In the most recent attempt of the media to shit talk our party, they are now calling us a cult. Why? Because some of our party members are leaving.

The people leaving are upset mostly because of the rules we have in place. Rules which they are informed about before working their way up the ranks. Rules like having the give a part of your salary to the party in order to keep a wage that is similar to that of the average worker.

People then get elected into positions of power in city councils and whatnot and, as you can guess, their wage increases significantly. They see thousands of euros and they suddenly feel like not donating a part anymore and turn independent. It happens.

You get heavily informed beforehand. You have talks, the party will make a calculation, they will check your entire social support system to see if you will not get into financial trouble. And yet people leave and blame us for… having principles. Also, apart from getting into positions where you can get elected, you are not forced to do this. You can just be an active member without donating your wage. No hard feelings.