We are all tired of hearing the same tune: “the far-right is winning.” Yet, it keeps happening.

Far-right parties are topping polls across Europe’s biggest democracies while already sitting in cabinets and even leading governments in several EU countries and beyond.

Note: article is almost one month old. Still relevant since I'm curious how you'd answer this question:

" Do Moderate Politics/ Politicians fail to gain popularity due to a Lack of Mythological and Cultural Communication?

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[–] 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

In my opinion, it's not about the story, it's about the ground game.

Which side gets signs up all over town? Which side drives old people to the polls? Which side stays on point?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    Also, we need to switch the debate onto the topic of economics. Because a lot of far-right economics inherently disadvantages the labouring class. Especially fascist economic models disadvantage labourers, as there are no independent trade unions, and instead all are headed by your insurer bosses.

    What's more, we need to swing the algorithms into our favour, remove desinformation, and fascist indoctrination sources, while improving access to basic necessities and taxing the oligarchs.

    Fascism doesn't sell a story that buys people. It subsidises the rapist billionnaires in turn for indoctrinating the labourers. Labourer is he who either works for a wage and/or has no multimillion net; no one of these will ever hope to become as wealthy as they can, under capitalism and fascism. Only socialism and communism can pave the way to freedom.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    One of the reasons that Reagan went after the Unions so hard was that the Unions were a reliable engine for any candidate they backed. Unions could get a lot of people out into the streets. At the same time the Unions were being decimated, the evangelical churches were flourishing. Jerry Falwell and his Moral Majority got big by doing real grass roots organizing.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    In Europe you don't have that much campaign signs and people don't tend to display them on private property. The ads are mostly funded with public money (each party gets a budget, private donation are mostly illegal) so it's quite limited. People vote on Sunday and no party drives old people to the polls.

    The "ground game" is a very American concept where the elections are way more corrupt.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    Tbh, good point. I was actually taking a good groundwork for granted, which it obviously isn't. But don't negate " the story" and the message. Take also Canada's Mark Carney as an example, and how he's able to communicate and resonate among many people and borders with his speeches of "working together" etc.

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