Change

[badgermoonhare]

I remember towards the end of the nineties, that I was so frustrated and disappointed with our Social Democratic government that it almost seemed irrelevant to me (from my socialist perspective) whether they would win or lose the 1998 elections. I figured, if they were going to pursue a right wing line of policy-making, what difference would it really make if we had an actual right wing government? Turns out it made a difference. Turns out there is a difference between having a government that does not do well enough, and having a government that has no intention to do well at all (or rather, a very unfortunate idea of what doing well means). Ten years down the line, our right wing government has managed to involve us in several wars of aggression, all but erase the Danish culture of humanism in government, lose our place at the forefront of developing environmental technologies and leave us behind in our recovery from the financial crisis, compared to our neighbouring countries.

Turns out, sometimes I am wrong in my analysis.

I am so ready for change.

And we have a new government and a fortified left wing in parliament, so please, pretty please don't be assholes, this time, okay?