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I ... see. Didn't know that. Thanls!

There are different and often individual reasons to seek asylum, war is just one. Maybe just inform yourself a little, and do so outside of the right-wing bubble.

Right-wingers act on foregone conclusions that people are automatically worthless if they speak the wrong language/have the wrong religion/have the wrong skin color. And they will do everything to prove it to themselves. That mindset has nothing to do with reality however.

There is a new Islamist regime and Western politicians are wishing for it to be "moderate". Which it may or may not be, ultimately. Just like the hailed-as-"moderate" new Taliban regime is now making sure that kitchens have no windows, to make women invisible.

Sweet!

That's right-wing bullshit. The right to asylum is a human right. Asylum-seekers virtually never come with a visa.

Bernard Arnault reigniting a transcontinental strain of white supremacy

Is there anything that links Arnauld to white supremacy? Or do you mean that he indirectly helps white supremacist viewpoints take hold?

Why would you think that?

@[email protected] I find your source selection a little curious. You quite often profess antipathy for neoliberals etc., yet you seem to post a lot of explicitly right-wing and neoliberal sources (FT, Politico, Economist, Spectator). Why is that?

We Did It in Poland

I feel like that one particular Brooklyn 99 running gag may be appropriate here.

controversial plan

Please just call it "inhumane". It's ok to be pro-humanity.

Yes, only safe countries including but not limited to Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, and the Gaza strip. /s

As if it had anything to do with nationality per se. The truth is that people in general just suck, and those who see themselves as exceptional and who seek power at any cost tend to suck the most.

Putin's internet-based propaganda runs in most Western countries, no matter whether they have a nuclear arsenal or not. They were/are very successful in the US, the country with the largest nuclear arsenal of them all.

True. But there's no 1:1 relationship, which is why inflation is a thing.

Does she mean it or is she trying to bargain with Trump?

Context: https://apnews.com/article/-8f1b9d30915d6e0590dab7e54fe02475

To be honest, I am not sure what to think about the such primarily-US-focused news here either and I would love to know what people think.

What if the company is huge, you depend on it heavily, and also has the explicit support of a nation more powerful than you?

Near-dupe that was also posted today: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/08/a-new-phase-why-climate-activists-are-turning-to-sabotage-instead-of-protest

Ammon says that if the centre-left SPD and centre-right CDU, who are in the process of discussing forming a coalition, manage to put policies in place to solve Germany's economic crisis, "the AfD, with the rest of their policies, won't really appeal to the voters who supported them this time."

This is horse shit. Not only do far-right parties appeal as much to feelings of inferiority as they appeal to real hardship, the CxU-SPD coalition won't likely do much to improve anyone's life either.