goes a long way You also feel best if you accept your limitations as part of humanity but do the best you can....
No government deficits – society's unnecessary straitjacket
Vote for bigger government deficits! Deficits are part of how the state regulates the market and protects citizens and nature. Neoliberalism attacks this. How is money created? Can we afford to work? Sweden's Riksbank's prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel in 2022 suggested that banks have an important role for the social economy even if this can…
Trickle-down economics has reached the end of the road
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…