What to do?
Results of elections over the last five years signal to Progressives that we cannot simply continue thinking in traditional ways, proposing the usual, conventional solutions & hoping the pendulum could shift in their favour.
We need to wake the fuck
What to do?
We need to find, articulate, amplify & put into practice political answers to populism in a practical, solution-oriented & positive ways.
Nostalgia for the 1980s & 1990s
Surging sense of national identity
Desire for economic justice
Desire for greater security & stability
The 80s & 90s are associated with economic growth & job security. An idealised past that voters crave: they consider it the age of stable security, when their countries were still “independent & authentic”. They no longer feel at home in their own countries.
Populist voters feel that their roots, their history, their traditional values & often even their religion are threatened by a changing world.
uniformly designed shops, restaurants & cafés - although they welcome some benefits of globalisation, eg selection of food & goods, & cheap & simple travel.
They feel that the fruits of globalisation are distributed unequally in the world.
few decades: how far should the left stick by its core position & how far should it adapt to the changing environment?
So what strategies could we adopt?
European integration
Community
Patriotism
Socio-economic protection
Migration
Cooperation
a concept of the nation that point beyond an exclusive sense of nationalism. Some call it inclusive nationalism, others refer to it as liberal or positive nationalism, but many prefer to re-accent/redefine the word 'patriotism'.
social equality, tolerance & the willingness of the community’s members to mutually support one another: forging a national community in which everyone feels at home.
this issue from a left-wing perspective. However...
The rhetoric which says “migration has always existed & will always exist, there's nothing to be done about it”, or which asks citizens to just accept it, is doomed to fail.
In Britain we came very close in 2017, but fell short. Sadly, I think it optimistic that @UKLabour wins a majority in 2024.
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TIME admits to "conspiracy" to "not rig, rather
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What would that "look like" in reality?
So a massive adult film star in all his glory is included in an official FBI government filing
Perhaps the explanation is that Patriots are in control.
— David Burney (@jdburney1) February 6, 2021
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Hunter Biden's book is categorized as "Chinese
Patriots in control?
— David Burney (@jdburney1) February 6, 2021
\U0001f923\U0001f923\U0001f923\U0001f923 https://t.co/p0rEyfd2DW
TIME admits to "conspiracy" to "not rig, rather
TIME admits stolen election, with spin!
— David Burney (@jdburney1) February 6, 2021
"They weren't rigging the election, they were fortifying it."
Recognize the Ministry of Truth? How many things in the last few years have been redefined to be the opposite of reality?
Google the definition of "bigot" if you doubt me. https://t.co/CNU888fxr4 pic.twitter.com/UEhRBOtUB6
A "pillow guy" has military-grade intercepts detailing the IP addresses and device MAC IDs of EVERY incursion into every county in the
God bless the pillow manufacturer.
— David Burney (@jdburney1) February 6, 2021
The last 30 minutes details where every single incursion is recorded including IP and MAC addresses. 100% proof. pic.twitter.com/P5MVb1xGNC