Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl I sooooo hoped they lose more... but it's a start.
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl No colour blind people in the Swedish electorate, apparently.
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl as a French right wing politician once said: “Politicians’ promises are binding only on those who believe them”
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
> Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
And they grow large enough exactly why? Because people got tired of the best delivery in the world provided by their predecessors?
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl Hopefully this is going to happen everywhere - still not sure how much it takes until the blue voters here in Germany realize this. It isn't that much time left until you won't be able to fix things anymore...
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl
Same story with populist extremists from both sides. -
Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl in the Netherlands cities are typically more left wing, more green, (Berlin and Paris are also more progressive for sure), but am I correct seeing the opposite (M is the 'moderate' party that wanted to work with the extreme right, right?) in Stockholm? Malmö area is even SD territory?
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> Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
And they grow large enough exactly why? Because people got tired of the best delivery in the world provided by their predecessors?
because a shit sandwich is not improved upon by having a shit sandwich caked in vomit
this is obvious to most people but some want to learn the hard way
the idea is to improve our world but we are unfortunately handicapped by idiots who believe in simple solutions to complex problems offered by con artists
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl nazism gets old real quick
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@ausgroucho @randahl SD started a couple of days ago already. They’re blaming the election results on Muslim voters. Nothing new from them, of course, since they blame everything on Muslims.
But all the votes aren’t counted yet. Not that SD will get lots more votes, but there might still be some changes in the number of elected MPs from the parties. Hopefully not anything that will give the current government a majority, but there is still a risk.
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because a shit sandwich is not improved upon by having a shit sandwich caked in vomit
this is obvious to most people but some want to learn the hard way
the idea is to improve our world but we are unfortunately handicapped by idiots who believe in simple solutions to complex problems offered by con artists
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i don't know how much of a historian you are, but would you consider the arc of the last 1,000 years to be slow difficult improvement, with backsliding at times, or stasis?
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i don't know how much of a historian you are, but would you consider the arc of the last 1,000 years to be slow difficult improvement, with backsliding at times, or stasis?
I’m quite enough of a historian to tell that this thread was all about so called “democratic” elections that were hardly a thing in the vast majority of the last millenium.
Demagoguery about how “we” could have everything improved if not all these idiots with their own opinion is pathetic.
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@randahl in the Netherlands cities are typically more left wing, more green, (Berlin and Paris are also more progressive for sure), but am I correct seeing the opposite (M is the 'moderate' party that wanted to work with the extreme right, right?) in Stockholm? Malmö area is even SD territory?
@murb @randahl M did already work with SD for the past four years. But SD didn’t have ministers in the cabinet. Now they have been promised cabinet positions if they win the election.
Why people in the cities vote for M is probably because there are more rich people there, and those who think they are rich. House prices in the cities are very high, and many apparently feel that property taxes are a bigger threat than the fall of civilisation.
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I’m quite enough of a historian to tell that this thread was all about so called “democratic” elections that were hardly a thing in the vast majority of the last millenium.
Demagoguery about how “we” could have everything improved if not all these idiots with their own opinion is pathetic.
well that's a fascinating strawman but my question to you was if you think progress is real or not. by your nonanswer i will assume you think it is real but did not want to concede that point. one stinky bit of cynicism at a time please. try to engage on a point in a conversation rather than wander to another without addressing the first, and then you might find the cognitive coherence to say something useful on these topics
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl ”It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.”
This is the basis of ”let them govern and people will see how bad they are”, but that is little comfort after they’ve destroyed society.
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well that's a fascinating strawman but my question to you was if you think progress is real or not. by your nonanswer i will assume you think it is real but did not want to concede that point. one stinky bit of cynicism at a time please. try to engage on a point in a conversation rather than wander to another without addressing the first, and then you might find the cognitive coherence to say something useful on these topics
> by your nonanswer i will assume
Fantastic! Keep discussing with bugs in your head.
> one stinky bit of cynicism at a time please
Not granted.
> try to engage on a point in a conversation
Try to stop telling me how I should behave and maybe then I would start to treat you as someone worth to talk to.
> then you might find the cognitive coherence to say something useful on these topics
Unfortunately, that’s unlikely would work for you.
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> by your nonanswer i will assume
Fantastic! Keep discussing with bugs in your head.
> one stinky bit of cynicism at a time please
Not granted.
> try to engage on a point in a conversation
Try to stop telling me how I should behave and maybe then I would start to treat you as someone worth to talk to.
> then you might find the cognitive coherence to say something useful on these topics
Unfortunately, that’s unlikely would work for you.
"Keep discussing with bugs in your head."
i stopped reading here. it is not my belief that you live in my head
i asked you a question and you ignored it
so are you trolling for whimsy or is this just the nature of your character?
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Very interesting election result from Sweden where on Sunday, the right wing populists of Sverigedemokraterne lost 3 percentage points reducing their seats in parliament from 73 to 62.
Four years ago, SD grew large enough to become a support party for the right wing government.
It is the same story all over Europe: Every time right wing populists grow large enough to become influential, people realize they cannot deliver.
Loud is not better.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/politik/valet-2026-sverige-rostar-se-grafiken/
@randahl At first it looks like good news. But I read, that they lost, because they toned down a bit and now were not extreme enough anymore for parts of their voters?
So it's not really good news. -
@murb @randahl M did already work with SD for the past four years. But SD didn’t have ministers in the cabinet. Now they have been promised cabinet positions if they win the election.
Why people in the cities vote for M is probably because there are more rich people there, and those who think they are rich. House prices in the cities are very high, and many apparently feel that property taxes are a bigger threat than the fall of civilisation.
