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In an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning? (www.nytimes.com)
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Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if they’re actually the only way for progressivism to flourish?

That the era of low immigration was also the era of progressive triumph is no coincidence. [...] The United States felt more like a cohesive nation to many voters, with higher levels of social trust and national pride, and politicians were able to enact higher taxes on the rich and new benefits like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Every liberal party that went stricter on immigration lost votes to the fascists in the last election in germany last week.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

sauce? Conservative CDU went hard and won, the center-right–liberal FDP did far worse things and lost, while the Left Party is having record soaring membership.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The CDU had the second worst result since the unification of Germany. And FDP also talked bullshit about immigration. I am confused what you want a source for?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

IMO "second worst result" for the winning party is more an indication of Germany's growing plurality. And the FDP has way bigger problems with their "d-day" exit fiasco.

I am confused what you want a source for?

A broad correlation that parties who went hard on immigration performed worse (especially when compared to those that went loose, like the Greens).