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[–] [email protected] 123 points 1 year ago (16 children)

It's insane that a country which suffered so much under a fascist dictatorship would want to return fascists to power.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Making short-sighted decisions to obtain results quickly is just human nature.

Fascists, populists and demagogues exploit this flaw in human nature to rise up. They promise big things using big words to masses of people who are uneducated, jaded, or both.

Some people in Spain, like in many other countries right now (USA, Greece, Italy...) are turning to fascism because they feel squeezed dry and let down (unemployment, Covid economic hangover, inflation, etc.) by their current governments, so they run to the people sat in the opposite (or most extreme) end of the political spectrum hoping they can turn things around.

With such a simplistic, binary mindset, coupled with a younger generation of voters who have not experienced what it's like to live in a fascist country, it's no wonder fascism and belligerent nationalism are gaining traction in the West. I just hope we can turn things around before more European countries follow on Hungary's steps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which is ironic, because the rights those people have, like unemployment, WILL go away if the far-right wins, and they'll be worse off.

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