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| Berton | Jun 17 2018, 08:34 PM Post #11 |
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He thinks you deserve it because you disagree with him. |
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| Pat | Jun 18 2018, 01:13 AM Post #12 |
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Apparently you missed the important news. The vote took place and the UK and EU are working out the exit. Unless you believe that the democracies in the commonwealth ignore the votes of the people. |
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| Banandangees | Jun 18 2018, 04:27 AM Post #13 |
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Maybe the UK's "Brexit" is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a growing disenchantment with the "establishment" of a number of EU nations. Apparently many citizens feel a need to drain their nation's swamp: The Force Behind Europe's Populist Tide (Populism) Frustrated Young Adults: Still struggling to find jobs, and often living at home, younger generations are propelling antiestablishment parties to new heights of power A youth revolt is upending Italian politics, and it could be a harbinger of things to come. Western Europe’s largest antiestablishment government came to power earlier this month, driven largely by young Italian voters. Struggling with a persistent lack of job prospects over the past decade, they voted in droves for two parties in the country’s March 4 elections, the 5 Star Movement and the League, an anti-immigration party. The result laid bare a stark generation gap, with older Italians, who often have to support their grown children, continuing to vote for mainstream parties. The same pattern appears across southern Europe, and the forces behind the divide show few signs of slowing. Almost 30% of Italians age 20 to 34 aren’t working, studying or in a training program, according to Eurostat, more than in any other European Union country. Greece is second at 29%, while Spain’s rate is 21%. Out of Work: In Southern Europe, younger adults are still struggling a decade after the financial crisis hit. People age 20-34 not employed, in school or in a training program............ ---------------------------------- An influx of immigrants to the EU can't be helping the unemployment problems. What Brexit Reveals About Rising Populism The rise of European populism and the collapse of the center-left The rise of populism, mostly right-leaning, is the most important European political development of the 21st century. It has eaten into support for traditional center-right parties while dealing a knock-out blow to the center-left. The result is the end of the center-left/center-right duopoly that has dominated European politics since the end of World War II. Party systems throughout Europe have fragmented, and most have shifted toward the right. And the rise of populism has opened the door to increased Russian influence throughout Europe. Populism: The Rise of This Political Trend in Europe - Time (Outsiders gaining access to inside) As the face of the United Kingdom Independence Party, a right-wing group on the fringe of British politics, Farage campaigned for 17 years for the U.K. to leave the European Union, styling himself as a “middle-class boy from Kent” who was not afraid to tell hard truths about the failures of the European project, from out-of-control immigration to the coddling of radical Islamism. On June 23, British balloters finally granted Farage his wish, voting to leave the E.U. in the stunning Brexit referendum. The result was one that Europe’s pundits, pollsters, bookies and politicians said would never happen. Farage then spent weeks in the U.S. stumping for Trump, who took to calling himself “Mr. Brexit.” The outsiders won again with Trump’s victory on Nov. 9, and Farage has become a kind of roving ambassador for Trumpism ever since, giving speeches and campaigning for the dawn of a new world order—or at least the destruction of the old one. It’s a movement, a revolt, that is rising throughout Europe, including core E.U. nations like France and Germany. “I’m in no doubt that the European project is finished,” Farage told TIME over a pint of stout in London one chilly afternoon in late November. “It’s just a question of when.” ........................................ ..................“It’s been an amazing year,” he says after draining the rest of his pint. What comes next is far less certain. Putting Brexit into effect has been monstrously difficult, and while the British economy has proved more resilient than expected, growth is still predicted to be slower than if the Brits had opted to remain in the E.U. But as Trump takes power and France ponders whether to put an icon of the far right in the Élysée Palace, the West seems to belong to the populists. Only the brave would bet against them after the year they’ve had. ---------------- Change: You can't stop what's coming. But, that doesn't mean that the LWOBs of the world won't stop trying... like the swamp creating radical left... whose really to blame for the increase of much "populism" around the western world. |
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