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Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by barrbid8 on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:05PM (#31295747)
The alt right poisoning of discourse by repeating these strange tropes like “another Sweden” or “London is full of murder” or “France is basically Islamic”, is really curious. Because after a while these strange untrue and often deeply weird theories / ideas become common and for some people accepted reality.

They do it by cherry picking horror stories and repeat them over and over, eg “a refugee murdered a woman in sweden” over and over and over. Or “knife crime” in London, usually implying the knife murdered is black or brown. Of course in reality sweden is very safe, advanced, high living standard country. London has a murder rate per 100,000 that would make it statistically the safest large city in America and significantly safer than supposedly “low crime” cities like San Diego which have a murder rate much higher than London. The entire uk police forces have only shot dead 50 people approx, since 1980! American police shoot dead several thousand per year, plus 10k pets and dogs. But many Americans for example now believe that “London is over run with 3rd world refugees and therefore crime and murder”. Build the wall!

It’s curious how it sticks so well.

Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by reducesuffering on Saturday May 07, 2022 @05:38PM (#31298841)
You could ask the PM of Sweden herself, who I'm sure knows Sweden better than you would. Is she alt-right?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-pm-says-integra...

Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by barrbid8 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @01:16AM (#31419468)
You didn’t really read my comment and reverted to the same behaviour.
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by mmarq on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:01PM (#31295684)
I wonder how has the English speaker developed the weird idea that immigration brought Sweden and Germany on the brink of civil war.
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by barrbid8 on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:08PM (#31295803)
Social media, gamed by political clickbait merchants
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by throw82473751 on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:00PM (#31295675)
Can you explain "another Sweden" more please?
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by redisman on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:10PM (#31295826)
Sweden had problems integrating large swaths of their refugee populations who now live in newly high crime enclaves. I don’t think refugees are comparable to a well thought out professional immigration system though.
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by krona on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:11PM (#31295838)
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by krapp on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:18PM (#31295932)
It means "too many brown people."
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by sonicggg on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:16PM (#31295903)
Do I really need? Are riots now supposed to be common and accepted?
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by BolexNOLA on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:04PM (#31295734)
It’s a right-wing talking point that Sweden is some progressive dystopia ruined by immigration.
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by IfOnlyYouKnew on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:58AM (#31295649)
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by krona on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:10PM (#31295824)
And apparently China is more 'liveable' than Ireland and Finland according to USNews.com.
Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by winter_blue on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:10PM (#31295829)
That’s a great link. The truth is there are many studies showing how diversity leads to a flourishing and betterment / advancement of culture.