Why we sit on sofas rather than take to the streets

Like most things in the world there is no one clear reason that explains the penchant for many Irish people to sit on their backsides when it comes to protest.

I have done a lot of research on the mindset of people when it comes to economics and the role of the welfare state. Much of it is heavy going, but it does provide answers as to why Irish people are supremely indifferent.

Firstly, most of the evidence suggests the average ranking of Irish people is slightly right-wing, though there is a growing emergence of a right-left split in voting preferences. Most Irish people’s mindsets are closer to conservative Americans than the socially democratic French or Swedish.