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What’s fuelling the rise of the far right? (sh.itjust.works)
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It’s been reported that in the German elections, a far right party has made ‘significant gains’.

In the UK (at least before the scandals) Reform UK seems to have had a significant boost and has even surpassed the right-wing Conservative Party in some polls/predictions.

Even France, one or two years ago, was threatened with a far-right government due to the French far right party gaining a lot of support.

Now I’m not political, but it feels like in the last few years, the far-right has exceeded itself and had a surge in popularity. Is this the case? And if so, wtf is fuelling it?

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[–] 8 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Economic despair.

We all know something is deeply wrong with the world, but it's easier to see and blame brown people than to see all the ways that we are being squeezed by the Epstein class.

In a US context, but perhaps the dynamic is the same around the world, is that Republicans blame immigrants and the Democrats, defenders of the status quo, blame nobody.

This is a serious electoral handicap, when your side is prevented from effective world building, when you are not allowed to identify enemies.

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  • [–] 5 points 58 minutes ago (1 child)

    The dynamic is quite different around the world.

    For one, most other Western democracies have multi-party systems where the choice is not restricted to just moderate conservatives and fascists.

    Secondly, many of these democracies where the popularity of fascists has surged are doing much better than the US economically.

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  • [–] 1 point 48 seconds ago

    By which metric is the economy better than the US's?

    Overall the US economy has been fairly strong since the mid 2010's, with the exception of inflation and a Covid related unemployment blip. And a chronic shortage of housing that has been brewing for decades.

    Of course, the products of that economy haven't been distributed equitably so perhaps that's what you mean?

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