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De burger in opstand
De liberale democratie, kroonjuweel van het vrije Westen, is in verval. Met de opkomst van autocratische leiders worden grondwettelijke vrijheden en principes van de rechtsstaat met voeten getreden. Tegelijkertijd is het vertrouwen in de politiek op een dieptepunt beland. In dit uitdagende boek analyseert Guy Verhofstadt de oorzaken van de crisis en presenteert hij een blauwdruk voor een nieuwe democratische politiek. Radicale hervormingen zijn nodig: een nieuwe verhouding tussen arbeid en kapitaal, een nieuw kiessysteem, een nieuw ideologisch kader. Cruciaal daarbij: wie bezit en beheert onze stemmen, ons kapitaal, onze data? Wie heeft de zeggenschap over politiek en economie?
- GenresNonfiction
432 pages, Hardcover
Published February 17, 2026
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Guy Verhofstadt
30 books28 followersBelgian Liberal Politician and European Federalist.
He served as Prime Minister from 1999-2008 after defeating the Social-Democrats and Christian Democrats in the aftermath of the Agusta scandal and Dioxin Affair. He was the first liberal Prime Minister in Belgium since 1884.
In 2009 he was elected as Member of the European Parliament and became the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats.
He served as Prime Minister from 1999-2008 after defeating the Social-Democrats and Christian Democrats in the aftermath of the Agusta scandal and Dioxin Affair. He was the first liberal Prime Minister in Belgium since 1884.
In 2009 he was elected as Member of the European Parliament and became the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats.
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March 2, 2026
Pretty sure he read Piketty, it's striking how similar the ideas are between the two.
Is this the Third Way, but in the opposite direction? Liberals turning socialist?
It took the fall of the USSR for socialist to become liberals, did it take hypercapitalistism and technofeudalism for the process to reverse?
They both claim a return of ideology is needed.
Both claim inequality is the source of identity conflicts (hannah arendt echoes here with both)
There should be ownership for employees.
There should be a wealth redistribution based on progressive taxing and youth donations.
Reliance on basic income.
and so on...
Although i feel Verhofstad should very much be respected for his open-mindednes and evolved thinking over the years, the fifth star goes to Piketty who's 'Capital in the 21st century' and 'Capital & ideology' combined give much deeper historical analysis of inequality in economics, how it influences our societies, and how all this is political choice to which the alternatives above can be provided. Or at least should be debated in some form.
Kudos to Verhofstadt for bringing a fresh wind of ideas into the debate still dominated by ideologies of old and their current nativistic consequences.
Is this the Third Way, but in the opposite direction? Liberals turning socialist?
It took the fall of the USSR for socialist to become liberals, did it take hypercapitalistism and technofeudalism for the process to reverse?
They both claim a return of ideology is needed.
Both claim inequality is the source of identity conflicts (hannah arendt echoes here with both)
There should be ownership for employees.
There should be a wealth redistribution based on progressive taxing and youth donations.
Reliance on basic income.
and so on...
Although i feel Verhofstad should very much be respected for his open-mindednes and evolved thinking over the years, the fifth star goes to Piketty who's 'Capital in the 21st century' and 'Capital & ideology' combined give much deeper historical analysis of inequality in economics, how it influences our societies, and how all this is political choice to which the alternatives above can be provided. Or at least should be debated in some form.
Kudos to Verhofstadt for bringing a fresh wind of ideas into the debate still dominated by ideologies of old and their current nativistic consequences.
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