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by rosmax_1337 559 days ago
What do you think causes the problems?
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It being a taboo topic prevents real discussion.

The cause is a single genetically and socially society allowing mass immigration but not changing society to match the newcomers and/or not selecting newcomers based on culture similarities and/or not bridging the divide.

When you make a mass immigration commitment you need to follow it up with tons of work/money/education/discussion. That's why it fails in Europe but succeeds elsewhere. Then they make it impossible to succeed by limiting discussion and calling it hate speech.

North America has two different approaches. Leave who you are behind and become an American. Keep who you are and become Something/Canadian. Sweden wants it both ways.. leave who you are behind but never become Swedish.

Do you think the average Swede wanted mass immigration?
No I think the ruling class did. It was a bad decision to try to copy the US without the culture to support it.
All the usuals: drugs, cost of living, unemployment, inequality, radicalization, etc. Immigration is one of many.
Sweden had these issues before migration, yet not the same disastrous societal result.
Sweden and the world have changed drastically in the past 4 years. Inflation, war, COVID, populism, etc.