Jon Pretty

Also, it's not 1% of 1%. We're seeing large-scale effects of Facebook-driven radicalisation of entire cities spilling over onto the street. There is research on this.

But it doesn't change my opinion that Germany is a country which opened itself up to much more immigration than any other country in Europe, and has accommodated the migrants, on the whole, admirably. I think it will come to be seen as the greatest legacy of Germany's leadership.

very right. France government behavior is a shame, and it just demonstrate how it misses the important subject of our time (preserve civilization / preserve democracy / preserve humans and earth ecosystem)

Accepting immigrants at a rate higher than can be properly integrated in society does harm. European countries do not have the diversity of the US and its experience with integrating immigrants. And when you don't listen to society's fears, Trump, Brexit and Le Pen happen.

if media were explaining the history of civilization grow is immigration, that immigration is a chance, that people asking for asylum are not immigrants but victims, and 24/7 as mass media are doing for the opposite narrative, Overton window would be elsewhere

you were talking about integration. But that's just an other fear without foundation. If it's economic, it's just plain wrong: immigration is a net gain. If it's societal, the #SurveilanceCapitalism did more in the last 15y to alter innerself of nation

We have plenty of experience in Romania w/ doing a poor job of integrating ethnic groups, maybe we'll have a drink sometimes. Populism in Europe is on the rise and if you think the problem is mass media, you're imo barking at the wrong tree.

And we can have a drink anytime you want, to talk politics or not. We just have to find a place :)