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So, once again, the terrorist in Belgium was already known to authorities as a dangerous jihadist and threat to national security for 7 years. Every loving time.
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SplitSoul posted:So, once again, the terrorist in Belgium was already known to authorities as a dangerous jihadist and threat to national security for 7 years. Every loving time. Weird how that works.
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Oct 17, 2023 12:46
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Presumably they let it slide because he was a big fan of the Belgian soccer team.
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looks like there's a potentially decent party emerging from the ruins of Die Linke in germany? anyone got any deets
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speaking of, PvdA in the netherlands has seen the same decline as other socdem parties across europe and has merged with groenlinks for the election in 30 days i think SP is still better across the board though
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mila kunis posted:looks like there's a potentially decent party emerging from the ruins of Die Linke in germany? anyone got any deets solid 'meh' from me, dunno how it's better than die linke https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/23/german-politician-sahra-wagenknecht-leaves-die-linke-to-set-up-new-party quote:Former far-left co-leader forms migration-sceptical BSW, aiming to take votes away from far-right AfD it probably will siphon votes away from AfD in former DDR states but could also toss die linke under the 5% electoral threshold so, eh
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i say swears online posted:solid 'meh' from me, dunno how it's better than die linke Yeah, the very underserved niche of being migrant critic. Genius.
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Oct 23, 2023 18:19
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a bit risky, as it's named Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. you can read their platform on their website. platform is solid other than this red flag: quote:Immigration and the coexistence of different cultures can be enriching. However, this only applies as long as the influx remains limited to a level that does not overwhelm our country and its infrastructure, and as long as integration is actively promoted and succeeds. We know: The price for increased competition for affordable housing, for jobs with low wages and for failed integration is not primarily paid by those on the sunny side of life. Anyone who is politically persecuted in their home country is entitled to asylum. But migration is not the solution to the problem of poverty in our world. Instead, we need fair global economic relations and a policy that strives to create more prospects in our home countries.
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i say swears online posted:solid 'meh' from me, dunno how it's better than die linke die linke is dragging Wagenknecht for having the audacity to use the phrase "open air prison" to describe gaza https://twitter.com/DietmarBartsch/status/1716409353010299133 while taking credit for meeting with Bernie after the SPD shunned him for not being pro-Israel enough. https://twitter.com/GregorGysi/status/1712772161419538468 guess how Bernie described gaza before that meeting? 
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weird that no anti-immigration parties ever have third-world development in their platforms
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webcams for christ posted:die linke is dragging Wagenknecht for having the audacity to use the phrase "open air prison" to describe gaza lol that was her? many sides, many sides
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Are western third world development platforms anything other than using the IMF / World Bank to impose the Washington consensus or set up USAID programs?
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webcams for christ posted:Are western third world development platforms anything other than using the IMF / World Bank to impose the Washington consensus or set up USAID programs? anyone in power? no imo things like belt and road have mitigated more migration to europe than many other factors but it's not like anyone white is saying thanks to china for that
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also, whati say swears online posted:i think SP is still better across the board though ???  "we must deport people on a mass scale"
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webcams for christ posted:also, what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)
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i say swears online posted:speaking of, PvdA in the netherlands has seen the same decline as other socdem parties across europe and has merged with groenlinks for the election in 30 days SP is solidly socialy conservative, barely differing from the populist PVV, while simultaneously having an economic programme that could best be described as left-neoliberal. they're thrash
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oscarthewilde posted:SP is solidly socialy conservative, barely differing from the populist PVV, while simultaneously having an economic programme that could best be described as left-neoliberal. they're thrash sucks. there are so many parties in the netherlands but i guess they're all weird or lovely. is PvdD the answer here
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ah. I guess I'd put my local SP ahead of Die Linke and maybe BSW. we also have PdA who are ML electoralists, but they do not have a presence outside of a couple cities
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iunno anything about swiss politics other than anti-minaret petitions
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i say swears online posted:iunno anything about swiss politics other than anti-minaret petitions as of 2022 we have a burqa ban now too. also the Swiss electorate voted down minimum 6-week paid vacations bc they were too worried it would "hurt the economy" federal elections were yesterday. our AFD-lite party (SVP) picked up 9 new MP seats 
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drat usually i pay attention to world elections but i guess i was distracted by argentina. lol at your two green parties eating poo poo
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i say swears online posted:sucks. there are so many parties in the netherlands but i guess they're all weird or lovely. is PvdD the answer here it's probably the best of the worst. it's an internal mess and there's still some persistent rumours about lingering seventh-day adventist influence in the party leadership, but it's still way better than any of the other 'leftist' parties, and barely a mess compared to bij1. Dutch politics suck lmao
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webcams for christ posted:also the Swiss electorate voted down minimum 6-week paid vacations bc they were too worried it would "hurt the economy" consistently the biggest pro-business cucks in europe at least other countries have the excuse of not having referendums, the swiss literally do it to themselves
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webcams for christ posted:die linke is dragging Wagenknecht for having the audacity to use the phrase "open air prison" to describe gaza looks decent other than the anti migrant poo poo.
