The quality of the political leadership is a direct consequence of what average people want from their leadership.
For the past decade or so the modus operandi has been:
1. Print more money, give it to bureaucrats and corporations
2. Toss in some non-monetary issue that will piss of ~50% of the population, while making the other ~50% feel entitled.
3. Promise one half to serve their interests by punishing the other half.
4. Print more money, give more to bureaucrats and corporations.
5. Rinse and repeat.
It seemed to work for over a decade: people gave up dreams of retirement, property ownership, having children, we were headed straight for normalizing living with parents while eating factory-produced bug proteins. Thankfully, the black-swan COVID-19 happened, the money printer got too cocky and people finally started to notice a problem.
The quality of life will decrease in the short term. But once enough people admit it's a bigger problem than being offended by what somebody on the Internet said, there will be finally demand for competent politicians offering viable solutions.
For the past decade or so the modus operandi has been:
1. Print more money, give it to bureaucrats and corporations
2. Toss in some non-monetary issue that will piss of ~50% of the population, while making the other ~50% feel entitled.
3. Promise one half to serve their interests by punishing the other half.
4. Print more money, give more to bureaucrats and corporations.
5. Rinse and repeat.
It seemed to work for over a decade: people gave up dreams of retirement, property ownership, having children, we were headed straight for normalizing living with parents while eating factory-produced bug proteins. Thankfully, the black-swan COVID-19 happened, the money printer got too cocky and people finally started to notice a problem.
The quality of life will decrease in the short term. But once enough people admit it's a bigger problem than being offended by what somebody on the Internet said, there will be finally demand for competent politicians offering viable solutions.