Comments by "robs2020" (@sbor2020) on "“Nation Is Absolutely Mutinous” | Keir Starmer Slammed Over Record Immigration Numbers" video.
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Twenty years ago, Bernie Sanders warned that populist parties, like the Republicans, had a hidden agenda to undermine key social protections. He argued that they aimed to abolish the minimum wage, privatise healthcare, offer tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals, cut and privatise social security, and even privatise education. However, these policies could not be openly discussed, because they were unpopular with the majority of voters. In fact, such measures would only appeal to the richest 1%, making it impossible for these parties to win elections if they were upfront about their true intentions.
Instead, Sanders pointed out, they resorted to deceitful tactics. These parties began to implement policies designed to divide the working class along lines of race, immigration status, and other social issues – "indigenous" vs immigrants, blacks vs whites, abortion rights, gun rights, feminism, and so on. The strategy was clear: divide and rule. By stoking cultural and social divisions, they distracted people from the real economic issues that were undermining their interests.
This same tactic has since spread across the Atlantic to the UK, where parties like Reform UK, along with the Conservative government, have engaged in culture wars over issues such as the environment, transgender rights, and immigration. By framing these issues as existential battles, they manipulate public discourse and distract voters from the economic policies that serve only the wealthiest. In the end, working-class people often end up voting against their own economic interests, Meanwhile, the wealthiest elites are benefiting from the chaos, laughing all the way to the bank – while they laugh at everyone else.
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