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Doktor Avalanche posted:consistently the biggest pro-business cucks in europe the worst was in 2020 when an initiative that would have made multinationals with Swiss offices liable for child labor, pollution, and other violations abroad won the popular vote, but lost our electoral college. I work in the cultural sector, heavily dependent on culture subsidy that is much more subject to politics than our neighbors. I like my job but I hate the stress of elections
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If anything, the Swiss electorate consistently voting against their own interests is a perfect illustration that even with functioning direct democracy, propaganda funded by monied interests still directs things. For some phases of the political process, the play isn't to buy politicians, but to drum up fear amongst the voting population. Jobs ! Immigration ! Number ! Every single time an initiative or referendum is brought where the "left" option has a chance of winning, the same drums are beaten until public opinion slowly but surely slips below the threshold. It's maddening. This election cycle is the first where parties had to (incompletely) disclose their funding. No surprise, the FDP and the SVP have far more funding than the rest. One issue that cropped up is the splitting of the left : in some cantons, there was an unholy center to far right alliance, where the Center (center-right, some "pro-family" policies which make them vote with the socialists once in a while), FDP (neoliberal right) and SVP (far right) campaigned together, encouraging people to share votes amongst their lists. Contrast this with my canton (Vaud), where the broad left competed with the PS (euro-socialists), Greens, Ensemble à Gauche (left-liberals, if I'm being uncharitable), PdA all scrambling for votes from a far narrower ideological spectrum. And as a result, the far left parties narrowly missed out on getting seats. Certainly if they'd run a unified list, EàG and the PdA could have put a candidate in parliament between them. Alas, the left splits and the right marches in lockstep.
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oscarthewilde posted:the Dutch suck lmao
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The "anti migrant poo poo" is literally the entire point of the party. It's all Sahra Wagenknecht has talked about in the last 5-10 years. (Other than Russia I guess, but only in "we have to keep working with Russa because it's good for the economy" terms)
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Peggotty posted:The "anti migrant poo poo" is literally the entire point of the party. It's all Sahra Wagenknecht has talked about in the last 5-10 years. (Other than Russia I guess, but only in "we have to keep working with Russa because it's good for the economy" terms) Yeah, I'm fuzzy on the timeline, but I'm pretty sure the whole split with the Linke happened because she couldn't get her new and exciting migrant opinions through the party and wouldn't abide by the results.
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Noosphere posted:Alas, the left splits and the right marches in lockstep. Usually because the left actually believe in a thing or two as a point to argue over while the right all know they're just figureheads for the same big money.
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funnily enough in france the trots have had by far the best messaging about palestine.
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it's really weird how these "left" migrant shitters also always focus on "let's militarize are borders" instead of "let's build modern infrastructure for everyone so they can prosper at home too" like their right wing friends wait it's not weird at all, liberals are just the left wing of fascism after all
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Noosphere posted:If anything, the Swiss electorate consistently voting against their own interests is a perfect illustration that even with functioning direct democracy, propaganda funded by monied interests still directs things. For some phases of the political process, the play isn't to buy politicians, but to drum up fear amongst the voting population. Jobs ! Immigration ! Number ! Every single time an initiative or referendum is brought where the "left" option has a chance of winning, the same drums are beaten until public opinion slowly but surely slips below the threshold. It's maddening. that doesn't sound like a functioning democracy at all!
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Linked in DnD, thought we needed to see it:
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