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The first time he got elected I had a woe is me, what does this mean for our country perspective. These days I'm better informed and I know that America is noth
by sulam 2y ago
The first time he got elected I had a woe is me, what does this mean for our country perspective. These days I'm better informed and I know that America is nothing special here. Brexit, Orban, Berlusconi, Alternative for Germany, Le Pen, Netanyahu, Modi -- feel free to throw stones, but I guarantee you have an anti-immigrant group in your country that is doing better than they ever have.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoIMO that makes it scarier. Seemingly the whole planet is taking a sharp rightward turn.
- dartos 2y agoIt’s a populist movement by a population that has felt ignored by government. That, of course, doesn’t make it a good movement, or a smart one. But, imo, it’s important to understand why populism is popping off right now.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoAbsolutely. There are solutions to the problem of neoliberalism and the right wing doesn't have them, but I guess they're gonna get a chance to try anyway.
- matwood 2y agoDoesn't mean we have to follow them though. Brexit is turning out to be one of the worst self-owns in the history of democracies.
- xvector 2y agoTo be fair, Brexit is the only thing that might keep the UK in the AI race given the EU's draconian anti-AI regulations.
- machiaweliczny 2y agoFrance seems to be doing better than UK it seems
- xvector 2y agoThere is absolutely nothing wrong with being anti illegal immigration. My parents had to wait ten years to get their citizenship, do a test, etc. Meanwhile we let people hop the border and download an app these days. It's a disgrace. Thousands of children missing or trafficked across the border, city culture completely upended, businesses getting cheaper and more desperate labor.
- sulam 2y agoI'm going to go out on a (thick, short) limb and say your parents weren't picking crops in a field or washing dishes at the back of a restaurant. Immigration is a complicated topic and neither party has a plan that will do anything to fix it.
- xnx 2y ago> neither party has a plan that will do anything to fix it. This seemed like a reasonable "common sense" starting point: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-asylum-reform-bill-released-senate-text-rcna136602 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-as...