Thread by @ErikGustafsson_

I always supported open border and immigration including mass immigration.

I staunchly advocated for it, both online & offline. I went to debates and protests. I held signs up and accused everyone of being racist.

Until winter 2020 when that all changed.

Disconnection:

I lived in a predominantly Swedish city & region. I was far from the consequence. I heard & saw all the raping, killings, bombings & chaos but it was all like a bad dream that I can easily disconnect from. I wasn’t forced to live with or see my beliefs.

Naivety:

Like many liberals I held the belief that we’re all children of the Earth & no land belongs to certain group.

I late came to realize this wasn’t something felt by everyone, including the refugees & immigrants who love their countries & are often patriotic/nationalist.

Reality:

In 2020 after landing a job I moved to a different city & I came face-to-face with what I often advocated for. It wasn’t at all what I imagined.

My job gave me access to information & documents I was never exposed to before.

Despite forcing myself not to, I started noticing patterns in police files & who were dominating the crime scenes.

I saw the victims, heard the stories. Then I became a victim of my own beliefs—mugged at a knife point, punched, kicked & left in the cold.

Everything around me was far from what I visioned. I found myself in faith crisis. I went into a withdraw from politics, stopped engaging in social medias & advocate groups.

I began to realize how destructive my naïve beliefs were, and how they were destroying this country.

Guilt:
One of the main reasons for supporting this endless immigration was out of guilt.

Guilty for having a good life & living in a good country while they didn’t. Guilty for having ‘privilege’ while the world is screwed with climate change, huge inequity & terrible suffering..

…& i felt I wasn’t doing anything about it.

I wanted to ease that guilt by sharing my good life by contributing to ‘good causes’ — immigration.

I later came to realize I had no responsibility to one & I inherited this good life from my ancestors who have worked hard for it.

If others wanted this good life then they’ve to create it in their own countries. Europe can’t take care of the whole world & the only thing we would be doing if we keep our doors open is reducing our quality of life & destroy ourselves on the way.

My point in all this, is that, liberals are often delusional & disconnected from reality. They’re driven by irrational guilts & childish emotions with no substances.

The Sweden I grew up in & the Sweden of today are two worlds apart. I hope others can come to their senses

Politicians & elites support mass immigration into Europe for the same reason I did: because they're far away from the consequences & they wouldn't be affected by it.

Europeans need to start voting for people who care about the ordinary European.

Here is my interview translated into English.

Thanks @Klaus_Arminius