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Originally Posted by Nonfiction
If Australia is to the right of most Western European countries, and arguably to the right of the US on immigration
I think that would be a tough argument. In per capita terms, Australia's net immigration is double that of the US and it resettles twice as many refugees. The border situations are apples and oranges, Australia has the capacity to close its borders where the US doesn't, really, but certainly the number of people the US is currently detaining in camps, etc, would dwarf the number Australia has. I think you could argue we are AS right wing as the US, but more? idk about that.
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isn't it then the most comparable country to the US in terms of how right-wing it is? Thats not saying that Australia is as right-wing as US, but that its the only western country anywhere close.
Well for starters, what Christman was saying was actually that Australia was comparably as right-wing as the US.
As to second most right-wing country, It would depend on what you call western countries, but maybe. I'd throw out Switzerland, Hungary and Singapore as counter-suggestions. I'm not sure it's that edifying a ranking, though, it's like incarceration rates, which developed country is second behind the US isn't very relevant because they're all miles back. Like for example, Australia has the highest minimum wage on the planet. Does it make sense to call that the second most right-wing country? After the United States, what you have is a scattering of countries who are right-wing in some ways and not in others.