Really interesting result about anti-immigrant voters feeling a loss of urgency about that issue once "their" people get into power. This suggests they're more motivated by the issue as a means of gaining power, rather than any sincere concern.
You see that here in US, with many Republicans strongly opposed to any immigration deal because they want the issue, they want the crisis, much more than they'd want any policies that might respond to the crisis.
The question I would have for anyone caught up in the current anti-immigrant hysteria is "In what way has this new influx of immigrants hurt you, personally, or your quality of life?" Sure, if you're managing a homeless shelter in NYC or Chicago, this is truly a crisis for you. But how has a farmer in Iowa seen any negative effects from it? So if the farmer in Iowa is worked up into a rage about it, maybe it's because he sees that rage as being in service to his "team", the Republicans.
I have the idea that there is an archetypal pattern saying: if times are threatening or problematic, less people want to be responsible, as is really the demand in a democracy, and more people want to have a strong leader, to have someone to blame when things go wrong.
Really surprising that Italy is not more worried about immigration, but consistent with the extreme right in power.
That said, everything you mention is international. It's clear that Europe is virtually alone in acceptance of shared destinies alongside commitments to shared obligations. The most durable punching bag of the American right, in fact, is globalist, which is on the spectrum between rational and anti–nationalist…a pretty, pretty good place to be!
Thanks as always for this newsletter, Adam! FYI your links to Chartbook 260 and 261 are to inaccessible private versions of these posts, presumably the ones that you are able to edit.
Really interesting result about anti-immigrant voters feeling a loss of urgency about that issue once "their" people get into power. This suggests they're more motivated by the issue as a means of gaining power, rather than any sincere concern.
You see that here in US, with many Republicans strongly opposed to any immigration deal because they want the issue, they want the crisis, much more than they'd want any policies that might respond to the crisis.
The question I would have for anyone caught up in the current anti-immigrant hysteria is "In what way has this new influx of immigrants hurt you, personally, or your quality of life?" Sure, if you're managing a homeless shelter in NYC or Chicago, this is truly a crisis for you. But how has a farmer in Iowa seen any negative effects from it? So if the farmer in Iowa is worked up into a rage about it, maybe it's because he sees that rage as being in service to his "team", the Republicans.
I have the idea that there is an archetypal pattern saying: if times are threatening or problematic, less people want to be responsible, as is really the demand in a democracy, and more people want to have a strong leader, to have someone to blame when things go wrong.
Really surprising that Italy is not more worried about immigration, but consistent with the extreme right in power.
That said, everything you mention is international. It's clear that Europe is virtually alone in acceptance of shared destinies alongside commitments to shared obligations. The most durable punching bag of the American right, in fact, is globalist, which is on the spectrum between rational and anti–nationalist…a pretty, pretty good place to be!
The 5 crises may have a common source: US policy makers.
Thanks as always for this newsletter, Adam! FYI your links to Chartbook 260 and 261 are to inaccessible private versions of these posts, presumably the ones that you are able to edit.