The normalisation of the extreme-right by the centre-right in Sweden went like this.
- we will never work with them.
- we happened to vote the same way as them.
- since we know they also like this policy, we will propose it. But we are not working with them!
- our policies are based on extreme-right support so it makes sense to talk to them
- a local council will be run with extreme-right support. But never nationally!
- YOLO national government with extreme right support, it's normal now
@Loukas the fascism never went away though.
It just went quiet. They masked their intentions.
But they were always there.
@Loukas oh no I didn't mean it as a correction more a comment.
Where I live we still have survivors from the 2nd world war who are split on weither they supported Facism or not. A few, but it's had an effect.
The vote tends to be high for right wing candidates and when I say right wing, I mean extremely right wing.
The UK where I'm from originally also had quite a few powerful influences that are fascist leaning.
They never left, just rebranded and played into Eurosceptisim.
@Loukas but I've been where you are, watching in horror.
It was a shock, watching the UK descend into what it is now. But the thing I hadn't realised was the attitude and acceptance of the far right had always been there.
They just got permission to be more open about it.
@onepict @Loukas I’ve been yelling for decades now about how there is a certain red line that should not be crossed in political discourse because it always leads to bad things.
That line is talking about other humans as though they’re less than human. “Parasites” and so on.
I blame the edgelord internet “free speech” brigade, now personified by Elon Musk, who were weaponized to get Trump elected and normalized that attitude in the real world.
Kindness is dead.
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️
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