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The world is now reversing course to reject Trumpism (www.salon.com)

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The West was moving to the right — and then Donald Trump got elected again

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Something is happening among America's allies, and it's a tremendous relief. For some years now, we've seen the MAGA-infused global right gaining a foothold amongst western democracies, largely driven by the same demagogic, nationalist, pseudo-populism that has fueled Donald Trump's dominance on the American right.

Some countries like Hungary have served as a sort of experiment for the kind of post-democratic autocracies dreamt of by the modern right wing in which government co-opts, intimidates and de-legitimizes the political opposition to create an authoritarianism that dominates the culture and the politics without a lot of overt violence.

But the rise of the far right among the Western allies seems to be stalling out.

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[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago

The Australian election is a perfect example of people voting against something. It's not that Labor were particularly palatable (I personally voted for the Greens), but the alternate of Temu Trump was more than most people could countenance

The nation collectively voted for the lesser evil

I'm hugely relieved, but the most interesting thing is the vote from the younger cohort who have aged a bit. It's not news to anyone who pays attention to politics, but they usual shift rightward with age isn't happening to the same degree

[-] Binky@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

I sure hope this is right…

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I can't assuredly say we have beat conservative populism yet, but we are at least bringing competence to government.

The issue we haven't solved is that many young people now are coming of age upon a platter of socially engineered falsehood.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You have to wonder what infects the minds of people such that they fall for this in other countries.

I have a good idea what does it here.

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't give Trump the credit for this. Yeah he is a great example of how bad it can get but the move to the left has been long on its way and picking up speednfornsome time! Trump may have boosted a snowball that was already rolling

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except it's really not a move to the left, it's just a slight slowing down of the move to the right. Fascism is currently gaining footholds in much of the western world.

So, while the handful of left victories are great, it's super dangerous to frame them as a reversal of fascism.

[-] Gregg@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

But is it really?

[-] Kyrrrr@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Headlines like this are for protecting the oligarchy. We all get involved until our lawmakers aren't old rich people. We pass laws that require oversight and transparency. We protect those institutions and laws that serve democracy with our lives.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I think that - on a global scale - a fair amount of people has cause to be grateful to Trump. Whether it's intended or not, he's tearing down the current geopolitical statu quo and waking up people politically.

On the flipside, I do worry that we narrowly avoided the fire in order to stay in the pan, to subvert the old saying. Over in Canada, we reelected a party that has a lot of flaws, and that their defining benefit is "isn't the conservative right". I'm glad we avoided a conservative sweep, but let's not pretend the shady opposition is significantly better.

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That might be the silver lining to all this

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

Looks like I'm gonna have to buy another newspaper tomorrow.

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