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> unpopular opinion that the Swedish migration system is severely flawed. This opinion seems fairly popular to me, do you have a source for it?

• fetbaffe 10y ago
  Clarification needed. It was unpopular then, but have starting become popular now. Late edit: to clarify, it was an unpopular opinion at the time Rosling said it, however if he had said it today, it probably have beeen a different reaction, the unpopular opinion have starting to become popular.
• fetbaffe 10y ago
  Rosling made his statements late September, early October 2015. This was about the same time December treaty was formally dissolved (not in practice though). At this time all political parties, except Sweden democrats, was de facto running on a Green party migration policy, inherited from former prime minister Reinfeldt (Moderates), who made an unholy alliance between the Right and the Greens to block any political influence from the Sweden democrats. True is that the Green party had previously criticized the policy of using foreign aid to fund immigration costs. However when they came into power fall 2014 they accepted it and made into law. It was not until a year later the Moderates starting to shift away from that policy. During this time in September 2015, current Prime minister, Löfven, had a some sort a political "jippo" (show/spectacle) as a tour around Sweden called "Sweden Together", with all the top government bosses, where they claimed Swedish culture does not exists at all and open border policy is the way to go. In a speech around the same time Prime minister Löfven stated that "My Europe does not build any walls". About one month later, in the middle of November, same prime minster Löfven introduced strict border controls. Discussion panel with Hans Rosling where he tells his biggest challenge was to explain to people that the leader of the Sweden Democrats have been correct all along with regards to foreign aid. Because remember for each migrant/refugee coming to Sweden, aid is removed for a few thousands abroad because it was using the same funds. So both prime minister Reinfeldt and Löfven declarations of humanity was not true. It is always unpopular to declare that emperor is naked. https://youtu.be/DF_VxARR-5A https://youtu.be/DF_VxARR-5A So yes, It was unpopular at the time Rosling said it, especially giving such a controversial party as Sweden democrats recognition.
  • Natanael_L 10y ago
    That wasn't quite what he meant. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13596940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13596940
    • fetbaffe 10y ago
      Never claimed that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13597208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13597208
• Yetanfou 10y ago
  It was popular back then as well but anyone who spoke out in favour of restricting migration was labelled a 'racist'. This still happens but the term has been overused so much that it is losing its potency. Swedish politics and Swedish media (press and 'entertainment') are ever so slowly waking up to the fact that the 'åsiktskorridor' - a system of political correctness and self-censorship, literally "opinion corridor" - they created is crumbling.