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The Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which centered its campaign on anti-immigrant rhetoric, is projected to win 29 percent of the vote, up from 25.6 percent four years ago and higher than pre-election polls. It has been the country’s largest party since 2003.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this is going to be an unpopular take but you've said a bunch of vaguely-sounding popular things but have missed the main issues with immigration.

Anyone who says they want to limit immigration for cultural reasons (e.g. I may wear a hat you don't like, or speak a different language, or comb my hair in a different way) is lying.

"but so-and-so said..."

they were lying.

It boils down to this: if you can meet a (surprisingly low) wage in your new host country, you are a net benefit to that country and will be welcomed.

All that about burqas, treatment of women, LGBTQ+ rights is irrelevant. All that stuff about assimilating, or values, or tough restrictions is nonsense. Politicians say that stuff all the time. But it's a lie. The truth is in the policy and the policy says: if you earn roughly USD$20k or local equivalent a year: welcome home!

Now people may think it should be different - but that I'd not the reality.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

So, what are you suggesting? I mean, you sound like you're just going with the same old "let everyone in, worry about it later..." rhetoric that many on the Left like to spew...