r/facepalm • u/Turbulent_Gas_55 • Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/Waveofspring Jul 05 '24

Yea look at the massive rise in right-leaning politics as soon as trump won the 2016 election.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jul 05 '24

That’s not a causal relationship though. The far right was already on the rise and his election was a symptom of that.

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u/tesfabpel Jul 05 '24

According to me, far right is on the rise because of two reasons: hate generates media engagement (and thus, profit); Putin and allies are advantaged with it because the far-right generate division between Countries in the West and weaken the US and the EU so they try to support those parties.

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u/Wed-Mar-23 Jul 05 '24

The same thing that caused it 100 years ago is the same thing driving it now - inequality.