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Okay. Now do Swiss voters on migrants, refugees, and participation in science programmes of the EU. What you’ll find is that the Swiss are an insular myopic bu
by davedx 5y ago
Okay. Now do Swiss voters on migrants, refugees, and participation in science programmes of the EU.
What you’ll find is that the Swiss are an insular myopic bunch.
- PKop 5y agoGood for them. Ultimately they view their positions on these issues as best for the well being of their nation and its people. Who are you to say otherwise, should they pursue policies that go against their interests to satisfy foreigners? Why would they want refugees and migrants to come into their country? How would it benefit them?
- alkonaut 5y ago> should they pursue policies that go against their interests to satisfy foreigners? To some extent I think it’s absolutely fair to expect that, yes. Especially in the richer countries of the world.
- PKop 5y agoThis is not how politics works. Nations are definitionally a group of people with shared interests. No one else is going to vote in the interest of the Swiss, only they will for themselves. It is absurd to equate well run, successful, wealthy nations with an obligation to harm themselves by adopting bad policies that hurt their own people. Anyone advocating for that should be ignored.
- smnrchrds 5y ago> Who are you to say otherwise, should they pursue policies that go against their interests to satisfy foreigners? One should be able to criticize policies that directly affect them, for example those on climate change, whose effects go well beyond a country's borders.
- fragileone 5y agoWhen they're responsible for not even 0.1% of global emissions you're best served targeting the countries who are the most responsible.
- soco 5y agoWhich is why finger pointing works so well towards achieving... nothing, ever. Unless you're able to set an example, calling for others to act is pointless. So the countries most responsible can sit and do nothing now because they will claim "not even the Swiss want a clean planet"
- mynameishere 5y agoI'm guessing by your tone that the Swiss voted in their interests rather than the interests of international bankers on all those items?
- throwaway6734 5y agoInternational bankers?
- throwawinsider 5y agoCan you please elaborate on the myopia diagnostic? Your opinion is peculiar so I am curious.
- quequeque 5y agoRegardless of your opinion, I don't think it is in the best interests of this forum to voice your disagreement with the Swiss voters by using a word like myopic.
- disposekinetics 5y agoI wish I could say the same for my home country.