>Lots of politics the world over does not work like that, and is in fact rooted in collaboration rather than "combat".
Yes, the collaboration on transferring the wealth from the working class to the asset owning class.
>This is the norm in most European countries with functioning democracies.
It isn't. Plenty of corruption and backstabbing going on behind the scenes in order to torpedo the greater good if it means one party's lobbyists interests win. Denmark, and maybe most of the nordics, is a exception to this, not the norm for Europe. In Austria and at EU level, corruption, waste, theft and lack of accountability is the norm.
Yes, the collaboration on transferring the wealth from the working class to the asset owning class.
>This is the norm in most European countries with functioning democracies.
It isn't. Plenty of corruption and backstabbing going on behind the scenes in order to torpedo the greater good if it means one party's lobbyists interests win. Denmark, and maybe most of the nordics, is a exception to this, not the norm for Europe. In Austria and at EU level, corruption, waste, theft and lack of accountability is the norm.