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[-] moitoi@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago

If the politics don't change and stop pushing a neoliberal agenda, it won't stop. Inequalities are rising in Europe, what makes the far right “against the system” semantic looking nice. It's up to the traditional parties to change and stop the last 40 years of politics to stop this rise.

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

I agree. Major parties are increasingly at odds with voter sentiment, then everyone pretends to be surprised when voters turn to smaller parties. Migration is a massive issue in Europe following the 2015 Refugee Crisis. Very little has been done to solve the resulting major social issues. Instead, many parties are doubling down on policies which have been a complete failure.

Denmark is a really interesting case study. Their large leftwing party started losing votes on the migration issue, so they stole policies from the right and implemented them in a softer, more moderate manner. They proceeded to dominate polls for years. I don’t understand why leftwing parties across Europe don’t replicate that. Surely it is preferable to be in the driver’s seat to shape how migration is controlled, rather than being relegated to being a spectator for the next decade.

Oh well, no use crying over spilled milk. Democracy will prevail and Europeans will ultimately decide the fate of their nations.

[-] nemesis_aorta@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From everything I've heard about Denmark's immigration policies, I can only describe them as inhumane racist scums. They don't even treat the immigrants as people.

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Well that’s not true at all. Denmark arguably offers the best refugee benefits and support programs in the entire world. They’re extremely expensive, hence the desire to keep refugee numbers at a sustainable rate, and minimise people who abuse the system. It’s very common in Europe for people from poor countries to burn their passports before entering Europe, travel all the way up to Denmark, passing many safe countries, then claim asylum while pretending to be from a country at war. It’s very difficult to expel these migrants because it’s hard to determine where they’re from. Even if we do, often their home countries won’t take them back.

[-] HaiZhung@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

It’s a global issue though. Capitalism is demanding cheap labor fodder, and sooner or later societies will crack. See how in the whole western world, which has a comparatively high living standard, fascism Is on the rise?

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Instead, conservative parties everywhere are trying to tap into the fascism for extra votes.

[-] bedrooms@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

That might be workable in the long run, but let's face it. AfD took advantage of racism and likely the ignorance in former Soviet region.

It's not like policy can change the mind of mad, emotional and uneducated creatures.

[-] trollercoaster@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The thing is, the AFD, apart from being Nazis, are also neoliberal. Only an idiot (who also likes Nazis) will vote for them over disliking neoliberalism.

[-] notapantsday@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

People don't dislike neoliberalism, they dislike the effects it has on society. But they fail to connect the dots.

[-] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What do you mean by "neoliberal"? I feel like most of our political parties (here in Canada) are way more conservative than most people I know.

[-] m9p909@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

The canadian conservative party is largely neoliberal. Neoliberalism is generally in favor of lower regulations, lower taxes and more private sector presence.

[-] thedemon44@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

As a Canadian as well, I find our parties to be extremely Left leaning, even the Conservative party isn't very Right leaning.

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