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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 22-Oct-07
Anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party makes large gains in election

Web Log - October, 2007

Anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party makes large gains in election

Following a pattern of xenophobia that's growing around the world, the Swiss people gave a major election victory to a party that its opponents say is nationalistic and racist.

Anti-immigration election poster, declared "racist" by opponents, depicts white sheep kicking a black sheep away from a Swiss flag, with the caption, "Establish your security."

Anti-immigration election poster, declared "racist" by opponents, depicts white sheep kicking a black sheep away from a Swiss flag, with the caption, "Establish your security."

Based on exit polls, the Swiss People's Party won 29% of the vote in the parliamentary election, making it the largest single party in Parliament.

The Swiss People's Party had campaigned aggressively on an anti-immigrant platform, calling for the forced deportation of any foreign family where any family member is a criminal. The party's campaign featured posters showing white sheep kicking a black sheep away from a Swiss flag.

Similar gains for anti-immigration parties have been made in other European countries.

This is part of the growing xenophobia that's spreading around the world, among countries for which World War II was a crisis war.

From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, this xenophobia leads to a new crisis war. As a country enters a crisis era, approximately 55-60 years after the end of the last crisis war, immigration issues, and xenophobia in general, become important political issues, as is happening today in countries around the world.

At first, this anti-immigrant attitude is diffused and unfocused. But as time goes on, the anti-immigrant attitude becomes more explicit and focused, leading to increasing calls for action. The point of view can turn into what might be called "hatred," and the call for action might be called "war."

This happens to every nation to some extent. On this web site we've often discussed the increasing xenophobia between Latinos and Anglos in America, between Europeans and Muslims, between Jews and Arabs, between Pakistanis and Indians, between Chinese and Japanese, between Koreans and Japanese, between Chinese and Americans.

Generational Dynamics predicts that xenophobia and anti-immigrant attitudes will continue to increase in countries around the world, eventually leading to a new "clash of civilizations" world war. (22-Oct-07) Permanent Link
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Anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party makes large gains in election