Rutte says goodbye and leaves ‘border society’ behind – Joop – BNNVARA

A cool nation of tolerant residents has change into a melting pot of polarized people

Mark Rutte is leaving the Netherlands after greater than 13 years on the helm. The longest Prime Minister now we have ever had. As Prime Minister, pals and enemies agree on his qualities to place Dutch pursuits on the worldwide map. As a political pragmatist. Not as a hyperlink viewer. However then the reward for his principal position rapidly stops. Columnist Han van der Horst is there clear evaluation written about.

Rutte has not been a contact. A main minister with out imaginative and prescient who has unfold liberal concepts extensively in society. It has turned the Netherlands into a rustic of people, the place you’re solely chargeable for your personal future. Not your fellow residents.

In at this time’s society there are a number of traits of a frontier society. A society the place signs of borderline character dysfunction will be seen on a normal degree. Similar to intense reactions to public occasions, fast shifts in public opinion, unpredictability and chaos. Along with the decline of social cohesion in society and the decline of belief in individuals and establishments. Which will be seen in polarization and a declining sense of group.

But additionally the impulsive response as a society to political, financial and social developments with no detailed evaluation of the long-term penalties. The extraordinary need for safety and stability, which populist events particularly benefit from, is clearly seen in our present society.

Our as soon as internationally famend characteristic of a progressive, tolerant nation has modified below Prime Minister Rutte right into a melting pot of polar people who typically have a really brief fuse.

Each nation will get the prime minister it deserves. He has been in a position to capitalize on Rutte’s beneficial properties along with his new place as NATO’s highest political chief. Sadly, we see Rutte’s unfavourable very clearly in at this time’s deeply divided and polarized society. It is not likely a outcome to look again on with delight as a VVD politician.