A reader recently sent me an article titled “Pat Buchanan Wins Dutch Elections” by Paul Belien that appeared in the Brussels Journal:

In Marijnissen’s view the immigration problem was not caused by the welfare state but by the capitalist system which invited foreign “guest workers” over to Europe in order to keep the wages of indigenous workers low. Unlike the other leftist parties in Europe the SP was not very fond of immigrants. It cared more for the native lower classes, who felt threatened by the newcomers. In the 1990s the SP’s election slogan was “Against” and one of the things it was against was immigration – this weapon used by the capitalists to exploit the workers.

Now, I see this in part as vindication of my claims that the major barrier to immigration reform in the US and UK is the lack of proportional representation and that US immigration policy is a ruthless act of class warfare directed by the rich towards the not so rich. Frankly the gains of Democrats in the US appear rather limited compared to the gains the immigration and globalization skeptics made in the Netherlands.

Former Liberal Geert Wilders has established himself as the successor of Pim Fortuyn and also picked up votes.

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