I understand the logic, but realistically, depriving a country of your productivity and taxes has a much larger impact than staying to do an occasional protest. In the same way that companies don’t care about social media posts saying the company is stupid, but they do care if the revenue drops because people actually stop using the company. So while it may feel like fleeing, it’s also the biggest impact they can have, though it’s a massive sacrifice to leave one’s life behind, so it shouldn’t be expected or demanded of everyone.

Right, just like Mark Rutte left politics to become a full-time secondary school teacher after his last cabinet

That was my first reaction too. I usually try to stop myself from falling into conspiracy thinking, but in this case it’s hard to do when a few days prior the Internet has been full with an alleged memo with plans to stage something dramatic for the press at this specific event.

Can’t rule out a real attack but at this point I wouldn’t exactly say it’s the option with the highest probability for this government filled with tv personalities at record low popularity…