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Reminder that the most reliable way to prevent the rise of the far right is to implement robust safety nets and low inequality, to reduce status anxiety and gri
by Herring 9mo ago
Reminder that the most reliable way to prevent the rise of the far right is to implement robust safety nets and low inequality, to reduce status anxiety and grievance.
Europe found that out the hard way, and America is in the early stages of realizing it.
- morgengold 9mo agoIf we (Europe) are not careful, we will have to find out this pretty soon again.
- Herring 9mo agoIt's so tricky. You can do most things right like Denmark/Netherlands, then you mess up just one (housing) and the far-right surges. Now you can't import immigrants to deal with your aging population, which means you're on a timer. Or your neighbor goes far-right (US, maybe eventually Germany/France) and suddenly they start objecting to your internal policies (eg regulating big tech). Or Russia+Covid combo suddenly inflating all kinds of prices, and again the far right surges. I think it's going to be a dramatic few decades.
- morgengold 9mo agoYes, extremely tricky. Imo the current ruling class just needs to mess up just on thing, because there is a deep underlaying discontent with the subjectively felt way of living in our modern societies. So housing / migrants are just the spark.