
Originally Posted by
Neophyte
What we see now is the return of those in-group preferences.
We see AfD increasing in recent elections; we see Lega perform well in Italy; and Sverigedemokraterna are apparently now the largest party in the labour movement. This is identity politics for European people. Is has been pushed for coloured races for years, and now the Europeans want a piece of that pie as well.
What are the main parties to do? Backtrack on the policies that they have pushed for years? Looking at Sweden, the groups within the Social Democratic Party, SAP, that have pushed identity politics have used the benefits it has given them to gain power and to entrench themselves within the party and the state. I cannot see them reversing course voluntarily. They will use their power to defend that power, and in doing so they will use it to pull the party down with them.
If Löfven manages to turn the party towards sanity.... as Jimmy Åkesson says: "Why vote for a copy when there is the original?"
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