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   Zane Selvans (zaneselvans@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 18:22:12 JST Zane Selvans

   Man why does it seem like every country has to elect their own right-wing nutjob to independently (re-)discover what a bad idea it is?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 18:22:10 JST Aral Balkan

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     @ZaneSelvans Because they previously elected Neoliberal asshats who privatised the commons, filled up their own coffers, and exacerbated inequality, thereby funneling those feeling the most disenfranchised and abandoned by their policies straight into the arms of whatever right-wing nutjob was waiting to embrace them.

     What I’m trying to say is: Neoliberalism is the slippery slope to fascism.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 22:34:49 JST pettter

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     @albertojavier @ZaneSelvans I don't think this is the problem, since the people voting for right-wing nuts are mostly older and richer.

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     AJD (albertojavier@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 22:34:50 JST AJD

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     @ZaneSelvans it's complicated because the outlying factors vary from country to country. One thing that seems to be a common denominator is degrading education. More and more places "educate" their children on what to write to pass tests. Youth find inspiration in lowly reality-show characters and not in proved heroes and public servants. Masses fall into blindly following big personalities, like the elon musk cult. Extremist, highly aggressive leaders are those who fill that profile. A possible reason for these new elites to be mostly right-wing might be due to severe inequality that helped multimillionaires increase their power to the point of challenging political democratic institutions. Again, this is a generic description. Not every society will show it identically. #rightwing #cult