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Old 06-21-2004, 02:20 AM  
Odin88
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I could explain to you exactly why common people vote conservative. The truth is working class white people feel disconnected from their Government and the whole democratic process. As a whole they are against mass immigration strongly yet noone even cares to notice this fact.

Mass immigration continues and in turn these working class folk become more unhappy and disconnected from their Government and then furthermore the whole liberalisation of their nation. Conservatives than take this anger and use it to gain votes and push policy (including the Iraqi war), whilst at the same time not even taking into account the real reasons behind this sentiment (mass legal and illegal immigration).

If mass immigration where addressed as an issue by the Democrats for example (if they truly represented working class sentiment in that respect) I am sure that they would win the next election. This is the case in Australia atleast, and if the socialist Labor Party (the equivelent to the Democrats) simply said they would reduce immigration numbers they would be almost guaranteed election victory.

Instead, John Coward (the leader of the Conservative party) steals these votes by passing some anti-PC comments close to election time, or furthermore making an attempt not todisconnecting himself with an anti-immigration sentiment. Despite this political move though he continues to allow the free flow of more than 130,000 immigrants legally into the country each year, and thus does not address the issue.

Don't understand what I am trying to express? Than read this:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...?oneclick=true

It is time someone (which really should be the socialist party) addressed the masses concern with immigration. Whoever truly does this in a genuine manner will not only be guaranteed to win many elections to come, but also assure that reactionary conservative viewpoints will NOT be so well received by the masses.

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