• Hubi@feddit.org
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    12 hours ago

    People keep saying this but never provide a solution. Restricting immigration does not work. Adopting far right policies does not work. The far right gets stronger because of misinformation, social media and the ongoing economic downturn in western nations. This is not something that can be fixed by one government alone.

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      12 hours ago

      People lay blame on immigrants but the issues they talk about are very much real. The reason coalitions like this fail is because the center and conservative parts of them block any change that would actually address the root causes.

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      11 hours ago

      Not a policymaker but I’d guess the cause of the far right appeal is linked to

      • Growing inequalities, enrichment of the richest, and trickle up
      • Unchecked power of big tech and media companies like GAFAM, X, and traditional media being centralized in ownership.

      Both can be tackled by regulations at the EU level.

      Edit: actually, centralization/monopolization seems on the rise, no? Be it tech, media, food, transportation…