More than a fifth of voters believe Government ‘is using immigration to replace them’, poll reveals

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  3. If you want to entertain a conspiracy theory, then it’s more likely that the governments are allowing large amounts of unchecked immigration to boost the economy with cheap labour.

    I don’t particularly believe this, but it’s a more likely scenario than the replacement theory.

    Personally, I believe the Irish government care more about keeping their EU bosses happy than keeping the Irish people happy.

  4. Those are scary numbers of people. Social media truly is warping a lot of people. I’ve had to cut people out including family who parrot this nonsense, fully believing in it.

  5. We imported the Great Replacement Theory from America, how long before we have a wannabe Donald Trump saying the quiet parts out loud and inciting more hate in Ireland for political gain whole enriching himself off it.

    What a sad statistic.

  8. I actuàlly would like immigration to replace the people that believe this .

  9. I’m pretty sure I did this survey and I question their methodology. 

    One of the questions about whether scientists manipulate or make up evidence to manipulate people (something like that). And how do you answer that? I’m liberal, I believe in science and think most scientists are doing good faith work. But I also know who Andrew Wakefield is. I watched Bad Doctor, the documentary on Netflix.  I definitely think some scientists are lying to manipulate people. 

    And I know that pharmaceutical companies tested drugs on people in sub-Saharan Africa without proper consent. So while I don’t think they are doing it routinely, and I don’t think it happened with Covid, I wouldn’t put it past them.

    The great replacement stuff is insane amd really worrying but I’d want to see the questions they asked and how rigorous their methods were before I completely freak out.

  11. It’s not intentionally to replace people, they just make it so expensive to have kids here that there aren’t enough so they import other people’s kids from places where the have a bunch of children to keep the economy going for their own benefit.

  12. I bet you a LOT of those 1 fifth are professional dole merchants. Yes the government needs more effective dole drawers

  13. Are they trying to replace us? No thats ridiculous. Are they trying to find cheap labour for multinational companies under the guise of humanitarian reasons, yes they are.

    A large reason Ireland is attractive for MNCs is the high levels of third level graduates paired with high levels of immigrants creating a sweet spot for employers for jobs on ether end of the pay spectrum.

    We are extremely dependant on MNCs at this point and the immigration issue is partially a result of this. Unfortunately our greatest export is tertiary educated people.

  14. I seem to see a connection with the term “they take our jobs” with long time dole recipients.

  15. Know a good lot getting into this frame of thinking to the point it’s spilling onto their kids.

    My niece is doing her leaving cert next year, she’s thinking she’d like to go abroad to go to college but my sister and mother and trying to convince her to stay “for the good of Ireland” to stop the onslaught of immigrants.

    My own mother went sick in the head when she found out Ukrainians were being taught Irish in the local community centre, she thinks the Ukrainians want to eradicate Irish culture.

    Her head is absolute goop for GBNews and social media.

  16. I bet this was one of these questions like “To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement” and anyone who didn’t select “completely disagree” is being included in the 22%.

  18. Utter nonsense. Why would they want to replace us? To what end?

    I’m getting sick of all the not so thinly veiled racism in this country.

  19. I mean, many of our younger people are leaving while immigrants + probably older Irish are returning. 

    As a young person who is struggling to buy a house, it does feel like immigration is too high while a big % of those I went to school with are all after emigrating.

  21. My landlord was “selling my apartment” last year, happened to not sell it and immigrants moved in for a price per person afrrr. I felt run out of the country, went to NZ first and then Australia. The HSE is fucked because of everyone leaving and recruitment and relocation bonuses are being offered as they head hunt in India and Pakistan.

    I’m not trying to be controversial but I felt like the plan when I told my bosses I had to leave to prevent myself being homeless was “okay, let’s go find your replacement”.

    Haven’t been in the country in over a year and I guess I’m no longer a voter but my landlord wanted me out for more money.

    However disorganised the process is, I feel it’s true. I was lucky enough to be able to emigrate but I was run out of my own country.

    Edit: thanks for downvoting my true experience guys.

  23. Hard to blame them. Somehow one group of people gets houses easier than the other…

  24. Isn’t this pretty clearly the case? Whether you think it’s understandable given economics or a heinous war crime against your ethnicity is the real divider of opinion surely.

    The government clearly don’t see migration as some ethical issue or moral duty, it’s just a way to replace the population with people more likely to procreate and keep the pension Ponzi scheme going for a little bit longer before it collapses or they have to bite the bullet and raise the pension age significantly (which will effectively kill any political party stone dead for good so no one is going to do it) since it’s no longer fit for purpose with life expectancy rising so much.

  25. International obligations, EU dictates, IPA cash cows. You may get replaced in the process 

  26. Wish I were surprised that there are this many idiots.

  28. Yeah, in desperate need of replacing people who do nothing all day but complain on Facebook and tiktok and let their kids run rampant through the city

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