The rise of the Swedish Democrats is also terrible.
Though the reason is easy to figure out, the other parties decided to not even engage in any way on the question of migration, this lead a LOT of people to feel disenfranchiced, and built up a huge movement.
I sadly have to admit that I have once voted for the Swedish Democrates, I seem to recall it was around the time of the migrant crisis, and I just felt like the political climate was insane, there was NO debate on the topic, and I remember just feeling like we were overrun, while the leadership closed their eyes, covered their ears, shouting “RACIST” at anything that moved.
This was at a time when we were told that there was no Swedish culture, and we needed multiculturalism, just insane stuff.
Then came stories about migrants destroying passports and faking their ages and nationalities to get approved for asylum, then when they get approved and get a ssigned to a facility to stay in, they complain that it wasn’t good enough and hijack the bus that took them there.
Yeah, I know that last past was mostly caused by confusion and people being upset, but at the time, that just fueld the flames.
And through all of this our leaders kept shutting down any debate about the issue, kept cutting services, and increasing prices, while spending vast ammounts of money on strange forigners who not only had lied to get into Sweden, but had passed through several safe countries to pick and choose the “best” country, disregarding rules saying that they needed to apply for asylum in the first safe country they came to, and the EU would distribute them through the member nations.
And our leaders just kept their mantra, “open your hearts”, while offering no real sollution or even debate.
Today it is easy to say that nothing could ever justify voting for racist parties like the Swedish Democrates, but at the time it felt like someone had to pull the emergency brake and let us a good honest discussion.
I didn’t vote for the Swedish Democrates because I hate forigners, I voted for them as a protest against the status quo, I just wanted an honest, non hysterical debate, and they were the only choice for me at the time.
Since then, I have not voted for the Swedish Democrates again, they have too much support as it is right now.
I liken the situation to that of the lastest US ellection, the Dems had disenfranchiced a LOT of their normal voter base by just having the status quo rolling on, they didn’t get any change, and when Trump cam with his ridiculous promises about change and prosperity, it was enticing, obviously.
People had experienced what the Dems gave them, and they were tired of it, so they voted to stir the pot, thikning any change might be a good change.
To claim that people who vote for these terrible parties only because of racism and refusing to try to understand the real reason is why Trump won, and it is why there is sadly a high likelyhood that the Swedish Democrates migh be able to gain real power in the 2026 ellection.
Me, I have got what I wanted, a debate about the issue, I will not be voting for the dickheads over at the Swedish Democrates and I wish they loose a lot of influence.
Regardless of who you are and what your opinions of the issue are, I wish you a very merry christmas and I hope you get a very happy new year.
The rise of the Swedish Democrats is also terrible.
Though the reason is easy to figure out, the other parties decided to not even engage in any way on the question of migration, this lead a LOT of people to feel disenfranchiced, and built up a huge movement.
I sadly have to admit that I have once voted for the Swedish Democrates, I seem to recall it was around the time of the migrant crisis, and I just felt like the political climate was insane, there was NO debate on the topic, and I remember just feeling like we were overrun, while the leadership closed their eyes, covered their ears, shouting “RACIST” at anything that moved.
This was at a time when we were told that there was no Swedish culture, and we needed multiculturalism, just insane stuff.
Then came stories about migrants destroying passports and faking their ages and nationalities to get approved for asylum, then when they get approved and get a ssigned to a facility to stay in, they complain that it wasn’t good enough and hijack the bus that took them there.
Yeah, I know that last past was mostly caused by confusion and people being upset, but at the time, that just fueld the flames.
And through all of this our leaders kept shutting down any debate about the issue, kept cutting services, and increasing prices, while spending vast ammounts of money on strange forigners who not only had lied to get into Sweden, but had passed through several safe countries to pick and choose the “best” country, disregarding rules saying that they needed to apply for asylum in the first safe country they came to, and the EU would distribute them through the member nations.
And our leaders just kept their mantra, “open your hearts”, while offering no real sollution or even debate.
Today it is easy to say that nothing could ever justify voting for racist parties like the Swedish Democrates, but at the time it felt like someone had to pull the emergency brake and let us a good honest discussion.
I didn’t vote for the Swedish Democrates because I hate forigners, I voted for them as a protest against the status quo, I just wanted an honest, non hysterical debate, and they were the only choice for me at the time.
Since then, I have not voted for the Swedish Democrates again, they have too much support as it is right now.
I liken the situation to that of the lastest US ellection, the Dems had disenfranchiced a LOT of their normal voter base by just having the status quo rolling on, they didn’t get any change, and when Trump cam with his ridiculous promises about change and prosperity, it was enticing, obviously.
People had experienced what the Dems gave them, and they were tired of it, so they voted to stir the pot, thikning any change might be a good change.
To claim that people who vote for these terrible parties only because of racism and refusing to try to understand the real reason is why Trump won, and it is why there is sadly a high likelyhood that the Swedish Democrates migh be able to gain real power in the 2026 ellection.
Me, I have got what I wanted, a debate about the issue, I will not be voting for the dickheads over at the Swedish Democrates and I wish they loose a lot of influence.
Regardless of who you are and what your opinions of the issue are, I wish you a very merry christmas and I hope you get a very happy new year.