The data are undeniable. Incredibly powerful argumentation. Thank you, Ayaan. Journalists like Luce are at the source of the problem. Their “enlightenment values” are nothing more than blinders here because they don’t allow them to see the people’s legitimate grievances. Everything gets dumped into a pre-existing narrative that is clearly at odds with the reality confronting the public. The politicians in Europe and the US need to respond accordingly before it is too late.
One major driver of this phenomenon is, influencers like Luce have little to no “skin in the game” regarding their open border policies. Others bear the cost, while the Luces reap the virtue-signaling status benefits of their performative “compassion.” No wonder our elites are so out of touch with common reality.
Tremendous statistical refutation of the influencers who cry “racism” whenever folks question open borders. Of course, it’s rarely the open borders crowd that pays the price of their broken policies - No, it’s ordinary folks trying to make a living who bear that burden.
Thank you Ms Ali for trotting out the numbers. Unfortunately you will find that your numbers will not be repeated much by our globalist friends and their media cohorts. Those numbers are similarly available here in the USA, telling the same story, and are forbidden in conversation. In the USA if you remove black on black crime (gangs), you will find our crime rates approach those of Europe. Something we are supposed to pretend is not real. This is the problem of our elites. I am not sure why they are doing this though there are many theories. Asking everyone to live in a fantasy land is how you get more Trump. There has been a growing population who is refusing the narrative and Trump was the only politician willing to grab that bolt of lightning. When you consider for example the wholly positive coverage of Kamala and wholly negative coverage of Trump, and yet the electorate is narrowly divided. The narrative is losing power. I am not sure Trump is going to solve any of these problems, but he does call attention to them.
If you think about it, a refusal to discuss the root causes and the populations at risk infantilizes everyone and puts mostly black people and immigrants in danger. The other unspoken truth is that black and immigrant populatons suffer the most from these acts of violence.
Luce is a typical leftie; full of pieties and empty on facts. In fact long on falsehoods and woefully ignorant as demonstrated by Ayaan-thank you. He just looks foolish from his ivory tower at the FT which is pink by look and pink by nature. He is typical of the weak thinking that has brought us to the brink of cultural and civilizational collapse after the last 50 plus years of demonstrably failed policies.
"Perhaps, [Luce] could report on why Britain and other European governments fail to deliver on the most basic task of governing: data gathering."
I think we know why. Gathering—publishing?—the data in this post would lead to conclusions that these governments oppose.
(Is data gathering "the most basic task of governing"? Wouldn't that be fighting violent crime and defending the nation against outside attack? But perhaps "task" means something different than "mission" in this instance; something like the most basic prerequisite to achieving the mission?)
They gather the data, they don't share it. Just as we are supposed to believe that nobody knows how many illegal aliens are in prison in the USA. As if the warden of that prison has no idea who is in there.
Wow. This was a tour de force. The data Ayaan presents is beyond compelling. Don’t expect to see this article or its data appear in the European press.
Thank you, Ayaan, for engaging in this dialogue with Luce. Facts matter to those paying attention. So grateful for your compiling of statistics and first-hand accounts.
Indeed. Thankyou for work on the statistics. It is obvious to all of us on the ground all over the western world that mass migration is a damaging our societies and skewing our elections. As well as making our cities more crowded and congested and our lives less pleasant. It is making our lives more dangerous which is more serious. Governments are tone deaf and out touch with their two tiered law and order and fatuous statements about what is causing our discontent.
An excellent article. Alas the FT has been gripped by ‘it’s all the fault of the far right’ mentality They see populists (I am still not sure who these people are) everywhere. There was a lovely comment to one of Luce’s articles - ‘do FT journalists have special keyboards with a ‘far right’ key.’ Like the NYT you have a bubble of like-minded people who churn out the same arguments (Brexit was a disaster), Trump is the devil and Musk is a threat to democracy. What a pity that a once great publication has come to this.
We are not there yet. Trump is a symptom of this incongruity. But with the media going full blast for Kamala, and she not pulling away from Trump is an illustration that the narrative is losing power.
Terrific post. Clarity on the useless Lankford-Mayorkas border amendment is refreshing. Biden-Harris opened the border using internal memoranda on prosecutorial discretion to cripple enforcement and by revoking Trump executive orders. Period. The border bill was a massive red herring. When DHS Sec Mayorkas announced last fall that he would be the "technical adviser" to inexpert Senators writing an unnecessary bill, it was all over before it even began. Senator Lankford was taken to the cleaners by Mayorkas and open-borders fanatics and still doesn't seem to realize it.
The data are undeniable. Incredibly powerful argumentation. Thank you, Ayaan. Journalists like Luce are at the source of the problem. Their “enlightenment values” are nothing more than blinders here because they don’t allow them to see the people’s legitimate grievances. Everything gets dumped into a pre-existing narrative that is clearly at odds with the reality confronting the public. The politicians in Europe and the US need to respond accordingly before it is too late.
