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?

  • Kaligalis@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    People feel betrayed because they can’t feel the benefits of economic growth. Jobs aren’t safe anymore. But funding a family still requires a stable income. Humans love having social and economic security. If a government refuses to make that happen, they will vote for whoever promises to punish the old government - even if no fix for any of the actual problems is proposed.

    If you are a politician, the solution is disgustingly trivial: stop taking bribes and do your job. Governments are infrastructure. They are meant to support the people governed by them.
    So far the solution implemented by the big old parties was to double down on making everyone but the Epstein class poorer until voter morale improves.

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      Here come the antiestablishment liberals in the US, just like the antiestablishment conservatives who called others RINOs. They will never be against the establishment, just better liars. Seeing Kamala enter the stage again is disheartening. Israel buys both sides.