How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right?

Re:How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right? by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @08:39AM (#11761035)

There is one nagging thread remaining: the theme that ones' own culture is elevated over all others, and deserving of first-class treatment. As an American, with neighbors and friends from all over the globe making my culture a mixing pot of music, food, work ethic, church and leisure, I am always puzzled by the European idea that somehow their culture will be destroyed by letting new neighbors live in their city. A century and a half after being settled our local cities all have strong cultural identities with their ancestral pioneering families. From city-wide events, to cultural centers and musical venues, to celebrations of food traditions. I can sample all this because I live among folks from all over the world. Without threatening my own history.

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Re:How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right? by ThomPete on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @08:47AM (#11761077)

Thats because Europe have a very different system for supporting immigration.

In the US it's up to you to basically take care of yourself from day one.

in the EU you benefit from the social welfaresystem from day one.

In Europe you are made a patient so to speak, in the US you are made a provider. Europe doesn't have millions of people living their under the radar participating in the economy. Instead most immigrants and refugees gets paid by the system.

Further more the US is a big big big continent. Europe isn't yet it has more people than the US.

So this is not about being afraid this is about the rate, the quantity and the cultural change.

I read somewhere that this different means that the US get the 80% most self-sufficient immigrants while EU gets the 80% least self-sufficient immigrants which make sense when you think about the very different demand the US puts on your for self-sustaining your life.

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Re:How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right? by danmaz74 on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:41AM (#11761932)

> the theme that ones' own culture is elevated over all others, and deserving of first-class treatment

Isn't this one of the themes that make Trump such a successful candidate in the USA right now? There are people who have that have that attitude in Europe and the US (and, I guess, everywhere). Unfortunately, that attitude is on the rise both here and there, AFAIK.

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