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Yet another poll has found the far-right Sweden Democrats are the country's third-largest political party, prompting claims by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of the Moderate Party that the far-right party "damages Sweden".
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Jimmie Åkesson:
Hasn't been part of a ruling government, thus has only made some speeches which have upset some precious newspaper editors.
Carl Bildt:
Dismantled the very economic model that defines Sweden in the name of private profit.
Ruined Sweden's history of neutrality by blindly following the USA into foreign conflicts.
Accellerated the tidal wave of immigration that has seen Sweden accept around 10x more refugees than it's neighbouring countries, thus ensuring that in coming decades, Sweden will no longer be home to the 'Swedes'.
If one of these men is truly damaging Sweden, it sure aint Åkesson.
Well, Carl, about time you took a long and hard look in the mirror then!
I am not saying immigration is a bad or negative thing, but the expectations of the native countrymen have to be carefully managed. Neither government in either country want to be the first to explain this to their populations.
A rise in nationalism is to be expected as the truth dawns with no explanation or plan for integration. The politicians who believe that this can simply be ignored are
just burying their heads in the sand.
The future for Sweden is as bleak as that for the UK for so long as politicians are idle.
As the man once said "For evil to triumph all that is required is for good men to do nothing"
Uhh, yeah Carl. Because your policy of allowing 50,000 uneducated muslim refugees per year into a country that continues to lose jobs (see SAS, Ericsson, Saab, etc.) causes no damage to Sweden, eh?!
Truly sickening to see the entire weight of the Svensk control infrastructure (ie media, major parties, universities, even unions) buying into the 'every stray-dog and their litter, even with fleas or rabies' syndrome. I guess nation-state suicide by cultural/economic dilution is the new lagom.
I'll never cease to be amazed by people who will believe a thing that simply is not true just because everyone else acts as if they believe it. Sweden: An entire nation that functions on the Emperorer's New Clothes principle.
Jimmie Åkesson:
Hasn't been part of a ruling government, thus has only made some speeches which have upset some precious newspaper editors.
Carl Bildt:
Dismantled the very economic model that defines Sweden in the name of private profit.
Ruined Sweden's history of neutrality by blindly following the USA into foreign conflicts.
Accellerated the tidal wave of immigration that has seen Sweden accept around 10x more refugees than it's neighbouring countries, thus ensuring that in coming decades, Sweden will no longer be home to the 'Swedes'.
If one of these men is truly damaging Sweden, it sure aint Åkesson.
So simply saying you should not have your borders wide open and be forced to support legions of illiterate unskilled fundamentalist nuts for their whole lives is "isolationism"?
I'm sure Bildt likes that it could someday drive down wages for actual Swedes, but fortunately it appears people are getting sick of this insanity at a quickly increasing rate...