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?

  • ViscloReader@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I think it works on an exponential scale. The more power you get, the easier it is to become powerful.

    Billionaires have reached some kind of “endgame” where they seem to have conquered every market there is to conquer so now they must keep their power. Rightists ideologies typically have a lot more control (read repression) over their populations. Combine the two with bribes and corruptions.

    Astroturfing, bots and opinion control on the web are a real thing.

    Theses are my conclusions, but to be honest, I’m also surprised that they are gaining this much traction when we are approaching harder climatic conditions that are now directly affecting people.