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Populist far-right leaders want no EU in future Europe

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They want no EU and no brown type people. They live in some royal past.

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GoodlucktoyouToday  08:03 am JST

They want no EU and no brown type people. They live in some royal past.

That's not correct.

They want self-determination and preservation of their own local cultures, not a huge and unaccountable, collectivist central authority telling them how to run their countries and enforcing immigration of people from incompatible cultures who rely on welfare.

If I were from their respective countries, I've be voting for them. And they're not necessarily "far right" at all. That's just an inaccurate slur the left gives them to try and discredit them. Seems to be losing its sting anyway as facts displace hurt feelings.

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"I think this is something we have in common, because the European Union is a disastrous organization which is leading our continent to destruction through dilution by drowning it in migrants, by the negation of our respective countries, by the draining of our diversity.

Don't think the EU or migrants alone are responsible for 'the draining of our diversity' tbh. TV, internet & other mass media, ppl traveling more etc are, that's why we get this homogenization of world culture. TV & internet's dumbing down of our societies isn't helping either. We have created a monster.

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Agree, with Goldorak.

Interview millennials and their parents about culture, festivals, etc and you get very different answers. The Internet, etc is to blame for a lot of it.

Just in Japan within the last 20yrs. 20yrs ago shops closed from Dec 31st-Jan 3rd, same for Golden Week. Halloween was hardly known till Disneyland started their Halloween Parade(same happening with Easter now).

I was reminded of those festivals because import shops sold a small selection of X-Mas, Halloween and Easter goods.

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immigration of people from incompatible cultures who rely on welfare.

european countries have a long colonial and modern day history of smashing the countries of immigrants and exploiting their resources. when they come to europe they are paid low wages, but work hard for a new life. europe has a long history of mixed people and cultures. i was told that the roman empire taught english how to build straight roads...

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The problem is not the EU. It's the generosity of national welfare states in countries like Germany, Sweden and the UK which act like a giant magnet. Few of these migrants would come or survive if they weren't being supported by the state. That's why they bypass countries like the Czech Republic and Hungary.

We should move to a more contributory welfare system where only those who have lived in the country for 15+ years can expect to get anything out, or a welfare system which is entirely privatised in the way guilds used to take care of their members, their families, widows and orphans. It's not a coincidence that mass immigration has coincided with the rise of the all encompassing welfare state.

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Heh, looooooosers....

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The EU was the worst thing that could happen to Europe.

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The EU was the worst thing that could happen to Europe.

Why's that, bass?

i was told that the roman empire taught english how to build straight roads...

Not quite correct. The Romans were in Britain before the English arrived. After the Romans (and their legions from various parts of Europe), there were the Gaels (Scots) and Anglo-Saxons (English), and then some Vikings and later some Normans. More Italians again in the early to mid-20th century. Then in the 1950s and 60s, from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Currently, the top five groups of immigrants by country of birth appear to be India, Poland, Pakistan, Ireland and Germany.

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@albaleo

Then in the 1950s and 60s....

That was the pivot point, As you point out, until then nearly all were from the isles or nearby neighboring lands. The Romans stayed and then left. Today's situation has little in common with the much longer historical trend.

i was told that the roman empire taught english how to build straight roads...

London's roads don't run straight. They are based on trails created by Anglo-Saxons on ox carts navigating around the ruins left behind by the Romans. Pretty much true throughout the country, in fact. *
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That was the pivot point

I think that point have been a couple of hundred years earlier - empire, etc.

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