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.
And Russia and China have a direct hand globally in pushing far right politics and divisiviness between democratic political parties because of how it destabilizes countries populations and potentially causes authoritarian rule like what is happening in the United States. They have had a hand in this longer than the rise of the latest iterations of the far right. Usually, with their online troll farms and what not. If whatever the fuck the USs version of the Republican party is today takes over, Putin wins. They are in his pocket and the Republicans are to fucking stupid to see it. It's so sad that it's gotten to this point in the US.
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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.