Comments by "Kalimdor199" (@Kalimdor199Menegroth) on "Why are Gen Z Europeans Voting for the Far Right?" video.

@endaohalloran6649 European immigration has been a net benefit on short term. Not on the long term. And only a fraction of immigrants partake in the economy. If immigration had been so beneficial for the European economy, explain why Europe has been stagnating for over 2 decades by now. Euro zone barely has seen any growth, particularly since the end of the 2000s and the only reason why the EU has been growing economically was due to the neo-euro zone countries which pushed the median growth higher. Owh, and all of those countries are not into this immigration thing, at least not to the extent the West is.
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@endaohalloran6649 But again, immigration does not solve the economic issues. And you just explained why. And while indeed German fiscal policy might've played a part, it doesn't change the fact that immigration did not alter the labor market, making immigrants take the hard labor that is paid less and freeing the natives to pursue highly paid, specialized labor that would increase the overall standard of living, economic growth, so on and so forth. In reality, what immigration was to keep the wages stagnant or even push them down, and rather than freeing part of the native workforce to pursue more demanding and better paid jobs, it pushed them towards unemployment and social benefits. Germany has entire generations that never worked in their entire lives. In some countries like UK or France, the minimum wage is so similar to government benefits, that it discourages employment. Also, mass immigration comes with more spending. You need to spend more to integrate these people. You need to spend more on crime, because a certain percentage of these people will engage in criminal activity. Western Europe today is more unsafe than Eastern Europe for a good reason. And the reason is immigration. Higher crime means more money spent on policing, on the justice system, on the prison system, etc. So again, what you think you gain from mass immigration, you lose from the negative effects of mass immigration. And whatever profit you make is short term.
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@andreaborgonovo625 And this, what you just said, is why Europe is lagging behind the US, North America in general and is wallowing in stagnation. The idea of giving back to the people is stupid in the first place. Give back what? What you took from them, or from a productive sector of society? This is Robin Hood type of economic. You steal from the rich and the productive, to give to the rest. Excessive taxation is what promotes stagnation in Europe, mind you. And regulation at that (regulations create bureaucracy, which means more jobs at the state, more income needs to be taxed to cover the new regulations, etc.). I am well aware that the supposed 'far-right' in Europe is economically socialist. Which is why I do not think the European economy will significantly improve under them either. But I am willing to make a trade-off. If we can at least win the culture and social war, then we can tackle the economy too, in small steps.
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@andreaborgonovo625 This welfare system is at the root cause of the many issues almost all European states are facing. It has expanded to such a size that it is eating a lot of your income, of your labor, and as well as state resources. Even worse, this welfare system came to be perceived as a sort of human right, which is not. Now, I am not against any form of safety net. But not this. I do not know about Italians, although as a Romanian myself we can relate in many aspects as we are similar in temperament and views, 45-50% of my hard earned labor is taken by the state for services that I do not use or for services that exist for others. Not only that, some of the services, such as the public health service and insurance are shit. So I am forced to pay a separate insurance towards a private entity to get a measure of good quality and professional medical service when I need it. The ultra-rich have not lost their power mate. This type of taxation mainly affect the middle class. The rich will move their finances elsewhere, offshore their profits and revenue, mask their money to avoid paying taxes. They have the resources and knowledge to do things that me, a middle class guy can't afford. And while I am taxed for every breath I take and every step I make, they will always be fine. You cannot perfect a system that is built on shaky foundation. All you can do is patchwork. And while the US system is not perfect either and it has its flaws, much of that has to do with involvement from the state, like in insurance and Medicaid for example. Other than that, a lot of issues that some US citizens face are partly their own fault due to a lack of responsibility, poor decision-making and lack of accountability. However, this system allows the US to develop and innovates faster. So they are doing something better than what we are doing. While the US promotes innovation and only after regulates, we regulate it first and ensure it dies out. Or the guy who wants to innovate moves to the US because those guys want him to innovate. The existence of the welfare system is also a great vehicle for politicians to buy out influence and votes.
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@philipkoene5345 The left is at the origin of these issues though. Because we're being taxed to hell and back, contribute to various things that we will never benefit from, they promote a volatile job market where businesses and workers are expendable and are at the origin of the housing crisis partly because of mass immigration (again, supported by the left) and the regulations placed that have prevented new housing units to be built.
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