The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has topped a nationwide opinion poll. Meanwhile, Kenyan athletes won both the men's and women's races at the Berlin Marathon. DW has the latest from Germany.
Equating reasonable immigration policy with racism is false and wrong. This is the mentality that the far right exploits to boost their popularity. If the left refuses to be practical and flexible on immigration policy, then their inability to adapt will be their downfall. Europe has to follow the Danish model or these far right parties will continue to grow in popularity and win elections… That’s not a future I want to see
I don’t know if you’re intentionally being stupid or not, but Denmark isn’t America. Denmark doesn’t have massive untapped reserves of mega corporations or the giga billionaires that don’t pay taxes and control a massive chunk of the country’s wealth like the US. In fact, the opposite is true. Denmark has one of the lowest wealth and income inequality levels in the world. It’s people already have one of the highest tax rates in the world, and the country is one of the most efficiently run. Denmark is at or near it’s capacity, so where is this magical money going to come from?
Not to mention that there are way more issues with uncontrolled immigration than just economic. Large uncontrolled influxes of people lead to very real and serious social and political problems. Take a look at nearby Sweden and how they’re having massive issues with skyrocketing crime rates fueled by second and third generation immigrants or nearby Germany whose immigrant populations aren’t integrating very well which is leading to the AfD to dominate the polls.
Denmark figured out that listening to people like is a mistake. Reasonable immigration policy is not racist, and the country needs to properly address it’s issues and reform it’s immigration system to reflect the will of it’s citizenry… like a functional democracy would. And you know what? They’re better off for it. Denmark doesn’t have radicalized immigrant communities, it doesn’t have a homegrown far right movement, integration and assimilation aren’t as big of issues as elsewhere in Western Europe, and they have kept their economic policies, progressive values, and social cohesion in tact.
This is the issue with people like you, you reject practical policies in favor of nonsensical ideological drivel. You have no idea what’s going on and what you’re proposing doesn’t even reflect reality, but that won’t stop from making confidently incorrect declarations.
Adopting a reasonable immigration policy isn’t giving into their worst tendencies, it’s dealing with a situation in a responsible manner, so that extremists don’t fill the vacuum with THEIR unreasonable solutions.
A country should never give into its worst tendencies. There has been plenty of racism already, more isn’t going to fix it and it won’t fix you.
Equating reasonable immigration policy with racism is false and wrong. This is the mentality that the far right exploits to boost their popularity. If the left refuses to be practical and flexible on immigration policy, then their inability to adapt will be their downfall. Europe has to follow the Danish model or these far right parties will continue to grow in popularity and win elections… That’s not a future I want to see
“reasonable racism” rather than taxing the rich and providing for people. Cringe
I don’t know if you’re intentionally being stupid or not, but Denmark isn’t America. Denmark doesn’t have massive untapped reserves of mega corporations or the giga billionaires that don’t pay taxes and control a massive chunk of the country’s wealth like the US. In fact, the opposite is true. Denmark has one of the lowest wealth and income inequality levels in the world. It’s people already have one of the highest tax rates in the world, and the country is one of the most efficiently run. Denmark is at or near it’s capacity, so where is this magical money going to come from?
Not to mention that there are way more issues with uncontrolled immigration than just economic. Large uncontrolled influxes of people lead to very real and serious social and political problems. Take a look at nearby Sweden and how they’re having massive issues with skyrocketing crime rates fueled by second and third generation immigrants or nearby Germany whose immigrant populations aren’t integrating very well which is leading to the AfD to dominate the polls.
Denmark figured out that listening to people like is a mistake. Reasonable immigration policy is not racist, and the country needs to properly address it’s issues and reform it’s immigration system to reflect the will of it’s citizenry… like a functional democracy would. And you know what? They’re better off for it. Denmark doesn’t have radicalized immigrant communities, it doesn’t have a homegrown far right movement, integration and assimilation aren’t as big of issues as elsewhere in Western Europe, and they have kept their economic policies, progressive values, and social cohesion in tact.
This is the issue with people like you, you reject practical policies in favor of nonsensical ideological drivel. You have no idea what’s going on and what you’re proposing doesn’t even reflect reality, but that won’t stop from making confidently incorrect declarations.
Maybe you are agreeing, but it’s unclear.
Adopting a reasonable immigration policy isn’t giving into their worst tendencies, it’s dealing with a situation in a responsible manner, so that extremists don’t fill the vacuum with THEIR unreasonable solutions.