Far-right parties, Maga ideology and Kremlin money are conniving to suffocate liberal idealism for another generation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/66479569

Nationalism, the rightwing, racism - they are all returning full force in Europe. Trumpism and Russia are using all their powers to destroy European democracies; through open and covert propaganda. You, the voter, can never claim you weren’t warned.

  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You have it backwards. The elite introduces fascism to fight China. “No dominating power in Asia” still has to be at the top of their mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Chessboard

    China is in a catch-22: they have to finance the opposition to avert their forceful destruction by the parties of the western elite but that opposition also wants to see them diminished and the US are about to also take over those parties as can be seen with Musk and the AfD.