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.
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?
It’s tempting to blame economic conditions, because they are objectively terrible, but really, it’s the rise of unchecked garbage media masquerading as news.
People have shown a consistent and maddening resistance to reacting and making decisions based on real conditions. The fact is, humans on the whole don’t look at reality to make decisions, and they never have. They build their worldviews on whoever tells them the best story.
The bad news is, this means you will NEVER beat the alt right just by fixing things in reality.
I think it’s a combination TBH. Economy causes stresses and when financially stressed it can become easy to get anngry and blaming. Add to this successive govs in most eastern nations have abandoned the working class, it breeds resentment.