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I only enumerated things they put into law out they proposed or supported from the start. The things the FPOe did was getting rid of the smoking ban, raising t

I only enumerated things they put into law out they proposed or supported from the start. The things the FPOe did was getting rid of the smoking ban, raising the speed limits to 140, renaming the immigration centers to “departure centers”, proposals to cut the funding of the public broadcaster. Together they converted the country in record time into a dystopian place. Even putting childhood education back into former times by reintroducing marks for primary schoolers and minimum requirements that can cause children under 10 to have to repeat a class. They are now both also starting to talk about rolling back abortion rights.

gxwmg 8y ago
Yeah, when I voted for the conservatives here I thought they would roll back abortion rights but they didn't, I thought they would fix the immigration madness but they didn't, and that's why I and many other people are voting far right next election: the conservative party has simply failed to be conservative, they just became centrists to attract more votes, and I sure hope it will backfire. And that's why these laws are popping up all over Europe: they want to maintain control, they are scared of new parties.
readittwice 8y ago
Well, the conservatives and the right are not going to implement left politics. Austria was certainly NOT converted into a "dystopian place". Like it or not: Some time ago, a left-leaning newspaper (Standard) wrote that the current government has the best polls recorded so far.
- the_mitsuhiko 8y ago
  > Well, the conservatives and the right are not going to implement left politics. Austria was certainly NOT converted into a "dystopian place". A country with that much power given to the government with so little oversight, no transparency is a problem. Austria is a country of immigration and the rules in place for immigrants are awful (from both access to citizenship and rights). What is currently being done has the chance to erode the social fabric more than any other government did before. > Like it or not: Some time ago, a left-leaning newspaper (Standard) wrote that the current government has the best polls recorded so far. Obviously I don't like it, and it worries me a lot. I'm not sure any if this is the country I want my children to grow up in.

gxwmg 8y ago

Yeah, when I voted for the conservatives here I thought they would roll back abortion rights but they didn't, I thought they would fix the immigration madness but they didn't, and that's why I and many other people are voting far right next election: the conservative party has simply failed to be conservative, they just became centrists to attract more votes, and I sure hope it will backfire. And that's why these laws are popping up all over Europe: they want to maintain control, they are scared of new parties.

readittwice 8y ago

Well, the conservatives and the right are not going to implement left politics. Austria was certainly NOT converted into a "dystopian place". Like it or not: Some time ago, a left-leaning newspaper (Standard) wrote that the current government has the best polls recorded so far.

the_mitsuhiko 8y ago
> Well, the conservatives and the right are not going to implement left politics. Austria was certainly NOT converted into a "dystopian place". A country with that much power given to the government with so little oversight, no transparency is a problem. Austria is a country of immigration and the rules in place for immigrants are awful (from both access to citizenship and rights). What is currently being done has the chance to erode the social fabric more than any other government did before. > Like it or not: Some time ago, a left-leaning newspaper (Standard) wrote that the current government has the best polls recorded so far. Obviously I don't like it, and it worries me a lot. I'm not sure any if this is the country I want my children to grow up in.