The liberal case for limiting immigration

KERA ^ | March 24, 2015 | David Leonhardt and Krys Boyd

[Languager]

Denmark is known as a progressive bastion in a right-moving Europe – and its leadership is making the case that restricting immigration is the path to maintaining its liberal society. David Leonhardt is an editorial director at The New York Times. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Denmark’s Center-Left party, which argues that restraining immigration and demanding immigrants assimilate quickly is the only way the country can continue to provide its generous social programs. And we’ll hear if U.S. Democratic Party leaders are taking note.

[Languager]

This is an excellent listen with a lot of discussion on the US immigration situation and history in addition to Europe. Surprisingly good.

[Jeff Chandler]

restraining immigration and demanding immigrants assimilate quickly is the only way the country can continue to provide its generous social programs

[central_va]

Common sense.

[cgbg]

Our Democrat Party today is a revolutionary party.

They want to destroy this country any which way they can—which means anyone with any common sense is immediately cancelled, banned and censored.

[DPMD]

Sounds so, at first blush. The statement that restricting immigration is the key to maintaining its liberal ethos sounds like a move to exclude conservative-thinking applicants. Would there be a test of ideology? Than again, muslims are notoriously “conservative,” as long as you don’t include the US variety, to wit: Ilhan Omar, Tlaib, etc.

[Magic Fingers]

Denmark’s Center-Left party, which argues that restraining immigration and demanding immigrants assimilate quickly is the only way the country can continue to provide its generous social programs...

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So they’re xenophobes and racists /s

[rellic]

“Democrat Party today is a revolutionary party.”
I disagree, they are a Reactionary party. They have no vision for the future, they merely react to the present.
And they hate the present.

[ansel12]

All of this was obvious during the 60s when the West left was passing all these immigration laws, this was done on purpose.

I was telling people what would happen in England and the Scandinavian countries.

[GOPJ]

Long story short - the hellhole that's being created by dumping too many third world types into working class communities is starting to affect Denmark's elites.

AND the elites are worried working people might just elect 'a Trump'.

Our 'elites' are coming to the same conclusion: they thought the hellhole could be limited to working class citizen's neighborhoods and lives. They were wrong. Elite 'culture' (liberal goons on top) was breaking.

And if the article and David Leonhardt say anything different, they're lying.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Robots will do the grunt work as the average age turns 50.

[GOPJ]

“There is a price to pay when too many people enter your society,” Frederiksen told me. “Those who pay the highest price of this, it’s the working class or lower class in the society. It is not — let me be totally direct — it’s not the rich people. It is not those of us with good salaries, good jobs.”MV< She kept coming back to the idea that the Social Democrats did not change their position for tactical reasons; they did so on principle.

LOL - yeah, the 'principle' that elites should run things...

[GOPJ]

Robots will do the grunt work as the average age turns 50.

You're right - and that's also why Trump's willing to create so many jobs - our robots will be able to work faster and cheaper than any illegals. AND sooner than Americans can give birth to enough new workers. I wondered about that. Thanks for clearing that up DIRTYSECRET.