I've lived here all my life you have no idea how quickly things are turning to shit. 17% inflation in 1 year is no joke (highest in Europe), record high immigration combined with dumb co2 laws which stop construction on houses. All issues you point out are irrelevant racism is everywhere. And as I said before if you're at the bottom of the barrel without a job the Netherlands is 1000x better for sure as it's a socialist country. But if you work hard there are way more opportunities for high-paying jobs in America. At the end of the day, I'd rather pay my own bills than someone else their bills. It won't be long before the government here will have a say if you put a piece of meat on your plate or how much you drive with your car. You can feel the shift towards CCP-style control in everyone's life.

As I stated above it's good for people who don't have a job aka you won't have to sleep on the street. Regarding all the other things these are getting rapidly more expensive every year. We currently have 900.000 adults between 20-35 living with their parents because houses are too expensive. That's more than 30% of people in that age group, so as a working college-educated adult it's significantly harder to get some basic necessities. Overall your points are valid if you compare it to the Netherlands 10 years ago. But due to rapid population aging the current wellfare state is going to be unsustainable in the near future.

No general elections are more important, however, all changes in the law will need to pass "De Eerste Kamer" which is elected in March. With the current projections, the sitting parties are going to lose a lot of votes here. Which will make passing laws much harder and set up the potential early collapse of the sitting government. According to the projections, it will be a significant win for center right-wing parties. "Forum of Democracy" is also one of the big losers in the coming elections the party has collapsed after its great success in 2019.

If you're college educated and presumably living in America you're far better off than here. Low-paying jobs compared to cost of living, super high taxes. The Netherlands is only good if you have either no work or are higher class everything in between is fucked.

As a dutch person, this whole ordeal changes practically nothing and is just another waste of resources in a time of massive crises. The current government is dealing with massive trust issues and is so completely focussing on the wrong issues. The only reason this got trough is because coming March there are new elections and the current sitting parties are going to get decimated.