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Callie1979

(662 posts)
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 07:35 AM Feb 25

For Democrats to become the majority; look to the success of liberals in Denmark

https://dnyuz.com/2025/02/24/in-an-age-of-right-wing-populism-why-are-denmarks-liberals-winning/

If you want to see why right wing groups gain popularity in many European countries while Denmark does the opposite, read the difference in how Denmark's Social Democrats approach the needs of the people. Immigration lost the election here & it has caused an uproar in Europe as well. We would do well to look at how Denmark has succeeded by taking control of the issue

"Leftist politics depend on collective solutions in which voters feel part of a shared community or nation, she explained. Otherwise, they will not accept the high taxes that pay for a strong welfare state. “Being a traditional Social Democratic thinker means you cannot allow everyone who wants to join your society to come,” Frederiksen says. Otherwise, “it’s impossible to have a sustainable society, especially if you are a welfare society, as we are.” High levels of immigration can undermine this cohesion, she says, while imposing burdens on the working class that more affluent voters largely escape, such as strained benefit programs, crowded schools and increased competition for housing and blue-collar jobs. Working-class families know this from experience. Affluent leftists pretend otherwise and then lecture less privileged voters about their supposed intolerance."

Keep ignoring this & we'll continue to lose.
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