The S and the E are inefficient as the man in the middle has a good chance to survive. This, however, might be overlooked because of the diagonal man in the N having a 50/50 chance of either his head or his ankles being driven over.
"Mishandling migration" is a pessimist position. With this position you can be wrong all the time, and then when an event occurs that false in the pessimistic view "you" claim full victory.
It is similar to the story of doctors and a terminal patient that keeps outliving the diagnosis (although doctors dont celebrate the moment thay are proven right).
For example why "populist concerns" are not to be taken too seriously are football hooligans. True (white) nationals tearing down city centres, yet you don't hear anything about "bad integration" or "religion of peace", or any conversation from that corner.
I used to have a nokia that had this search bar, like the one on google.com, on the homescreen. You couldn't delete it, and if i remember correctly, disabling would only grey it out.