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Just so you know: HN doesn't let people downvote responses to their own comments. However, in the context here, you think that: Erdogan swept into power becau
by inputcoffee 9y ago
Just so you know: HN doesn't let people downvote responses to their own comments.
However, in the context here, you think that:
Erdogan swept into power because the working class in Turkey has been "weakened" by immigration and globalization?
- Mikeb85 9y agoMy account is 4 years old, I know the first detail. Second, the parent of your comment was about right-wing parties rising in Hungary and Poland.
- inputcoffee 9y agoSo you think the "populist" forces at work in Turkey are not the same as those in Hungary and Poland? Are they the same as those in the US? or Syria? I am asking because I think most writers think of these as part of a larger global movement, but your comments suggest you think they are different.
- Mikeb85 9y agoNo, they're not. Populist forces in the west are intrinsically linked to the collapse of blue collar industries and jobs as well as forced immigration, and aren't necessarily nationalist, it's more a reaction against the status quo. In Turkey and the Middle East Islamism has been rising, partly due to the collapse of Arab nationalism and partly due to Saudi Arabia's worldwide propagation of Wahhabism.