Exactly, that mentality is where democracy fails. You no longer vote for what you believe, you instead vote for what you think will win.

Yes exactly that mentality is part of the problem.

A democracy should be about voting for what you believe is the best course of action, and not to meta game the system. The system breaks when people think like this “if I don’t vote for the other option my vote doesn’t count”.

“Both sides are bad” is correct, but perpetuate the notion that you only can vote on the two different parties. There are other parties you can vote on.

“Literally the only way to stay in power”, do I need to remind OP that they WON the elections? Democracy goes both ways, your “side” doesn’t always win.

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Trocadero mentioned!!!

I cannot do it right now, even though I might want to (I would have to declare it twice with two different countries and have them fight over the cash via me… no thanks.), but a question for other fellow European investors, is there a nice list of monthly dividends companies in Europe?