There is no alternative

The political slogan TINA principle ( TINA argument or TINA syndrome) is usually referred to in polemical a view which argues that there is an on the market, particularly on the competitiveness, leaning policies no alternative. TINA is an acronym and stands for English there is no alternative (' There is no alternative '). Used the phrase as an abbreviation today primarily in connection with globalization critique and criticism of privatization, as well as generally as the stimulus word on the political left. In Germany, the term " alternative", which is also used in connection with this argument, determined in 2011 for the word of the year 2010.

Origin

The political slogan there is no alternative has been repeatedly used by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early days of her reign, to legitimize their economic and social policy (see Thatcherism ), which characterized by the reduction of the welfare state and liberal economic reforms at the same time conservative society ideas had. This formula takes you to the sociologist Helmut Dubiel believes a technocratic worldview to the point and tries to fend off social and environmental demands by pointing to a mandatory beschreitenden development path. The notoriety of this slogan for Thatcher's policy was reflected in the fact that Claire Berlinski chose this slogan as the title for the written of her Thatcher biography. Tina was soon used as a nickname for Thatcher.

The globalization critic Susan George has the TINA principle the exclamation "TATA " ( There Are Thousands of Alternatives! , Dt There are thousands alternatives! ) Opposed. At the latest after the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre the TINA paradigm was no alternative to saying "Another world is possible" opposed.

As a scientifically sophisticated version of the TINA argument, the thesis of philosopher Francis Fukuyama about the end of history is considered, after which the liberal, market-based model could expect no more historical challenges.