I wonder why? The Hill’s Merrill Matthews explains
Opinion – Developed economies across the globe are abandoning progressive policies
Since November, Democrats have been trying to understand how they could possibly have lost an election to the likes of Donald Trump. But it’s not just Trump and the United States. Several key elements of the progressive-liberal policy agenda are in retreat in developed economies as voters and elected officials turn to more reasonable, practical and financially sustainable policies.
Here are three key components of the progressive agenda that are now being spurned.
Open borders. Illegal immigration has roiled U.S. politics for years, but in the election it “surged to the top of the most important problem list,” according to Gallup, even as Democrats both defended the illegal immigrant surge and went to extremes to argue it wasn’t happening. But the U.S. wasn’t alone.
A recent report from the Center for Migration Studies says, “The European Union (EU), as well as individual European countries, have in the last several years launched several initiatives to prevent asylum-seekers from reaching their shores.” Those candidates campaigning for immigration clampdowns gained seats in this year’s European Parliament elections.
Reuters says concerns over immigration and asylum policies were high on the list of the EU’s five biggest countries by population: “Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland — plus Sweden.” As a result, political parties pushing immigration reform made gains in several EU countries:
Matthews provides much more on the subject, but, let’s consider that immigration was actually a lower ranking issue going into the 2024 U.S. election per many polls throughout 2024. When it came to actually voting it jumped much higher, as people remembered the border being overrun and Biden shipping fake asylum seekers all over the country, especially to small towns, then saw him actually able to significantly lower border crossings with the stroke of a pen. People in sanctuary cities saw the outcome when Texas shipped huge numbers to the cities, which saw crime, filth, and 3rd world conditions emerge, all while their hard-earned tax dollars were spent on foreigners.
In Europe they are mostly dealing with fake asylum seekers from Africa and the Muslim world, with many coming from Africa also being Muslim. They refuse to assimilate and, instead, install their own cultures. They create no-go zones. They harass and assault citizens. And the governments take the side of the FASs rather than the citizens, even jailing citizens for saying and writing Mean things. So, the citizens are turning against their progressive overlords.
The green energy transition. Developed economies in Europe and the U.S. under Democratic administrations have made transitioning to clean energy more of a mandate than a goal. They have taken major steps, both politically and financially, to implement the net-zero economy — where greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere equal the amount being removed. That’s changing.
As Wall Street Journal columnist Joseph C. Strenberg writes, “2025 may be the year net zero dies. Such a development isn’t inevitable, but what was once described as ‘the climate crisis’ is morphing into the climate-crisis crisis as voters lose patience with the project and grow less shy about saying so.”
Citizens may support cleaner energy, heck, I do, but, they do not support the forced transition which is raising the cost of energy, limiting the availability of energy, raising the cost of food and goods, and seeing the removal of their rights to Big Government. And many governments are now backtracking on their Net Zero pledges, especially in Europe.
Transgender youth. The trans issue in the November election wasn’t about adults who transition — they’re old enough to make their choices and live with them — but about children, along with biological males playing in women’s sports. Most Americans oppose both, and the issue played a role in some voters’ decisions.
But Europe is also having second thoughts. Forbes reports, “Increasingly, European nations are adopting a more cautious approach to gender-affirming care among minors.” And that shift began a year before the release of the Cass Report in England, which raised several red flags about pushing gender-affirming care on minors.
Citizens realize that it is child abuse and people should be jailed for allowing, and, really, forcing children to go through drugs and surgeries, to live as the opposite sex. Most agree that if you’re an adult, do what you want. Children? No. It’s driven by parents, teachers, and other adults who are plain nuts and shouldn’t be around any children. It’s as horrible as constantly mentally and physically abusing a child.
Likewise, people are getting more vocal over the notion that trans of all ages should not be in the safe spaces and sports of real women.
Will the politicians get a clue? Will the majority of people who support the policies start getting a clue and switch their support and votes like many of their brethren did and vote against the wacko Progressive (nice Fascist) politicians who force this on the citizens regardless of their opinion?
Has anything changed in the last couple of decades?
Why is the globe experiencing a signicant increase in migrants? And not just in the US from Central and South American nations, but from the Middle East and Northern Africa into Europe?
Any guesses?
Are you surprised that people don’t want to sacrifice at all for the good of others, or for the good of future generations?
New groups finally being recognized as deserving human rights, e.g., women, Blacks, Hispanics, gays, mentally ill, transgendered… always have a steep climb.
The right wing will over-interpret their ‘mandate’ to include their desire for authoritarianism, but they’ll learn.
Many things have changed. What are you driving at?
There is no one answer to that. Migrants are all over the globe and all for different reasons. All through history there have been migrants and migrations, sometimes huge migrations. Hell, America was created by a vast migration from Europe.
No, are you?
Bullshit. First stop with the “transgendered” nonsense. Nobody can change their sex. Their clothes, their pronouns, the number of piercings, tattoos and hair color, yes. Their sex no.
Modern authoritarianism is a manifestation of the left, not the right. The left is based on economic and political oppression whereas the right is based on small government and free markets neither of which promote oppression or authoritarianism. You have been indoctrinated not educated. Try and think about it. Who in this country constantly tries to limit people’s freedom? Hell, just yesterday that moron stupid joe stated he wanted gas heat eliminated. He still thinks we should “all” drive EV’s.
Your party got whipped. It’s you who needs to learn.
DEI has been empowered and employed by government at all levels ever since Barack Obama.
Now we are witnessing the effects and they ain’t good.
FJB,
We’ll see.
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Your president-elect said: “Our country is a disaster, a laughing stock all over the World!”
It is now. Yes, post 4 Nov 2024… When he takes office he will inherit the strongest economy and nation in history.
Seems Rimjob is suffering from the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect.
If you say so. Once again you’re a major economist when just this morning you were a nuclear physicist. The enormity of your expertise is amazing.
Simple accounting will prove (as usual) you lie. The average GDP for last year was $28.83 trillion whereas the debt was $35.46T. And that does not include the damage stupid joe did since 1/1/25.
You are determined to lose the next election so we thank you.
FJB,
Indeed, I’m a cunning linguist. What is average GDP?
And what does any of your nonsense have to do with a strong economy?
Do you believe that King Donnie will reduce the debt, LOL?
There’s no water coming out of the fire hydrants because the city didn’t fill the reservoirs but at least the fire chief is a woman and gay!
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DEI is quite literally getting people killed.
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Normally, the Europeans are more liberal than Americans, and they’d be voting for more liberal candidates . . . if the liberal parties’ policies had been working.
LA is burning. That’s terrible, but face it. They are out of water because Newsome destroyed dams to “save” the “fishes.” They still haven’t learned that you can’t have dense undergrowth in dry climates. And the head of fire department is more worried about being DEI than fighting fires. Sad.
Choo Choo,
You don’t have to be ignorant just because Fat Donnie is. You don’t have to lie because Fat Donnie does.
The four dams approved for removal by Gov Newsom in Northerm California and Southern Oregon on the Klamath River (Iron Gate Dam, Copco Dams 1 and 2, and JC Boyle Dam)?
They were going to use this water in LA 700 miles south?
So Rimjob instead of asking stupid questions why don’t you do a little more research m’kay?
Or is that too tough for you?
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MAGA47 Motherfucker
Fat Donnie is now blaming the 6 January 2021 insurrection on the FBI and Hezbollah. Jesus Fucking Christ, he’s insane.
Rimjob, he’s certainly driving you insane and that’s a good thing.
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MAGA47 Motherfucker