Police could patrol nightclubs in drive to protect women
www.theguardian.com
Steps to improve safety include plainclothes patrols of bars and clubs and increased funding for streetlights and CCTV
  • quartz [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    It's fucked up. It can happen really fast, too. Remember the American public's regard towards China dropped something like 80% in two years. When the government and its NGOs and think tanks coordinate, they play both sides. A perfectly crafted narrative with a proposition and an opposition. Only the opposition isn't as far away as it seems, and seems like it agrees very well with the proposition on much of the problem.

    I am also concerned about Muslim people and people from the middle east. Nothing's ever sure, but I've got a hunch they'll hinge it around immigration. First, the proposition will be immigrants are evil and should be killed. Then, the opposition, which you can kind of see now: not all immigrants are evil, some assimilate into a white western way of living! Then, when atrocities begin, opposition is already weak because it's a weak position, and can be cornered into either defending "the bad Muslims" which they already hate, or deciding that the victims must be "bad Muslims" all along. The very human bias toward believing you're always on the right side will push people toward the latter. Of course, I don't know anything special and I'm just speculating.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      In my country decades of centrist voter triangulation has made most of the traditional centre-left, who where supposed to be the opposition to the islamophobic madness, just as racist and sadistic as the self-declared right wing parties.

      My analysis is that the dominant ideology here for the foreseeable future will be a sort of neo-Strasserism where a nationalist welfare state exclusively for white, ideologically compliant middle class citizens will be matched with increasing violence and oppression against ethnic minorities and anyone else who doesn't fit into the image of the model citizen.

      As climate change worsens and economic conditions deteriorate the group of accepted citizens will be gradually narrowed down to maintain the semblance of a welfare state while harsher methods of repression will be used on those not included.