The far-right in Europe seems to have lost momentum a bit-- for now. The far-right parties in government in Sweden and Netherlands proved themselves incompetent and lost support. The support on German AfD stagnated. Meloni has shown to be more moderate than expected (well, not quite but that’s a long story). And Le Pen has been prosecuted, but I think this is not enough to actually kill the French far-right movement so long as the French government still practice neoliberal policies. But I think the major factor that made Europeans think twice now about gravitating towards fascism is after witnessing the shit show in America and Musk’s overt election interference in Europe. I should not be laughing, but what a laugh the three months of Trump administration has been!
True, same is now happening with those awful US dems.
Already tone-deaf before the election, saying they just needed to accept the uncomfortable genocide support or get Trump.
Now they want to beat him by “embracing patriotism” “banning left wing voices” and other horrible Trump style measures.
A race to the bottom.
They are the imaginary left and selling the snake oil of curing the party from within.
That party is sponsored by most of the same oligarchs, companies, banks and the MIC.
It can never happen.
And especially now with Trump the people can be easily manipulated to funnel their anger towards him while keeping the Dems safe.
Fascism is on the rise in Europe too so maybe go to Japan or something
The far-right in Europe seems to have lost momentum a bit-- for now. The far-right parties in government in Sweden and Netherlands proved themselves incompetent and lost support. The support on German AfD stagnated. Meloni has shown to be more moderate than expected (well, not quite but that’s a long story). And Le Pen has been prosecuted, but I think this is not enough to actually kill the French far-right movement so long as the French government still practice neoliberal policies. But I think the major factor that made Europeans think twice now about gravitating towards fascism is after witnessing the shit show in America and Musk’s overt election interference in Europe. I should not be laughing, but what a laugh the three months of Trump administration has been!
Be real careful. We thought we were turning the corner a few years ago, too. Seems so long ago.
still, EU countries have far superior electoral systems than the US to help mitigate the rise and influence of Fascism.
That is if the other parties aren’t largely complicit. Looking at you Germany, Denmark, France, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Hungary…
True, same is now happening with those awful US dems.
Already tone-deaf before the election, saying they just needed to accept the uncomfortable genocide support or get Trump.
Now they want to beat him by “embracing patriotism” “banning left wing voices” and other horrible Trump style measures.
A race to the bottom.
Which is weird when you see the IRL support and hype around Bernie and AOC. The people want more left in the democratic party.
They are the imaginary left and selling the snake oil of curing the party from within.
That party is sponsored by most of the same oligarchs, companies, banks and the MIC.
It can never happen.
And especially now with Trump the people can be easily manipulated to funnel their anger towards him while keeping the Dems safe.