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this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026
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I mean I do think that there has been a general eroision of trust in liberalism since the beginning of the Trump Era back in 2016. Maybe even back in 2008 but these days its much more out in the open.
At least I get the vibe that there are a metric fuckton of unhappy people which also explains the rise of neo-reactionary politics and groups.
I w i l l say. though... I also think that even some rightwingers are slowly getting disillusioned with Trump/Maga.....which could go either way into an even more extreme right turn or a return to more lib politics.
Just looking at the USA here since I assume that is what OP is talking about. Even though I think Europeans being spineless weasles also will help to delegitimize liberalism.
Liberalism accomplished everything it ever dreamed of after the Soviet Union fell, after that its only remaining political objective was preserving the status quo. And as that status quo got worse, and liberalism couldn't acknowledge that, it was inevitable it would lose credibility.
They want something else, it's the reason the Tories have fucked themselves in the UK, and it's also the reason Reform are losing ground too. There is a fascist segment that will just go more fascist but the majority are ignorant people with a variety of reactionary (but correctable) behaviours being led by the nose by capital.