Welfare and welfare states have been constants in the socio-economic affairs of modern-day nation states, at least from the time of Otto Von Bismarck’s Germany (formerly Prussia). Since then, there has been a gradual move towards establishing a welfare-oriented state. One of the major attractions of the industrialised West – for those who migrate to these regions – is the welfare-based nature of society and government.
Politicians, dictators and those who govern swear by it. It forms a basis of the slogans of all the parties competing for a right to govern (it’s another matter that they rarely follow up […]
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