The countries you listed all have similar amount of foreign-born residents though as the US. In fact, both Sweden and Norway have more than the United States. Diversity or cultural differences also have a lot to do with geography. It's far easier for smaller countries to be more "homogenous".
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True, demagoguery has a lot to do with it, but ethnic tensions are everywhere and occur in all levels of society. Workers, for example, are weary because they perceive "foreigners" to be cultural and economic threats. After 60 years now, though, practically, of the upwardly mobile black and white people going to the same schools, living in the same neighborhoods, belonging to the same club, going to the same coffee shops, what one would expect sociologically is that while race discourse remains as an organizing principle for factions and alliances, you would expect we would have evolved much more toward a governing regime that’s more seamlessly interracial. And I think we by and large have. I think that, depending on circumstances and context, everybody in the elite level has an interest in emphasizing race to one degree or another and in some context.
The percentage of the population that is foreign born and their country of origins have changed over time. In countries like France, historically the bulk of immigration came from countries like Spain, Italy, and Portugal. "Non-whites" have only increased in recent years, which has led to the arise of the far right in various countries and rhetoric you'd think was only associated with the US. In Denmark, for example, work requirements are geared toward foreigners (you're required to work at least 37 hours a week to even qualify for "welfare") and instituted a relocation program in 2019 geared toward nonwhites and immigrants.
Many things aboiut that are inaccurate. France is a very diverse country that has substantial social problems and unrest, even independent from any migration isssue (yellow vests).
Says who? In a functioning state, i dont think that is true.
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It has to be said tho that this is a problem that, at least in its severity, is specifically american, not universial.
What? No! Fuck that lmfao. A president doesn't need to know everything, he just has to know when to delegate to those that can make up for his failures in knowledge. That means hiring the best people, not just a bunch of Yes Men. Stupid Yes Men at that.Sanity Check said:
Biden and Kamala are in office after most of the people that don't take covid seriously have died off, and all of us decent human beings are vaxxed up. People are less fearful so there's no reason to remind people daily to stop trying to kill themselves.
They're literally doing the bair minimum to not be considered dismissive of covid. Wear masks. Get vaxxed. Treat it like a genuine threat. They're not hiding from anything. Hell, Biden said like... 3 or 4 days ago that "Covid is over". Which... lol, okay is some pretty dumb shit to say, but he's been good about it so far so I'll let him have that slip up.
I expect pundits to spin it as a slap in the face to America and that Biden's being cucked by the Brits. That Trump would never settle for being sat that far back.xi0 said:
To be fair to the cryptkeeper, he said the pandemic was over, but that covid is still a problem. Which is true... I mean, hundreds of people still dying daily to it and everything.
Funny, if you listen to any of the "independent thinkers" in that party, they've been quite busy felating the British Royal Family the entire time and would probably welcome being cucked in public like that.
The quality of the advisors would determine the difference between the two if both of them simply rely on their advisors, right?
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Ah, right.
I'm referring to demographic trends going back to the 1940s and how the countries have changed over time.
Norwegians support higher taxes than in the US because they believe they receive valuable services for their taxes makes them much less sensitive to them than Americans are. An article in Inc. magazine about booming entrepreneurship in heavily taxed Norway made this point:
Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam - famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement - has researched this extensively. There are other examples too. Economists Matthew Kahn of UCLA and Dora Costa of MIT reviewed 15 recent studies in a 2003 paper, all of which linked diversity with lower levels of social capital. Greater ethnic diversity was linked, for example, to lower school funding, census response rates, and trust in others. Kahn and Costa's own research documented higher desertion rates in the Civil War among Union Army soldiers serving in companies whose soldiers varied more by age, occupation, and birthplace.
The US is illustrative because we've been dealing with these issues for 200+ years while Europe has only been dealing with them for the last twenty. You'll see similar issues in Latin America (e.g., Brazil), Israel, and various places throughout Africa, like S. Africa.
Adding onto this: Trump is a narcissist. It's going to complicate his ability to find and retain anybody, hence his administration having the highest turnover rate for any presidential administration in recent memory.
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Oooh, I will answer to the rest, too, later. But you are very mistaken about that point. Europe has been dealing witht his for longer than america even exists.
Get her tested for adenovirus then. Before my Dad had confirmation they also mentioned a flu that could present uncommon symptoms going around as well. I don't think he's had a fever but chest pain while breathing was enough for him to change his mind en route and go to the ER instead of a urgent-care clinic. Really weird. He had no symptoms like that the day before.
I'd still take exception with equating right crazies and left crazies personally, but obviously I'm biased. But yeah, the point is those who get labeled as fringe usually have no seat at the table with the Dems.
I agree about it not being the same kinda crazy. But I do think there's a healthy kind of gatekeeping that we need which includes pointing out which ones on our side are going a smidge too far. I'm absolutely 100% pro LGBTQIA+ rights. I'm a feminist. I respect people's pronouns. Not xenogenders though. I think they hurt the movement. I ain't pro-black enough not to point out pushing for a black ethnostate is racist. I don't think we need to completely remove police from society. And I don't think trans women should be competing in professional sports with cis-women without some very distinct changes to sports.xi0 said:
Because I can't be offended by what someone says in private. The fact they're saying it in private is proof that they understand the social problems caused by saying it in public and want to avoid that. I've been watching him since 2016 and while he says it's okay to say in private, he doesn't promote saying it to people in public. The only thing that really annoyed me about his N-word stance is during last year when Hasan and Vaush got banned from Twitch for saying "cracker", because of him agreeing the word should be treated with the same weight as the N-word. Super dumb take right there.
Yup.
I think it's more of why. They wouldn't care if a white supremacist broke a window at Target or assaulted and killed a woman, it's only if someone they don't agree with did that that they would have an issue. If a hockey team fans rioted and whatnot over a game, most of these people wouldn't care as much.
To be fair, I think most do this. But my point is that there is a distinct difference between chiding someone who is militantly pro-xenogender and chiding someone who is a neo-fascist/pedophile.
Doesn't that make it worse though? That it can't be blamed on the typical, inbred ignorance? He knows it's wrong but still think it's "normal" to be fine with using it? Idk, he seemed a bit too willing to let that kind of stance harm his relationship with someone like TriHex. I just found it baffling.
I think that's fair enough, but for me there comes a point when a discussion of ideas shouldn't be about the bloodsport of public debate. That doesn't really add anything to any sort of conversation, it's just about winning.
Sure, I'd prefer one over the other.xi0 said:
There are trans women with much less of a physical advantage over cis women out there, and it's accomplished in several ways. From avoiding a male puberty thanks to puberty blockers prior to transition to waiting until they've taken hrt and whatever else it takes to slough off their musculature if they've already gone through the male puberty and muscle and bone strengthening throughout their adult life. It's why I say I'm not okay with it without distinct changes. I feel like if a trans woman wants to compete badly enough they'll take stipulations provided they're not too demeaning or offensive.
I don't remember him saying it's normal to be fine with using it... but that it's not okay to be upset by something people do in the privacy of their own home. That that's a "you" problem, not a "them" problem. Which I don't disagree with. I DO however find it odd that such a word would be so important to you you'd have to defend your right to use it in private when you could just... say it in private and not try to defend it against black people, especially one you're friends with. He and Trihex are cool now, but we never see them talk anymore since his (Destiny's) ban from Twitch.
Don't get me wrong: I don't like him. He's unnecessarily abrasive. Needlessly inflammatory. Today he was inserting himself into the Hasan/xQc drama just cause he wanted to fuck with Hasan. Didn't do anything politics related at all whole stream just... kept feeding Felix arguments to debate with. Didn't like any of that.