One major driver of this phenomenon is, influencers like Luce have little to no “skin in the game” regarding their open border policies. Others bear the cost, while the Luces reap the virtue-signaling status benefits of their performative “compassion.” No wonder our elites are so out of touch with common reality.
Totally agree. No risk, no skin in game. More people need to call them on it.
THey must believe it will all work out in the end. Contrary to all of human history.
Tremendous statistical refutation of the influencers who cry “racism” whenever folks question open borders. Of course, it’s rarely the open borders crowd that pays the price of their broken policies - No, it’s ordinary folks trying to make a living who bear that burden.
The highest prices are always paid by the involved community. Crime is most often contained within ethnic groups.
Thank you Ms Ali for trotting out the numbers. Unfortunately you will find that your numbers will not be repeated much by our globalist friends and their media cohorts. Those numbers are similarly available here in the USA, telling the same story, and are forbidden in conversation. In the USA if you remove black on black crime (gangs), you will find our crime rates approach those of Europe. Something we are supposed to pretend is not real. This is the problem of our elites. I am not sure why they are doing this though there are many theories. Asking everyone to live in a fantasy land is how you get more Trump. There has been a growing population who is refusing the narrative and Trump was the only politician willing to grab that bolt of lightning. When you consider for example the wholly positive coverage of Kamala and wholly negative coverage of Trump, and yet the electorate is narrowly divided. The narrative is losing power. I am not sure Trump is going to solve any of these problems, but he does call attention to them.
If you think about it, a refusal to discuss the root causes and the populations at risk infantilizes everyone and puts mostly black people and immigrants in danger. The other unspoken truth is that black and immigrant populatons suffer the most from these acts of violence.
Luce is a typical leftie; full of pieties and empty on facts. In fact long on falsehoods and woefully ignorant as demonstrated by Ayaan-thank you. He just looks foolish from his ivory tower at the FT which is pink by look and pink by nature. He is typical of the weak thinking that has brought us to the brink of cultural and civilizational collapse after the last 50 plus years of demonstrably failed policies.
“ Don’t confuse me with facts I’ve made up my mind” Say the progressives
"Perhaps, [Luce] could report on why Britain and other European governments fail to deliver on the most basic task of governing: data gathering."
I think we know why. Gathering—publishing?—the data in this post would lead to conclusions that these governments oppose.
(Is data gathering "the most basic task of governing"? Wouldn't that be fighting violent crime and defending the nation against outside attack? But perhaps "task" means something different than "mission" in this instance; something like the most basic prerequisite to achieving the mission?)
They gather the data, they don't share it. Just as we are supposed to believe that nobody knows how many illegal aliens are in prison in the USA. As if the warden of that prison has no idea who is in there.
Wow. This was a tour de force. The data Ayaan presents is beyond compelling. Don’t expect to see this article or its data appear in the European press.
Thank you, Ayaan, for engaging in this dialogue with Luce. Facts matter to those paying attention. So grateful for your compiling of statistics and first-hand accounts.
Indeed. Thankyou for work on the statistics. It is obvious to all of us on the ground all over the western world that mass migration is a damaging our societies and skewing our elections. As well as making our cities more crowded and congested and our lives less pleasant. It is making our lives more dangerous which is more serious. Governments are tone deaf and out touch with their two tiered law and order and fatuous statements about what is causing our discontent.
Luce by name, loose with the facts! People like him are the problem not the likes of Musk…
An excellent article. Alas the FT has been gripped by ‘it’s all the fault of the far right’ mentality They see populists (I am still not sure who these people are) everywhere. There was a lovely comment to one of Luce’s articles - ‘do FT journalists have special keyboards with a ‘far right’ key.’ Like the NYT you have a bubble of like-minded people who churn out the same arguments (Brexit was a disaster), Trump is the devil and Musk is a threat to democracy. What a pity that a once great publication has come to this.
Tremendous research! Thank you!
Facts don't lie. Politicians do.
Divided we fall. Politically, and every other way, divided we fall.
Time to speak to your neighbors, kindly presenting facts.
At a certain point, the data must be confronted, and action should not be far behind.
We are not there yet. Trump is a symptom of this incongruity. But with the media going full blast for Kamala, and she not pulling away from Trump is an illustration that the narrative is losing power.
Total banger of a response. Legal immigration, certainly. With sensible limits. Illegal immigration? No way.
Incredible insights and commentary.
Terrific post. Clarity on the useless Lankford-Mayorkas border amendment is refreshing. Biden-Harris opened the border using internal memoranda on prosecutorial discretion to cripple enforcement and by revoking Trump executive orders. Period. The border bill was a massive red herring. When DHS Sec Mayorkas announced last fall that he would be the "technical adviser" to inexpert Senators writing an unnecessary bill, it was all over before it even began. Senator Lankford was taken to the cleaners by Mayorkas and open-borders fanatics and still doesn't seem to realize it.