• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Look at the wave of right wing populists winning across Europe. Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, and a bunch of other countries have elected these kind of anti-establishment candidates. Same pattern as “MAGA” conservatives in the US. These people don’t win elections because they’re competent. They aren’t even good campaigners. They get elected because they’re promising to trash the system.

    It’s not just that people don’t feel like the government is working for them, it’s that they are looking to authoritarianism to provide solutions.

    • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      France and the UK just gave the right a pair of fat Ls, so I don’t think your chosen narrative is as clear as you seem to think. Furthermore, we were discussing the potential advantage/disadvantage of specifically being the incumbent, rather than the appeal of the right wing. That is to say, your argument fails to support your thesis.