Andrew StroehleinJul 9, 2023

Mainstream politicians thought adopting far-right policies would keep the far right away from power.

But beating people at borders, sending them to torture, letting kids drown en masse - all Europe’s immorality & illegality - it’s only fed the bloodlust at the core of far-right extremism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/world/europe/netherlands-refugees-government-collapse.html

Collapse of Dutch Government Highlights Europe’s New Migration Politics

Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned after his coalition partners rejected his tough new line on refugees, favoring his own political future, critics say, over compromise.

The New York Times
Show threadAndrew Stroehlein

The political sadism of mainstream politicians hasn't even "worked" in their narrow, self-obsessed sense.

They showed themselves willing to let children die en masse, because they thought it would help them maintain political power, and it's not even doing that.

Jul 9, 2023 at 6:56amWeb
Show thread@[email protected]Jul 9, 2023
@andrewstroehlein it might be trite to say we told them so but we fkn told them so
Show threadPēteris KrišjānisJul 9, 2023
@andrewstroehlein problem is that right leaning "no taxes" crowd which has benefited greatly for last 30 years in the world find increasingly hard to maintain their coalitions to support their ever growing desire to keep all the money.
So they start to lean into things they just do not understand how dangerous they are, all this out of pure greed which keeps them going.
Show threadTim ReedJul 9, 2023
@andrewstroehlein is the govt collapse considered a loss for Rutte and rightward movement, or is this a likely opportunity to solidify a new even more right wing coalition?