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.

Now I’m not political, but 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?

  • Babalugats@feddit.ukEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Dunno. I’ll look him up…I don’t think this guy leaned left or right. Or at least didn’t seem to during that. He just spoke of his research. I left out tons obviously. But think that was the jist of it.

    Edit…

    Hmm… I’m not sure… it doesn’t look like him in some images (thick head of hair and thinner), but then in other images. I think this guy wrote about it, either in papers or a book.

    Thanks, I’ll look a bit more into that guy.

    • Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      11 hours ago

      No problem. Didn’t think it would be him, but was literally the only gray haired old Australian political activist I could think of.