One should not break ranks if the country s problems are to be solved. The political elite too swears by efficiency, and its speeches are decidedly Eurocentric. Citizens feel that political power is faceless, when on the one hand the European Union is very distant and bureaucratic, and on the other hand nations have ceded part of their power to market forces. The stock exchange is not created by elections, nobody can be voted onto it or dropped from it, according to whether people are satisfied with its decisions and actions, Kantola points out. According to Kantola, people are frustrated because they have very little chance to influence their own lives.
Citizens feel powerless in front of faceless power as if they ve lost all control.
We have to keep in mind that political decision-makers nevertheless steer this world. They have made the system into what it is, and only they can change it. However, it seems that politicians do not have any visions and are unwilling to change direction, Kantola criticises. The rise of extremist movements and corruption are the downsides of our age. Anu Kantola explains their popularity by the political vacuum which has emerged after power has shifted to market forces.