• ThatWeirdGuy1001
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    1 year ago

    ITT Europeans once again acting like American politics don’t affect them in any way.

    Anyone else think it’s funny that Britain got Boris around the same time America got trump?

    • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Just because we have a huge cultural effect doesn’t mean europeans want to be drowned out by our issues, some relatable and some unique.

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      It’s not like news is just politics. Today a helicopter (yeah yeah, it was an Osprey, not a regular helicopter, whatever) with a bunch of US soldiers crashed in Australia and I can read about it in German and French news, this most certainly doesn’t affect me at all.

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      The reason you see a right shift in many countries is because more people are feeling left behind. Also, people build conservative echo chambers online that reinforce certain arguments regardless of your nationality. So it is no surprise that right wing rhetoric is on the rise in many places.

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        How does more people feeling left behind lead to conservatism though? This is a genuine question.

        • ErwinLottemann@feddit.de
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          because these people use the right words to convince the people feeling left behind that they will care for them and make their lifes better.

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            In other words, make promises and tell them what they want to hear, while telling them you hate the same people they do.

            Then go do whatever the hell you want, and keep telling your followers you’re helping them.

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          Because living felt better in the past.

          That’s the root of conservatism. And yeah, it does devolve to “my dick wasn’t limp, my tits didn’t sag, my knees didn’t hurt, and I was ignorant enough to not see the problems I see clearly now”.