Because Volt is neoliberal economics with a professional marketing campaign and venture capital investors first, and then it creates a veil of progressive social stances around it.
It is a project to deradicalize young people away from demanding system change.
See https://feddit.org/post/6379970/3943409 for a look into their donations list. It is in German but keywords like venture capital and private equity should be recognizeable easily.
He worked three years for McKinsey and helped other business consultants into the leadership of Volt.
As for their platform, Volt (Germany) embraces economic growth, wants to reduce corporate tax and protect wealthy inheritors from inheritance tax, through loopholes for businesses they own. When asked in an interview for the German federal elections, how that works together with achieving climate neutrality, the “lead candidate” was unable to name any concept as to how that should work.
Because Volt is neoliberal economics with a professional marketing campaign and venture capital investors first, and then it creates a veil of progressive social stances around it.
It is a project to deradicalize young people away from demanding system change.
That sounds bleak. Could you elaborate?
See https://feddit.org/post/6379970/3943409 for a look into their donations list. It is in German but keywords like venture capital and private equity should be recognizeable easily.
For the MEP and founder of Volt in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Boeselager
He worked three years for McKinsey and helped other business consultants into the leadership of Volt.
As for their platform, Volt (Germany) embraces economic growth, wants to reduce corporate tax and protect wealthy inheritors from inheritance tax, through loopholes for businesses they own. When asked in an interview for the German federal elections, how that works together with achieving climate neutrality, the “lead candidate” was unable to name any concept as to how that should work.