the reality is, the netherlands is a right leaning country, look at the last election results.
A lot of people in the netherlands are very divided about poltics (stop the war, and side with the US, leave the EU, or give more money to ukraine and are pro EU). I hear about this on a daily basis at work. I am quite sick hearing about it. As a hiring manger at one of the big four banks in the netherlands, seeing something like the flags, is a obvious sign as to what side the OP leans towards. Having enough issues on my plate, and not needing another person to start a debate between team members at work is enough for me to stop, and not hire said person. The OP is or was a zzp'er (freelancer) in the netherlands. I think it's a little silly to limit your future contracts by brining in politics into tech. What's the purpose of having it there?
The political views of flags is a instant stop for me. I wonder what radobank thinks of that.
Keep politics out of tech, and especially if you are in the dutch market, it's such a small market, that you would not want something like that to stop a contract in the future, especially seeing that you user to be a zzp'er.
indeed, exactly this. It's discouraging to see people that read hackernews, act in this way, and not look at the facts, and actual data, but rather use up all their energy on just reacting violently against Elon.