It was a bad year to be any kind of socialist in Europe. The decline has been long and agonizing for a once-dominant force, but in 2019 falling popularity reached new depths and raised questions over whether reinvention can lead to a revival.

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[–]Only71Genders 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Exactly. And it historically has always been a protection to workers to limit immigration since that becomes their major competition and drives down wages and available jobs. True working class (not welfare class) people are harmed the most by immigration. Legal AND illegal.

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same reason people in UK wanted brexit. Nothing to do with being conservative or racist, totally economic.