While the British left is buried in factional debate, Reform is rapidly securing a foothold in former socialist heartlands across the country — paving the way for a nightmarish far-right takeover of the British state.
Maybe Immigration and asylum seekers are not our biggest fucking problems. By constantly focusing and oscillating the discourse around a false dichotomy like that (immigrants, YES! vs immigrants, NO!), you can only but lose to populists and extremists.
Focus on proactive measures making people’s lives better, state long term goals, focus on education, healthcare, and running a fair and functioning society, and most other ills are either resolved or see great improvement.
Inmigrants are a red fucking herring when we have profoundly and absurdly rich people using their wealth to manipulate democracy in order to get ever more money and power.
Maybe Immigration and asylum seekers are not our biggest fucking problems. By constantly focusing and oscillating the discourse around a false dichotomy like that (immigrants, YES! vs immigrants, NO!), you can only but lose to populists and extremists.
Focus on proactive measures making people’s lives better, state long term goals, focus on education, healthcare, and running a fair and functioning society, and most other ills are either resolved or see great improvement.
Inmigrants are a red fucking herring when we have profoundly and absurdly rich people using their wealth to manipulate democracy in order to get ever more money and power.
I could not agree more. It’s a minor axis dominated by much bigger forces, serving as nothing but a distraction while the rich get richer.