Comment by OKRainbowKid

12 days ago

I have the impression that most people believing and repeating this "great replacement" narrative are not members of the demographics they claim are being replaced. To me it seems mostly spread by people living outside of Europe trying to paint Europe in a bad light in order to push fear and anti-immigration policies in the general west.

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rithdmc  12 days ago

Unfortunately, it's not an uncommon thing to hear from people when performing community outreach (think door knocking). External push, definitely, but it's also being repeated by the demographic this narrative is being pushed to.

I can't comment on whether or not they believe it, but it's certainly repeated by some here in Ireland.

  • defrost  12 days ago

    > but it's certainly repeated by some here in Ireland.

    To be fair to Ireland and history they have a valid complaint going back centuries wrt outsiders taking their lands, language, governance, food and labour all while debating "the Irish Question" and reaching for eugenic "solutions".

    • disgruntledphd2  12 days ago

      > To be fair to Ireland and history they have a valid complaint going back centuries wrt outsiders taking their lands, language, governance, food and labour all while debating "the Irish Question" and reaching for eugenic "solutions".

      Odd then, that they didn't notice when this happened post GFC when basically all of the land banks and large assets were sold off to (predominantly) US based private equity funds.

      And honestly, Irish anti-immigration sentiment is far more driven by both our complete failures at building infrastructure for a growing population (which we've never had before) and the fact that all refugees are housed in poor areas (which already had much worse services).

      But it's very important that no residents of South Dublin should be inconvenienced, even at the cost of our society.

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    • rithdmc  12 days ago

      IMO there's a massive difference between what's happening today, with individuals claiming asylum, compared to the State level interference of our history.