I live in the Netherlands and the people who call themselves socialists here are invariably Trotskyists or Social Democrats. It has a reputation of being some kind of “leftist”, “progressive” country but it’s politics are neoliberal and people are hyper individualistic. I think the " Polder model" is a result of a mindset that’s the result of being eternally under threat of flooding and the cooperation that needs to happen to prevent that. Otherwise it would be the Texas of Europe.