[j4yav]

I live here, people are upset and talking about it. The article I linked to also covers what you’re asking about, going over the perspective of the citizens concerned with breaking the promise as well as the perspective of the mayor and companies who believe they can do it safely.

[rosndo]

This really seems like the kind of a subject that would benefit hugely from good quality opinion polling.

We all live in bubbles, there are always things that seem huge on social media that nobody walking down the street cares about.

[j4yav]

Agreed, it will also be debated by our elected representatives next week.

In the end Dutch people tend to be pragmatic and I suspect it will be dismantled again, but we will see. At the same time, there is a strong sense of societal fairness and that being rich shouldn’t be able to buy you exceptions. In the meantime it is a real discussion that is happening, not anti-billionaire propaganda that no actual citizens care about.

[ldiracdelta]

Again? So this has happened before without a hitch? How too about the societal fairness of employeeing thousands of shipbuilders. Jobs matter too.

[j4yav]

That’s right, jobs matter too and that’s the discussion that’s happening (otherwise they would presumably just keep the promise to not take it back apart).

For what it’s worth, it didn’t go off the previous time without a hitch, it ended up being covered with scaffolding for over a year I believe. That was where the promise to never do it again originally came from.