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For once a reasonable article about Sweden. I doubt many of my fellow Swedes will agree, but those to blame in all this are the Sweden Democrats. By having a
by Numberwang 11y ago
For once a reasonable article about Sweden.
I doubt many of my fellow Swedes will agree, but those to blame in all this are the Sweden Democrats.
By having a party of thuggish clowns (a point that cannot be argued) monopolize a single issue like immigration and making it impossible for real political parties to take steps in a more restrictive direction they have achieved exactly the opposite of what they wanted.
The only joy from all this is that they now have to live in their own mess.
- dotchloe 11y agoNo, in fact the Sweden Democrats has nothing to do with this. They have not even been able to vote about this - all this mess is ONLY the seven parties that came together.
- cesarbs 11y agoWikipedia says that the Sweden Democrats are anti-immigration [1]. Your comment seems to imply the opposite. Could you elaborate more? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats
- Others 11y agoI think his point is that the Sweden Democrats are perceived as being terrible people, so no one wants to be on their side of this issue.
- throwaway2209 11y agoFrom what I have read it used to be very difficult to have a reasonable debate about restrictions without being labeled as a right wing racist. It seems to me that when moderates didn't dare to speak in public, the voters had only one choice. They may not agree with everything, but when it is the only major party that wants restrictions they have no choice.
- Numberwang 11y agoHad the Sweden Democrats not existed the proper parties would have had the full spectrum of positions to chose from. By being so reprehensible the Sweden Democrats gave the other parties no choice but to dismiss them entirely.
- tomp 11y agoI'm not sure your position is logically sound. The Sweden Democrats used not to exist once, and evidently the existing political parties didn't cater to the right-wing spectrum of the popultion, which is why an ultra-right-wing party has been able to emerge.