Stanky posted:France should stand as an example of what happens when governments punish the rich elites. Hollande's government raised taxes on the wealthy and when Macron came to power, the definition of "elite" had changed to any poor slob with a business or job. Most of the really wealthy people left France before Macron took office leaving common folks to pay for the welfare state.
The entire continent is aswarm with discontent and incompetence. The Yellow Vests have migrated to Scandinavia, the supposed socialist paradise. The Brits don't like the Brexit deal. The EU is attempting to plug a 39 billion euro gap, they'd planned to gouge from the Brits as the cost of the divorce. To accomplish that they've put in play fines to any of the member nations who won't accept certain laws and more immigrants (Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic).