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I predict that the Netherlands will continue to be a socialist country, but the government may have overreached. There is no denying that the EU countries are facing a catastrophic situation with illegal immigration from Africa and eastern Europe, including Ukraine.

The Netherlands definitely has a socialist infrastructure: it has a strong welfare system, regulates minimum and maximum salaries, taxes, education and has socialized medicine and many other social measures. In a socialist regime, the Government intervenes in all aspects of society, private business, public education, the health care system, etc.  Wealth redistribution underpins these government programs. Private property is becoming less and less recognized; they believe that natural resources belong to all Dutch citizens.

You may have been following the news about the Dutch farmers, and the government’s plans to eliminate livestock farming: either the farmers become more sustainable, or the government would force them to sell their land to the government.

A major point of contention is immigration. The Netherlands has encouraged immigration in the past, providing economic assistance to immigrants, encouraging the building of mosques and madrassas, which they saw as an expression of religious freedom.

Now the latest (euronews)

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