Source: https://rivals.space/@deuxnise/115032733056555001

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Peter Griffin at a traffic stop - the cop uses a skin color chart to tell if Peter has “schengen / freedom of movement” or if he has to submt to an “anti-terrorism border check”

  • WanderingThoughts@europe.pubEnglish
    6·
    5 days ago

    First you list all the issues people have. Cost of living, housing, energy prices, unemployment… The left generally doesn’t like to talk too much in these concrete terms so it draws a crowd. People like it when their life’s struggles get acknowledged. Get them people really riled up for the reveal.

    Then you pull out the hate speech and blame it all on migrants, other races, women, gays, furries, the poor, the lazy, the left, … Hating and banning their favorite group gets sold as the one stop answer to all their problems.

    It never works, but it’s a good time to get rich and get power for as long as it lasts.

    • Dämnyz@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      The left generally doesn’t like to talk much in these concrete terms […] <
      “Die Linke”, literally “The Left” is a German party which did exactly that. During the last election cycle they focused on all these points, specifically on the housing crisis and released an app where you can compare your rent to see if it’s against the law. After years of not making the 5% mark, Germany’s threshold to join the parliament, they got in! They “only” got 9%, but it’s a start.