by liberal japonicus
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
it's been a bit since there was a post and the most recent comments, centered around Starmer's volte-face about migrants, seems to suggest that would be a good topic.
As the Lazarus poem suggests, I'm pretty sympathetic to novakant's anger and disgust about the Starmer and what he has been saying. I'd also observe that this seems almost totally driven by gains made by Reform in local elections, and Starmer wants to co-opt. This can be seen as another knock on effect of Brexit and if Starmer really wanted to kneecap Reform, working on reversing Brexit might be a lot better. This isn't to claim that the EU is just letting migrants through to punish the UK for Brexit, if you step out of the room where stuff is being negotiated, don't be surprised if your interests aren't represented.
I also look at Australia and Canada, with both countries affirming an approach that celebrates more diversity and wonder why Starmer doesn't consider trying to act in a similar way. Is it because the Brexit debacle has made trade with the EU toxic, so they have to run to the embrace of the US?
And, while I definitely think that Starmer's turn is pretty horrible, I am left wondering if Japan, which has a fetish with maintaining homogeneity in the face of a lot of liberal criticism, wasn't on to something. For sure, there are a lot of very problematic things with Japan's regime, but the larger framework looks a lot better if it avoids the excesses of an ICE regime or the UK riots of 2024. Lots of stuff to parse here, so I'm hoping to work this out more in the comments.
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