Jun. 24th, 2018 09:40 am
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oakfarmSo after the nobel prize ceremony last year I posted a picture of minister Alice Bah Kuhnke. I liked that she wore a dress that was designed to symbolize melting glaciers (in other words global warming). I can use that as an example on difference between our political climate and the climate in the US. See, I didn’t vote for Bah Kuknke’s party, the green party, I think it was a mistake to let that party into the government, and I have read articles critical of Bah Kuhnke. I was still proud of her for that simple gesture. Here’s the thing, online I have had one American comment that a person like me should be publicly tortured. I totally deserved it, see, I may have used the phrase “orange Mussolini”. A person like that guy on youtube, can never be proud of anything anyone from the Democratic party does, right? I’m not saying that all right wing americans are that extreme. Nevertheless to say that the US seems very, very divided, isn't an original thought. Something making it hard to be proud of anyone from the other party.
Or maybe this is just me being more forgiving of my own country than other countries. I have example of thinking like that. Last year in the election in Austria 26% voted for the far right party. I assume it’s because those Conservative Central Europeans are kind of nazists. This year it’s an election here in Sweden and it’s not out of the question our far right party will get around 26% of the votes. I think that’s because of the European migration crisis. We have 2% of the population of Europe, but back in 2015 we took in around 16% of all asylum seekers in Europe. Of course people are going to vote for the anti-immigration party. What else did the politicians expected?
So when it happens in Austria I assume it because of their culture. When it happens here it is because of politic and an extreme refugee crisis.
Well, now I have one thing to add. You know it was reported that where is only 19 full democracies left in the world (basically Northern Europe plus the Anglosphere, minus the US that's being a “fault democratie”). Austria is one of those 19, I cheeked.
Or maybe this is just me being more forgiving of my own country than other countries. I have example of thinking like that. Last year in the election in Austria 26% voted for the far right party. I assume it’s because those Conservative Central Europeans are kind of nazists. This year it’s an election here in Sweden and it’s not out of the question our far right party will get around 26% of the votes. I think that’s because of the European migration crisis. We have 2% of the population of Europe, but back in 2015 we took in around 16% of all asylum seekers in Europe. Of course people are going to vote for the anti-immigration party. What else did the politicians expected?
So when it happens in Austria I assume it because of their culture. When it happens here it is because of politic and an extreme refugee crisis.
Well, now I have one thing to add. You know it was reported that where is only 19 full democracies left in the world (basically Northern Europe plus the Anglosphere, minus the US that's being a “fault democratie”). Austria is one of those 19, I cheeked.
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