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?

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    61·
    4 days ago

    I don’t think we can objectively say everything is better.

    Some things are better, but some are worse. The overall I agree is better but there are some harsh realities that are real, not product or any information warfare.

    Housing prices are just much higher. The amount of years needed to work to pay off a house are just much more than it used to.

    Salaries are, overall, lower when you account for inflation. Same amount of working hours let you consume less food, fuel, energy and amenities compared to a few decades ago.

    On a personal note, even my salary has been increasing below inflation rate. I used to be able to apply for social aid, and I’m no longer able to because they say my income is over the limit. I’m earning less and still got excluded from social programs.

    There are many things better. We have more freedoms, more knowledge, we are healthier. There are many great things now compared to before. But it is objectively true that some matters, mostly economical ones, have gone worse for the average worker.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      4 days ago

      Where? All of your claims are still wrong when you consider the entire world not just your neighborhood.

      • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        4 days ago

        A country where the alt right is on the rise.

        A country where everything is better than 30 years ago I would assume the alt right would have probably not growth that much.

        Housing cost increase, for instance, is happening in all Europe, which is one of the places of the world where the alt right is skyrocketing their electoral results.

        For instance Germany, where latest elections have shown a worrying rise of AfD has this chart of house prices.

        https://econtribute.de/wp-content/uploads/abbildung_4_en.jpg

        The graph shows a blimp down in 2024, but in recent data the prices are already rising again in 2026.

        Also my country is not a neighborhood, it’s a 50 million people place, and one of the biggest countries of the EU who might fall to an alt right government as soon as 2027. And live being much better in other countries is not something people who vote here take into consideration, they value how their own lives have been getting better or worse. Saying that “spme other country in the world” is going better have zero relevance when talking about alt right rising in specific countries.