16/06/2021
educated fools:
give into emotions, judge, refuse to intellectualize polemic discussions and find a solution, close minded.... the mind set that equates to fascism
Example.. if one mentions trump they emotionalize, cancel all discourse and revert to 4 year old baby mentality
What does democracy have to fear?
The lack of intellectual discourse ( the search for truth ) and the shutting down of opposing opinions.... this is so evident by especially those on the left.... without examining the rise of far right politicians and the reasons why... it’s a recipe for disaster in the USA
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
1) income gap. Rich are richer
2) elitism. Ruled by elites Political corruption leads to mass frustration and anger
3) threat to jobs, culture, security from mass immigration... fear... loss of cultural identity
4) disgust at immorality of tv and controlled news
Muslim.
Anxiety about order traditionally pushes the public to embrace parties of the right, who most credibly promise to restore order, whether we're talking about fighting crime or preserving a familiar culture. And anger at corruption and elite self-dealing quite naturally drive the public to punish established leadership and give newcomers a try, and to seek out newcomers who viscerally share their frustration. What is the commonality in contemporary conditions, around the world, that has made peo
people in so many countries susceptible to both emotional impulses at once, and powered the global rise of the populist right?
1) The income gap between the rich and the rest of the US population has become so wide, and is growing so fast, that it might eventually threaten the stability of democratic capitalism itself
2) nationalism,[1][2] is a political ideology which combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. The rhetoric often consists of anti-elitist and anti-intellectual sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to the "common people". Both right-wing populism and left-wing populism object to the perceived control of liberal democracies by elites; however, populism of the left also objects to the power of large corporations and their allies, while populism of the right normally supports strong controls on immigration.
3) three factors that might explain why this is the case. Firstly, the existence of economic anxiety due to large-scale immigration of coloured people is perceived as a threat to jobs and welfare of the working class. Secondly, cultural anxiety due to immigrants and liberals instils a fear of a new culture replacing an older one that such people hold so dear. Lastly, alienation from political discourse due to the weakening of trade unions is also a factor which makes the working class feel disenfranchised.
4)
lays the fault squarely on the shoulders of economic liberalisation and the cultural war between the far-right and the liberals. Inequality, she stresses, diminished support among eastern-Europeans for liberal democracy. Disillusioned with the liberal political elite and living in a society not sufficiently democratised, they turned to right-wing parties
Here again, we see mass disillusionment with the political elite amongst the working and middle classes after the 2016 recession and the massive political corruption scandal
The income gap between the rich and the rest of the US population has become so wide, and is growing so fast, that it might eventually threaten the stability of democratic capitalism itself. Is that a liberal's talking point? Sure. But it's also a line from the recent public testimony of a champion of the free market: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/oct/24/economics-creditcrunch-federal-reserve-greenspan
Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right-wing nationalism,[1][2] is a political ideology which combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. The rhetoric often consists of anti-elitist and anti-intellectual sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to the "common people". Both right-wing populism and left-wing populism object to the perceived control of liberal democracies by elites; however, populism of the left also objects to the power of large corporations and their allies, while populism of the right normally supports strong controls on immigration.[3]
Since the Great Recession,[20][21][22] European right-wing populist movements such as the National Rally (formerly the National Front) in France, the League in Italy, the Party for Freedom and the Forum for Democracy in the Netherlands, the Finns Party, the Sweden Democrats, Danish People's Party, the Freedom Party of Austria, the UK Independence Party and the Brexit Party began to grow in popularity
Why are right-wing populists winning everywhere?
s Party gained electoral traction. He found that a majority of their voters are working-class. He posits three factors that might explain why this is the case. Firstly, the existence of economic anxiety due to large-scale immigration of coloured people is perceived as a threat to jobs and welfare of the working class. Secondly, cultural anxiety due to immigrants and liberals instils a fear of a new culture replacing an older one that such people hold so dear. Lastly, alienation from political discourse due to the weakening of trade unions is also a factor which makes the working class feel disenfranchised. He finds that in all cases, cultural questions of identity were more important to this proletarian electorate than economic questions of resources.
hment of old glorious empires spurred fascism. However, his most critical point is this: where unambiguously democratic traditional conservative parties exist, the far-right sentiment is absorbed in them and that fascism is greater where conservative parties are weaker.
lays the fault squarely on the shoulders of economic liberalisation and the cultural war between the far-right and the liberals. Inequality, she stresses, diminished support among eastern-Europeans for liberal democracy. Disillusioned with the liberal political elite and living in a society not sufficiently democratised, they turned to right-wing parties
Here again, we see mass disillusionment with the political elite amongst the working and middle classes after the 2016 recession and the massive political corruption scandal
Indeed, it is very hard to wean people away from the far-right when entire electorates constituting millions of people are placed in neat boxes titled ‘bigots,’ ‘racists’ and ‘nazis.’ Not every conservative is a racist, just as not all voters of Modi’s BJP were Hindu, seeing as how eight percent of his electorate was Muslim.
Anxiety about order traditionally pushes the public to embrace parties of the right, who most credibly promise to restore order, whether we're talking about fighting crime or preserving a familiar culture. And anger at corruption and elite self-dealing quite naturally drive the public to punish established leadership and give newcomers a try, and to seek out newcomers who viscerally share their frustration. What is the commonality in contemporary conditions, around the world, that has made peo
people in so many countries susceptible to both emotional impulses at once, and powered the global rise of the populist right?
That's the question that liberal democrats need to answer before they are completely swept away.
More to the point – crises provide opportunities for real change. The left, in the past, rose to the occasion with sweeping public policies that made life better for millions. As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced upon us a series of challenges, the question will be whether the left can respond to the right’s ongoing conspiracy theory scapegoating, or if it will fail for a lack of initiative and vision.
https://tribune.com.pk/article/93205/why-is-the-world-embracing-right-wing-politics
Regards
It must be noted that the anger at immigrants and fear of cultural dilution is not found in the far-right alone
