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Originally Posted by CDR DPH
Sure, I read it. The reality is pretty self-evident if one is honest. People, in this case Europeans, are shifting their support to what they perceive to be the lesser of two evils.
Fundamentally, people have lost control of their own governments. Democracy was never perfect but it is predated on the principle that the people will keep the politicians in check.
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And one of the more upsetting parts of this rise in Populism and push back against current trends is the constant moral preening of those who appose it. The authoritarian Left and there media allies are not satisfied with just stating their case. No they have to remind everyone of their supposed moral high ground. They are your betters. You do not have a right mind so they will tell you how to think. And of course your reaction to the their failed policies will bring condemnation, not because of any inaccuracies in your belief, but simply because you are an uneducated, misinformed citizen who should not dare to question them. So if you see that unchecked immigration, for example, is causing obvious problems your criticism of it makes you a Nazi or a racist or xenophobe. There is to them, your moral overlords, no other possible explanation. Their belief is a self reinforcing polemic that is used like a mantra. Say it enough and it has to be true. Get the progressive media to repeat it and that is even better.
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Nationalism and extreme right wing ideologies stem from political frustration and a sense of public helplessness.
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This is something our betters, those who claim moral superiority fail to understand over and over. They create the problems and then are aghast when people react to it. And most of the problems they create do not effect them personally. Their positions, wealth and elite status insulate them from the very problems they make for the less 'enlightened' masses. It is a recipe for disaster and chaos. It won't end well.