Capitalism naturally moves money from the poor to the rich. So governments need to fight that. So low growth should naturally lead to the left gaining ground, as they want to do exactly that. However the capitalist fight it and they need to find an alternative enemy, hence fascism.
that’s part of the problem but not everything.
You’re underestimating the number of people who look at the mainstream culture from 2000-2020 and say “hey, they’re trying to take our way of life away, trying to replace us with immigrants, trying to declare our way of life criminal and illegal”. That causes a huge backlash.
But yeah, economic questions are also very important. Naturally, the left should become pretty strong around now by campaigning on taxing the rich and implementing a universal basic income. It’s very sad and unfortunate that the left don’t get their shit together and effectively campaign on these issues.
So low growth should naturally lead to the left gaining ground
Wrong, the extreme-right trick of blaming a scapegoat for all their problems, “the jews” pre-WW2 and “immigrants” now works.
An easy target, the rich and industrial forces pulling the strings behind the curtain are much less visible.
that’s part of the problem but not everything.
You’re underestimating the number of people who look at the mainstream culture from 2000-2020 and say “hey, they’re trying to take our way of life away, trying to replace us with immigrants, trying to declare our way of life criminal and illegal”. That causes a huge backlash.
But yeah, economic questions are also very important. Naturally, the left should become pretty strong around now by campaigning on taxing the rich and implementing a universal basic income. It’s very sad and unfortunate that the left don’t get their shit together and effectively campaign on these issues.
Wrong, the extreme-right trick of blaming a scapegoat for all their problems, “the jews” pre-WW2 and “immigrants” now works.
An easy target, the rich and industrial forces pulling the strings behind the curtain are much less visible.