What is happining in Europe is nt on the news much, now we know why

"Why the media obscures what is happening in Holland"
Published July 10, 2022 at 3:26 p.m.
MEDIA. Western journalists and leading media houses have chosen to tone down or completely obscure the ongoing unrest in the Netherlands. Joakim Andersen, a writer with a focus on the history of ideas, believes that this is because those in power and their politicians are simply really scared.




According to Andersen, both the reporting on the yellow vests and the Dutch protests show that the establishment side of the conflict is both well-organized and resourceful.

"The lack of media coverage is probably due to the fact that elite actors do not want yellow vests and angry peasants to remind other Western peoples that passivity is not the only option," he states in a text on his own blog Oskorei.

Joakim Andersen states that the price is often high for those who go to the establishment with less peaceful means. Not only the harsh methods of the Dutch government but also the treatment of those involved in the "storming of the Capitol" show that this is the case.

"However, it is doubtful whether these repressive methods can in the long run control widespread popular dissatisfaction. We have already seen signs of lack of loyalty with the establishment of the police during the initial stages of similar conflicts in Canada, among others. In the Netherlands, the establishment "when they have to explain why they choose to push through their new environmental policy during an acute, and global, crisis in terms of both food and the economy. Andersen.