Three parties say they have reached a deal to form a new centrist Austrian government, five months after an election was won by a far-right party that later failed in an attempt to form an administration.
Like for any country with a “cordon sanitaire” as we call it in Belgium, this coalition now needs to address the fundamental reason motivating people to vote for the far right. If they fail to do so, the far right will gain points elections after elections until they reach the outright majority.
The problem is social media. It amplifies certain problems so they look worse than they seem and also manufacturers ones that don’t exist at all all to promote far right.
And this isn’t a coincidence. This is purposefully astroturfed by Russia. Notice that most of far right groups (all?) strangely are pro Russia.
And yes, there are actual issues they exploit, but they blame them on immigrants, LGBT, woke, whatever when the real cause why it is getting worse is corruption and disappearance of a middle class.
People keep saying this but never provide a solution. Restricting immigration does not work. Adopting far right policies does not work. The far right gets stronger because of misinformation, social media and the ongoing economic downturn in western nations. This is not something that can be fixed by one government alone.
Those don’t work because these issues are not the actual reasons for far right votes. Wealth inequality is. Your kids not having it better than you anymore is. Rising cost of living and stagnating wages are. Right wing voters see these issues and blame them on immigrants, but fixing them with strong progressive policies and actually improving living situations for the majority would go a long way in reducing those numbers.
It’s just that conservatives don’t want to do that because it would cost their donors money.
People lay blame on immigrants but the issues they talk about are very much real. The reason coalitions like this fail is because the center and conservative parts of them block any change that would actually address the root causes.
Like for any country with a “cordon sanitaire” as we call it in Belgium, this coalition now needs to address the fundamental reason motivating people to vote for the far right. If they fail to do so, the far right will gain points elections after elections until they reach the outright majority.
The problem is social media. It amplifies certain problems so they look worse than they seem and also manufacturers ones that don’t exist at all all to promote far right.
And this isn’t a coincidence. This is purposefully astroturfed by Russia. Notice that most of far right groups (all?) strangely are pro Russia.
And yes, there are actual issues they exploit, but they blame them on immigrants, LGBT, woke, whatever when the real cause why it is getting worse is corruption and disappearance of a middle class.
As an Austrian I completely agree with you… but at the same time a sad chuckle escaped my throat.
We all know they won’t.
People keep saying this but never provide a solution. Restricting immigration does not work. Adopting far right policies does not work. The far right gets stronger because of misinformation, social media and the ongoing economic downturn in western nations. This is not something that can be fixed by one government alone.
Those don’t work because these issues are not the actual reasons for far right votes. Wealth inequality is. Your kids not having it better than you anymore is. Rising cost of living and stagnating wages are. Right wing voters see these issues and blame them on immigrants, but fixing them with strong progressive policies and actually improving living situations for the majority would go a long way in reducing those numbers.
It’s just that conservatives don’t want to do that because it would cost their donors money.
You pivot left. You give in to the left. You become leftist. Liberalism cannot cope with fascism.
People lay blame on immigrants but the issues they talk about are very much real. The reason coalitions like this fail is because the center and conservative parts of them block any change that would actually address the root causes.
Ah yes, the very real and common problem of checks notes trans people in sports/bathrooms/existing in general
Not a policymaker but I’d guess the cause of the far right appeal is linked to
Both can be tackled by regulations at the EU level.
Edit: actually, centralization/monopolization seems on the rise, no? Be it tech, media, food, transportation…
Article about how the Danish left appeased the far right https://t.co/stX8vPkgn4