| − | '''Moderaterna''' (Moderates) ''is not'' a populist party Swedes are looking to for immigration reform. Rather, it is the center-right party that headed the coalition government blamed by many Swedes for exacerbating Sweden's immigration crisis. Moderaterna was tossed out in the 2014 elections. However the current governing '''Social Democrats''' have proven themselves no more sympathetic to immigration reform and more hostile to basic [[human rights]], such as [[free speech]], and have been [[tolerance|intolerant]] of popular criticism. | + | The '''Social Democrats''' who head up Swedens current governing coalition have proven themselves out of step with the growing concern over immigration reform and are hostile to basic [[human rights]], such as [[free speech]], and are [[tolerance|intolerant]] of public criticism. |
| | Sweden alone among European and Western powers never had a native [[fascist]] movement or party. The fear of being labeled racist runs very deep among whatever political persuasion one is affiliated with, and because of its neutral stance during [[World War II]], Swedes still feel a collective sense of guilt that they as a nation didn't do enough to oppose [[Hitler]], and have been compensating for it through humanitarianism ever since. | | Sweden alone among European and Western powers never had a native [[fascist]] movement or party. The fear of being labeled racist runs very deep among whatever political persuasion one is affiliated with, and because of its neutral stance during [[World War II]], Swedes still feel a collective sense of guilt that they as a nation didn't do enough to oppose [[Hitler]], and have been compensating for it through humanitarianism ever since. |
| − | The "mainstream" conservatives in Sweden consist of a [[business]] class and evangelical charismatic Christians. These are the two groups which have traditionally been the strongest proponents of open borders, the business class using cheap foreign laborers as union busters, and the Christians as a show of compassion. From 2006 until 2014 the center-right Moderaterna party led a governing coalition which welcomed throngs of migrants. It is the relative conservatives (conservative by leftist European standards) who are blamed for allowing large numbers in,<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/427465/sweden-and-belgium-silencing-and-denial Sweden and Belgium: Silencing and Denial], ANDREW STUTTAFORD, ''[[National Review]]'', November 21, 2015 </ref> and the current [[liberal]] establishment blamed for giving them housing, welfare checks, and ignoring the societal upheavals and crime wave. | + | The "mainstream" conservatives in Sweden consist of a [[business]] class and evangelical charismatic Christians. These are the two groups which have traditionally been the strongest proponents of open borders, the business class using cheap foreign laborers as union busters, and the Christians as a show of compassion. From 2006 until 2014 the center-right Moderaterna party led a governing coalition with the '''Christian Democrsts'''which welcomed throngs of migrants. It is the relative conservatives (conservative by leftist European standards) who are blamed for allowing large numbers in,<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/427465/sweden-and-belgium-silencing-and-denial Sweden and Belgium: Silencing and Denial], ANDREW STUTTAFORD, ''[[National Review]]'', November 21, 2015 </ref> and the current [[liberal]] establishment blamed for giving them housing, welfare checks, and ignoring the societal upheavals and crime wave. |