Paying the bills

[kandrathe]

I don't think this was a Godwin.

How did Nazism creep into this, anyway?

Well, two common strains of political motivation are nationalism, and socialism, or socialist at least modes of varying degree. It is not too hard to combine the two into a platform. That does not make someone who espouses both some nationalist themes and some socialist themes into a bona fide replica of Adolf's brand of National Socialism, any more than promoting some communist themes makes Tito a replica of Stalin.

There are shades of everything here.

Anyhoo, I have rather derailed the thread, so perhaps the wood chipper out back is where this should now go.

Occhi

Since I've been sending the thread flying off in 10 directions, let me see if I can re-rail... :) Occhi, you caught the gist of my post, btw. We were forecasting political futures for failed states. Not a science. Unfortunately, the net result in most of them is tyranny. Is Sarkozy a cure, probably not. But as a choice between evils, any damned devil will do. It's sad to watch France unravel in slow motion though, with so many people clueless as to why it is happening or how to fix it.

Canada's actions on not deporting de-sponsored aliens smacks of the same politically correct progressive agenda I have been pointing at in Europe. Therefore, it seems unjust to burden the sponsor who tries to do the right thing, with the social assistance which is only available due to the generosity of Canada's social welfare system. However did my impoverished Swedish immigrant ancestors ever make it back in the 1860's without FDR's "The Great Society"? If Canada believes a de-sponsored alien is worth the investment to keep in the country, then Canada should pay for it rather than the individual who has already voted for deportation. Given enough time, even Canada could make itself into the mess we are seeing in Europe today.