- Lucone ha scritto:
Cosa si intende esattamente per "diritto fondato"? Esiste la sicurezza che tu arrivi nel mio Paese per cercare una vita dignitosa e non per fare i tuoi porci comodi, magari per delinquere?
Ne convengo hai un'opinione "piuttosto "forte" sul tema immigrazione", mi chiedo se il sillogismo discriminatorio non sia applicabile a chiunque.
Consentimi di proporti la posizione in liberale svedese
Martin
Ådahl, giornalista di Fokus:
'I won’t let my country be taken over by xenophobes'Curiosity is the most effective weapon against xenophobia,
writes journalist and head of think tank FORES Martin Ådahl, as a
comment on the Sweden Democrats future role in Swedish politics. When I was five, I was pushed over by two boys at my preschool. I still have the scars from the ugly cuts on my left hand.
While my parents comforted me that evening, I grumbled about the
“Frenchies” who had attacked me. I was taken aback, and a bit
irritated, when my father interrupted to ask where they came from. I
knew that they came from Africa. But where in Africa? Was it Cameroon?
No, it was probably Senegal. Had I talked about Senegal with them, my
father asked. He was disappointed to learn I had not. So he began
telling me things about that exciting country himself. I waited for
some kind of explanation as to why the “Frenchies” had been so mean to
me.
Whether my father wanted to arouse my interest in West Africa or to
make sure I understood the danger of using expressions like
“Frenchies,” I’ll never know. But as usual he managed to infect me with
his incurable curiosity about the world. About the fact that there’s a
unique thread in each individual that leads straight into the mighty
web of world history and world culture — and which you just can’t help
talking about.
The Sweden Democrats recently had their annual congress. The economic
crisis and unemployment, it is claimed, could bring them parliamentary
seats, a pivotal role in Swedish politics and undue influence on future
government policy.
I could write about the rational aspect. About the studies showing that
immigration neither boosts unemployment nor reduces pay for the worst
off. About the new report from the Government’s Expert Group on Public
Finance, showing that public finances are hardly affected at all. That
it is enough for just 72 per cent of foreign-born citizens to be in
work for the Swedish taxpayer to make a net profit from immigration.
But I’d like to discuss the irrational aspect instead — the emotional side of the matter.
Many politicians think xenophobia obeys the usual cynical laws of
politics. If people complain about healthcare, you increase care
funding. If people complain about foreigners, you cut back immigration.
So the politicians move slightly closer to the xenophobes.
This is not only immoral, it’s stupid. In Denmark, Norway, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, France — the list goes on —
every attempt to placate the xenophobes has simply served to strengthen
the extremists.
This is because xenophobia has nothing to do with rational thought. In
the part of the brain that generates emotions and stress, known as the
amygdala, lies the caveman’s fear of the unknown. The more negative or
disparaging about immigrants we are, the more the amygdala is
stimulated to focus anxiety, stress and anger on the unknown. And the
more our rational defense against fear breaks down.
The good part, though, is that what is morally right in this case is
also politically effective. We are so much more than our amygdalas. We
have equally strong impulses with regard to curiosity, optimism and
compassion. Only one political tactic has managed to conquer xenophobia
in the long run — that of enthusiastically describing time and again
how people come here to join their life stories with ours and to bring
us new ties, fascinating places, and cultures steeped in ancient
history. This is what they’ve always done in Canada, one of the world's
largest melting pots and welfare states — and a country without a
single anti-immigrant party.
It’s not a case of being merciful or “generous” (the term commonly used
to describe our refugee policy). Nor is it a question of “reverse
racism,” of excusing errors or shortcomings because of someone’s ethnic
or cultural background. It’s the opposite. Each of us is responsible
for his or her choices as an individual. For every stone-throwing
teenager there are tens of thousands of people who have come from all
corners of the world to contribute, to build Swedish cars, to write
Swedish books, to save Swedish lives.
Ultimately, it’s a question of dignity. My Sweden is a progressive,
optimistic country, open to the world. A country with affection for
people and their fate. This is my native country, my father’s country,
and I won’t let it be taken from me by xenophobes.
Having spent his life looking for the gleams of light, the cultural and
historical ties, among all the injustices between nations, factions and
coalitions, my father contracted cancer this spring. As it happened,
the people who operated on him and cared for him included a
Swedish–Latvian–Iranian surgeon, a Bosnian–Swedish doctor, and an
Iraqi–Swedish and an Iranian–Swedish nurse. They gave him an extra few
months, and then another week.
He spent that final week talking to us about the history and culture of
the world, and about our little family’s place in all this. And
naturally, curious as ever, he asked those who were fighting to keep
him alive to tell him their stories so that he could learn about the
strange and wonderful ways in which their destinies had become
interwoven with his life and with ours.
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