Posted on 11/23/2023 4:40:12 AM PST by MtnClimber
In another sign that people have had it with leftism, Geert Wilders’ has finally won the prime ministership.
The Netherlands was, for decades, a bastion of Europe’s soft socialism. However, the disconnect leftist politicians had from the needs of their countrymen and the effects of a huge influx of Muslims have changed the country. Now, there’s a new sheriff in town.
When my mother was a little girl in Holland in the 1920s and 1930s, it was a conservative country with self-controlled but still famously tolerant people who were required, if they lived in Amsterdam, to scrub the stairs and sidewalks in front of their buildings. When Mom revisited Amsterdam in 1980, she was utterly appalled by the filth and decay we found. The last time I was there in 2012, the city was cleaner than in 1980, but I still found it an unsavory place outside of the core tourist areas.
In the modern era, the Netherlands has had the usual European leftist government. Beginning last year, the Dutch parliament announced it intended to cut back nitrogen emissions from farms by 30%. This would have meant that up to 11,200 Dutch livestock farmers would be driven out of business. There was even talk of turning the farms into refugee settlements. No wonder that, in March 2023, the recently formed Boer-Burger Beweging farmers’ party made a powerful showing in the Dutch parliament.
The Netherlands is also much less Dutch than it used to be. The Netherland’s population is currently almost 6% Muslim. Amsterdam itself has a Muslim population of 12%, a dangerous number for a free, civil society. In 2004, a Muslim assassinated Theo van Gogh, a filmmaker, for making a movie that offended the assassin’s sensibilities. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who had worked with van Gogh on the movie...
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I sure hope he can make some needed changes.
Make Netherlands Dutch Again.
We’ve been there twice in the pst two years. Beautiful women. Maybe it can be saved.
- Multiculturalism made us tolerate the intolerant, and now intolerance is annihilating tolerance. -Gertt Wilders
“The socialist lamps are going out all over the world. I hope we will not see them lit again in our lifetime.”
— apologies to Sir Edward Grey
That guy looks familiar-ran before. Too radical right. Reagan was once thought of that way.
Maybe now the Dutch will stop killing cows for Greta.
https://www.steynonline.com/2941/the-trial-of-geert-wilders
Everyone read the entire posted article and you will see the level of persecution this man has and continues to endure for his country.
The above link gives more detail however this thread allows people to understand the very depths of the problem that Islam and radical leftist policies have brought to Europe and to America.
The title of this article is somewhat misleading, from my understanding, what Geert Wilder’s party did was win the most seats in their parliament, since they did not win an outright majority of seats, they have to form a coalition government with other parties, most of the other mainstream parties have pledged to not work with his party, which could keep Wilders from becoming Prime Minister.
Thanks for posting that link.
Iirc Mark Steyn wrote an intro to one of Wilders books because he greatly admired Wilder’s courage. This man is our Salaman Rudshi.
However in keeping with conservatve stupidity we do not support or in many cases KNOW about him.
Assage Wilder Hirsi
We have real heros.
That’s my understanding as well. Geert isn’t PM just yet. He still has to form a government.
“When the law stands in explicit opposition to the truth, freeborn peoples should stand in opposition to the law”
And we know what happens to us now when we do.
Mass arrests, staged show trials, biased judges and juries, a mockery of justice. Going on right now: a cast of foreigners and aliens doing the very things that provoked the American Revolution. Well actually far worse.
A lot of yoops(eurowankers) don’t like geert. Conservative? How about not a far left extremist? Guess we will see. If he doesn’t have support within the lower chambers......
🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍
” mainstream parties “
What’s ‘mainstream’ about working night and day to destroy the country you allegedly represent?
I never thought it would happen. Good for him.
One of the few politicians world wide that explicitly calls out Islam for the evil it is. Islamic Terrorists have been trying for years to kill him. He can’t go anywhere without heavy security protection.
True, but they aren’t the Nazi or Communist parties, the current ruling party has a coalition with the green party, they could possibly stay in power as a minority party governing coalition.
In Spain that’s what is happening, the conservative party won the most seats in their Parliament and still can’t put together a ruling coalition because no one will work with them.
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