Not really. The far right is winning across the West right now. Countries which were not facists like the US, UK and France have very strong far right movements as well as countries which got occupied like Germany, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, which had fascists governments.
Fascisim is a problem of capitalism collapsing. Capitalism naturally moves money from the poor to the rich. So governments need to fight that. So low growth should naturally lead to the left gaining ground, as they want to do exactly that. However the capitalist fight it and they need to find an alternative enemy, hence fascism.
I watched The Fall of Civilizations podcast a few months ago on the Mongols and Genghis Kahn.
Genghis Kahn, realized, once he united the the Mongol people, he wouldn’t be able to hold them united without an enemy. He realized he needed an enemy and began the conquest.
I just wish for once the “enemy” could be an abstract, like hunger and poverty instead of our fellow man. Just once.
Capitalism naturally moves money from the poor to the rich. So governments need to fight that. So low growth should naturally lead to the left gaining ground, as they want to do exactly that. However the capitalist fight it and they need to find an alternative enemy, hence fascism.
that’s part of the problem but not everything.
You’re underestimating the number of people who look at the mainstream culture from 2000-2020 and say “hey, they’re trying to take our way of life away, trying to replace us with immigrants, trying to declare our way of life criminal and illegal”. That causes a huge backlash.
But yeah, economic questions are also very important. Naturally, the left should become pretty strong around now by campaigning on taxing the rich and implementing a universal basic income. It’s very sad and unfortunate that the left don’t get their shit together and effectively campaign on these issues.
So low growth should naturally lead to the left gaining ground
Wrong, the extreme-right trick of blaming a scapegoat for all their problems, “the jews” pre-WW2 and “immigrants” now works.
An easy target, the rich and industrial forces pulling the strings behind the curtain are much less visible.
Not really. The far right is winning across the West right now. Countries which were not facists like the US, UK and France have very strong far right movements as well as countries which got occupied like Germany, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, which had fascists governments.
Fascisim is a problem of capitalism collapsing. Capitalism naturally moves money from the poor to the rich. So governments need to fight that. So low growth should naturally lead to the left gaining ground, as they want to do exactly that. However the capitalist fight it and they need to find an alternative enemy, hence fascism.
I watched The Fall of Civilizations podcast a few months ago on the Mongols and Genghis Kahn.
Genghis Kahn, realized, once he united the the Mongol people, he wouldn’t be able to hold them united without an enemy. He realized he needed an enemy and began the conquest.
I just wish for once the “enemy” could be an abstract, like hunger and poverty instead of our fellow man. Just once.
(outer) “space” is considered the final frontier
that’s part of the problem but not everything.
You’re underestimating the number of people who look at the mainstream culture from 2000-2020 and say “hey, they’re trying to take our way of life away, trying to replace us with immigrants, trying to declare our way of life criminal and illegal”. That causes a huge backlash.
But yeah, economic questions are also very important. Naturally, the left should become pretty strong around now by campaigning on taxing the rich and implementing a universal basic income. It’s very sad and unfortunate that the left don’t get their shit together and effectively campaign on these issues.
Wrong, the extreme-right trick of blaming a scapegoat for all their problems, “the jews” pre-WW2 and “immigrants” now works.
An easy target, the rich and industrial forces pulling the strings behind the curtain are much less visible.
Yes but support for fascism and similar ideas has been stronger in Italy for much longer.