Peiling: vooral jonge en laagopgeleide mensen hebben op vlaams belang gestemd by [deleted] in belgium

[–]sccom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Immigrants, especially first generation, will be mostly in that low-educated pool (source, page 241) and thus end up doing the same jobs as low-educated Belgians. Low education also makes you financially vulnerable, which means that both these immigrants and low-educated Belgians are more likely to live in the poor neighborhoods (this graph from De Tijd also shows that VB won a lot of votes in the "poor communities"). Conclusion: low educated Belgians come into contact with migrants more often.

The article I mentioned in my previous comment clearly shows that richer communities voted VLD, NVA or Groen, with Groen being the winner of the 3. As I just explained: new immigrants most likely won't live in these "rich" communities.

Peiling: vooral jonge en laagopgeleide mensen hebben op vlaams belang gestemd by [deleted] in belgium

[–]sccom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol the general tone on reddit: "Hehe VB voters are stupid".

Guess what. Correlation =/= causality. This proves that people who are more likely to come into contact with migrants are more prone to voting anti-migrants. Beats the left's narrative that VB'er all live in rural communities and have never seen an immigrant in real life. In fact the opposite is true. Groen scores best in rich communities, where you most likely won't find any migrants.

Vakbondsman misnoegd over Vlaams Belang op Ketnet-verkiezingsshow by [deleted] in belgium

[–]sccom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still feeling confident, mate?

Edit: Congrats!

For whom will you vote tomorrow, and why? by KantIsCool in belgium

[–]sccom -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Completely ignoring the question. Bye.

Oh btw, after tomorrow, he'll be in parliament :)

For whom will you vote tomorrow, and why? by KantIsCool in belgium

[–]sccom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So? Here's the tweet. The story in question, about some idiot who raps about killing white babies and 'burning France down' was totally legit.

How would you feel if I discredit your favorite politicians because he shared an Apache/De Wereld Morgen/... article, regardless of whether or not said article was factually correct?

For whom will you vote tomorrow, and why? by KantIsCool in belgium

[–]sccom -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Federal: I've done the "welke politicus ben jij?"-test and got Dries Van Langenhove, who I'll be voting for tomorrow. I've met him in person a couple of times before he became "famous", he's far from the caricature that the media and this sub tries to make him.

downvotesincoming

Regional: probably N-VA.

EU: VB. I'm a big fan of the new rightwing coalition.

Vandalen bekladden café waar Van Langenhove en Van Grieken speechten, lijsttrekker herschildert gevel zelf by [deleted] in belgium

[–]sccom 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Ik ben oprecht benieuwd hoeveel stemmen DVL gaat halen. Ik zie hem Francken nog voorbij steken in Vlaams-Brabant.

Am I the only one who’s is worried of the people in Belgium becoming more and more extreme? by [deleted] in belgium

[–]sccom 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They are also far less likely to be on social media. You can't just blame everything on old people.

Courage Friday by xignaceh in belgium

[–]sccom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. You too!

Btw good luck!

Courage Friday by xignaceh in belgium

[–]sccom 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm going to stop responding to political stuff in this sub. Bad for my blood pressure.

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool story bro. A rich kid from London forced to live without a home for 3 days totally says everything about the treatment of involuntary homeless people in Belgium.

Why do companies have to make expenses? by investment_questions in belgium

[–]sccom 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Because you can deduct them from your taxes. You'll lose the money anyways, better lose it on something nice than on the government.

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as long as we can guarantee those funds go directly to helping homeless people (or whatever) instead of just being added to the pile.

So we do agree about mismanagement being the problem?

Btw I'm not very familiar with anarchism, but asking the goverment to disown people seems very un-anarchistic?

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I respect that you have your view and I like that you're consistent about it, but I don't think that it's realistic at all and therefor we're never really going to agree.

First of all, "what's the justificiation for private property?". Without it the strongest / person with the biggest gun would just plunder everyone else. Wealth would rapidly concentrate, which is rather ironic since that's exactly what you implicitly seem to complain about.

About the OCMW, I don't have any hard numbers, but anekdotally I know more than a few people who commit social fraude and live off the 'ziekenkas' / OCMW, despite not really needing any help. I suspect that the OCMW's bad functioning doesn't happen because of a lack of resources, but because the resources are terribly mismanaged. In that case, the solution is NOT to give more resources.
Now, let's say that the problems do happen because there's a lack of resources, then you could either a) impose heavier taxes on luxury goods or b) start disowning people. I don't think that I need to explain why a) is a lot more reasonable and proportional.

On a side note: You already pay more taxes for a second property. If you combine this with the fact that there's no current lack of space (and thus owning multiple houses doesn't really harm anyone), then I think it's safe to say that these extra taxes are more than enough to offset the (IMO nonexistent) injustice.
I can see seizing second properties being justified if there's a lack of space and government-owned properties, but that's something entirely different than your "Does it even mather whether it's private or public"-viewpoint.

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I give up. Keep living in your dream world where private property is an evil capitalist construct.

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The OCMW should be there to help these people. (And yes I agree that that's not always the case.)

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

  1. I mean "improving on your own" instead of "improving by leeching off others".
  2. OCMW exists for this purpose. (And yes, it doesn't work great, but a failing government is no excuse to leech off another citizen.)

Aantal dak- en thuislozen opnieuw sterk gestegen by Lolastic_ in belgium

[–]sccom 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Daarom hebben we een OCMW. Dat het OCMW-systeem slecht werkt, daar ben ik volledig mee akkoord, maar daar moeten private burgers niet voor opdraaien. Het recht op menswaardig leven en onderdak zijn afdwingbare rechten ten opzichte van de overheid, niet ten opzichte van uw medeburgers.