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Yeah. Most democrat leaning people here and outside are not reading the situation correctly. We are currently in the process of the creation of a new world ord
by pineaux 2y ago
Yeah. Most democrat leaning people here and outside are not reading the situation correctly.
We are currently in the process of the creation of a new world order. Its happening everywhere. Right-wing, anti-immigrant, egomaniacs with little respect for democracy as we know it are taking power in all of the western influence sphere. It might be because this is the way countries like China/russia can undermine the hegemony of the west. It might be because of the way the internet works that takes away power from the systems that used to work. Or what we could conclude that the story the liberals/left are telling all over the world implicitly locks out most people that vote and is self destructive. Either way. Don't believe the pundits they are consistently wrong.
- numbsafari 2y agoAll the libertarian mumbojumbo about the internet and encryption prove to be wrong. The internet becomes a tool of mass surveillance and misinformation affording the oligarchic takeover and dissolution of democracy and broad based freedoms.
- sAbakumoff 2y agoThe result is a combination of all these factors and many others, including racism, misogyny, and a desire to return to a time when groceries were cheap. Next summer, the recession will come as a great surprise to those who expected to be better off under Trump
- cpursley 2y agoYou sound quite confident. Are you willing to place financial bets?
- sAbakumoff 2y agoMy financial decisions are none of your business buddy.
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- cpursley 2y agoYou're just upset that someone called you out on your own BS.
- mvdtnz 2y ago[flagged]
- ssijak 2y agoOr maybe, just maybe, the Democrats (and other similar parties elsewhere) went too crazy and left and did not focus on real issues ordinary people face?
- galactus 2y agoWhat, in practice, was too crazy and left in the Biden administration? (Honestly asking)
- bagels 2y agoDefending trans people apparently was a bridge too far for many, for one.
- nobody9999 2y ago>Defending trans people apparently was a bridge too far for many, for one. Which is ridiculous. Trans folks are less than one percent of the population. Why shouldn't they be allowed to be who they are? Given the tiny number of these folks, it really shouldn't make any difference to anyone who's not trans anyway. But, apparently, some folks, who appear to believe that their trained-in prejudices are the laws of nature, feel the need to tell other people how they should live and, even more egregiously, try to force them to do so. That's not liberty. That's not individual rights. That's not religious freedom. Rather, it's busybodies trying to tell other people what to do.
- jimininy 2y agoThe problem isn't the people, it's the policy. e.g. https://4w.pub/male-inmate-charged-with-raping-woman-inside-california-womens-prison-cdcr-confirms-pregnancy https://4w.pub/male-inmate-charged-with-raping-woman-inside-... The only reason this could happen is because of policy that prioritizes self-declared "gender identity" over sex, and over women's dignity and safety. That's the actual problem, not people just quietly living their lives.
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- coderenegade 2y agoThe anti-immigration thing is because the great experiment of mass migration has failed to work for the average person, and the political left have failed to show up with an answer, a policy, a plan -- anything, really. People are voting for candidates who are at least willing to pay lip service to the issue. I don't know how bad it is in the US, but in the rest of the West, it's been a disaster. Overcrowded cities, erosion of quality of life, strained services, competition for housing, suppression of wages, the complete abandonment of on-the-job training, falling tertiary education standards, minority enclaves with values that are fundamentally incompatible with the West... The list goes on.
- n4r9 2y agoAll the things you listed are a result of neoliberal austerity politics much more than they are a result of immigration.
- VagabundoP 2y agoHaving better safety nets definitely helps people look outward rather than in. Pensions, social security, healthcare; once you have a feeling that you'll be taken care of if things go bad you can think about your neighbours a little more.
- no_wizard 2y agoThis. The democrats shifted to the center instead of creating a campaign chasm on actual progressive issues that Americans would generally support like universal healthcare[0], student debt cancellation, housing subsidies, stronger pro labor policies (support for unions has grown across the aisle substantially) and generally fairer more equitable economic participation. That would have reached across the aisle and put Republicans on the defensive especially around messaging Instead, they went strong with wedge issues and tried to play culture wars. Which honestly I don’t disagree with the conclusions and policy positions democrats made here but it didn’t speak to economic fears or relief for the masses We did this to ourselves to a certain degree. All progressives have left now is molotovs in the streets [0]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/468401/majority-say-gov-ensure-healthcare.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/468401/majority-say-gov-ensure-...
- vidarh 2y agoThat is going to be explosive because there isn't a developed economy anywhere that can avoid major crises without maintaining or increasing immigration levels over the coming decades as the effects of fertility rates really start to bite. In the UK we saw the Tories try to play the ball in two places at once: Enable lots of immigration while simultaneously pretending the country was under siege to appeal to the anti-immigrant crowd. It blew up in their faces in a spectacular way.
- ChocolateGod 2y ago> coming decades as the effects of fertility rates really start to bite. I mean one solution is to promote policies that encourage people to have more children, but we "can't afford it", expecting we'll be able to afford the incoming social care crisis.
- vidarh 2y agoDespite many countries trying, none has found a way that works.
- 15155 2y agoHow about door 3: only allow immigration for skilled individuals capable of adding outsized value to our economy?
- ben_w 2y agoAs a person who can be described that way: why would I want to migrate to any country whose leaders were elected on a platform of hating migrants? "Oh but not like you, you're one of the good ones!" - imagine yourself being described that way, and ask if that's a crowd you care to spend your time living with.
- anal_reactor 2y agoAs another skilled immigrant, this is exactly what I want.
- 15155 2y ago> We are currently in the process of the creation of a new world order ... with little respect for democracy Damn, we should have definitely installed an anointed candidate with zero primary votes .. to save democracy.
- carlosjobim 2y agoI'm concerned about this "group paranoia" phenomenon that I increasingly see among friends and family. Yes, just like in the past it was the Devil himself manipulating kings and people, now it is China and Russia that secretly hold sway over Western governments (when it's not the Jews).
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- sincerecook 2y agoBingo
- tekknik 2y agoI stopped reading at new world order. I guess we’ve gone full circle now as this used to be what the GOP said about dems.
- rightbyte 2y agoIt might also be that neoliberalism just is failed and dead. The wake up call should have been 15-20 years ago.