https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-curb-immigration-stop-populists-trump-brexit
when you can't beat them join them
i guess when centrist economic policy fails, rather than push for more progressive policy that would help the proletariat and precariat, the centrists prefer appeasing the fascists:
Hillary Clinton said:
"I think Europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lit the flame," Clinton said, speaking as part of a series of interviews with senior centrist political figures about the rise of populists, particularly on the right, in
Europe and the Americas.
"I admire the very generous and compassionate approaches that were taken particularly by leaders like Angela Merkel, but
I think it is fair to say Europe has done its part, and must send a very clear message – 'we are not going to be able to continue provide refuge and support' – because if we don't deal with
the migration issue it will continue to roil the body politic."
millions of people are dying in war, but we in europe clearly can't live up to the declaration of human rights and provide asyulum because we may have to do something as unthinkable as raising taxes. it's better to let these refugees die in the wars we started, or let them live in the orders-of-magnitude more poor neighbouring countries
to prevent the fascists from winning elections, the non-fascists have to implement their agenda instead
Clinton urged forces opposed to rightwing populism in Europe and the US not to neglect the concerns about race and identity issues that she says were behind her losing key votes in 2016. She accused Trump of exploiting the issue in the election contest – and in office.
"The use of immigrants as a political device and as a symbol of government gone wrong, of attacks on one's heritage, one's identity, one's national unity has been very much exploited by the current administration here," she said.
"There are solutions to migration that do not require clamping down on the press, on your political opponents and trying to suborn the judiciary, or seeking financial and political help from Russia to support your political parties and movements."
war criminal Tony Blair agrees with her:
"You've got to deal with the legitimate grievances and answer them, which is why today in Europe you cannot possibly stand for election unless you've got a strong position on immigration because people are worried about it," Blair said. "You've got to answer those problems. If you don't answer them then … you leave a large space into which the populists can march."
or, one may propose an agenda that is non-fascist, but in other ways appeal to the proletariat and precariat? end austerity? healthcare for all? nah, too bothersome. let's "listen to people's concerns" and do everything the fascists want instead
the
really frustrating thing is that in
a longer interview, clinton gets close to realizing the smarter path of actually standing for progressive policy
"We got caught in a kind of transition period. So what I had seen work in the past, and what had worked as recently as 2012, was no longer as appealing or digestible to the people or to the press," she said. She admitted she rejected some big bold economic messages such as a
universal basic income because she worried about the cost.
"I was trying to be in a position where I could answer all the hard questions, but I never got the hard questions. I never got them. I was waiting for them. I could answer them. Yet I was running against a guy who did not even pretend to care about policy at all."
but, nah, instead of actually standing for progressive reforms that help people, let's implement the fascist agenda for them instead
iunno. i preferred sanders in 2016, but after clinton got the nomination, i was all in on the yaaas queen train. disappointing to see liberals like her choose fascist appeasement over progressive economic policy
