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Writing the Wrong's avatar

One wonders if they will enhance the authenticity of their depiction of migrants fleeing war by having one of the contestants brutally rape a defenseless woman while her infant children look on. Perhaps in episode one, contestants can film a hostage video and saw someone's head off with a dagger, just to get into the mindset of their placesakes before setting off on their journey. And then when they reach the Mediterranean, the rubber dinghy can spring a leak, and they can experience throwing women and children overboard to reduce weight. I would hate for the contestants and viewers to miss out on the full experience suffered by the men arriving on our shores, after all.

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What I'd like to know is how do these protagonists for opening the doors permanently wide foresee the consequences in 20 years' time in terms of their own and their families' lives? Are they really blind or have they booked their tickets out and it's simply "après moi le déluge"?

Will the WEF reward them for their 'contribution' to societal collapse and find them some safe corner of civilization to escape to?

With rare exceptions, media interviewers these days don't ask anywhere near the right questions but it might be useful for someone to nail down one of these brave new world proselytizers and ask them persistently what are the limits if any and/or consequences of such magnitude.

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