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How Europe’s far right is marching steadily into the mainstream (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Saxifraga@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is frustrating as EU is going through all of these right after I have some plan to move to europe. But I cannot say it is unexpected. After the semi-reasonable presidentship of Obama, the U.S. faced a surge of alt right nunatics that we see now.

I guess that is just how politics go?

[–] Lintson@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

My first trip to Europe I experienced shock at the cultural aparthied I witnessed in big cities. It felt worse than what I'd seen in Anglo multicultural countries (US/UK/AU/NZ) which is not to say it doesn't happen there but I could taste the racial tension in the air in EU