Title. Asking because:

  • When I was in the US, people glazed NL like it is paradise on Earth
  • Recently I moved to NL’s schizophrenic Southern neighbor, where the things I’ve heard about NL is… overall quite messed-up?
  • Apparently NL government did some thing about following the US and labeling antifa as a terrorist organization??

… basically above. I have little to no clue about what is going on about NL, and I feel I really, really should have a better grasp of it

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    2·
    7 days ago

    With some weird stuff like water management (waterschap) being it’s own electable agency outside of the typical political system.

    The Sea has been shaping NL and it’s society for ages. Keeping it at bay (which is one of the tasks of waterschap I guess) is a life-or-death task.

    It has a very low electoral threshold, so new parties can come (and go) quite fast.

    Very interesting factoid! We should know more about such things in all countries.

    • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      The Sea has been shaping NL and it’s society for ages. Keeping it at bay (which is one of the tasks of waterschap I guess) is a life-or-death task.

      Indeed. I like that they decided that politicians shouldn’t meddle with important engineering. :)