We have to distinguish truth from falsehood. We can be pleased that Hitlerism failed, but without necessarily believing that the Anglo-Saxons saved us. We can denounce the brutality of Den Xiaoping without necessarily denying that in this bloody fashion he saved his country from the return of colonialism. We can celebrate the fact that we were not dominated by the Soviet Union without necessarily boasting about being vassals of the Anglo-Saxons.
If itβs wrong for Christian bigots to use government violence against LGBT people, itβs also wrong for vengeful LGBT people to use government violence against Christian bigots. But people donβt see it this way; oh, everybody tells their kids βtwo wrongs donβt make a rightβ, but they donβt really believe it. What they believe in is us vs. them, and that itβs perfectly OK to use state violence against βthemββ¦regardless of the consequences to everyone.
The labor shortage has grown so acute that the government recently pushed through a contentious bill to address it. Widely referred to as the slave law, it allows employers to require up to 400 hours of overtime annually from its workers, while delaying compensation for up to three years. Mr. Orbanβs Fidesz party promoted the measure as good for workers, saying it would let βthose who want to work more earn more.βLunacy. Simply allow the labor shortage to persist long enough to bring up wages to a level which will attract workers instead. Ultimately, the law could only work were there not a labor shortage; such conditions would likely be tolerated in such a situation -- but no law would be necessary then.