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Yes indeed, I agree with you.I believe xenophobia is part of human nature, just like tenderness or hatred. At the current stage of the civilization, we humans agree to condemn xenophobia, as we did in the past for murder and theft. Some people appeal to the our xenophobic core, aim to ignite it, aim to explain the world with a us against them. We know who they are : Trump, Baudet, Lepen, ... . The neo-liberal establishment, the globalists are not xenophobic per se but they create so much suffering (alienation, individualism, cutting public services, profit before people, ...) that many of us are looking for an alternative. The quickest, simplest and most satisfying alternative is the far right. So indeed its not surprising that many fall for it. But it is a fight and citizens should remember the horrors fascism will bring before siding with these ideas. Thx.

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Thx for the article. Very interesting to hear the xenophobic right in English disseminate their conspiracies. This one is quiet nice I must say (its fresh) tho I think at this specific moment I would warn not to fall into the trap. His argument revolves around the mass immigration of non-white, non-european, non-christians. One should ask where is this mass immigration ? well it just does not exist. No statistics, no data, nothing to prove it. So with that in mind. Baudet speech collapses and is worthless in my opinion. Cheers

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