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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It’s not former supporters of the moderate right (the professional middle class) who are turning to the far right. The far right draws support from the working class and uneducated who have abandoned the left, a process that has been going on for decades but has been accelerated by globalism and the increasing prominence of cultural issues in politics. Moderates (ie Macron) are getting it in the neck from both extremes as the liberal consensus crumbles.
The liberal left needs to find a way to win the uneducated working class back onside. And unsurprisingly, sneering at their backwards, unsophisticated cultural beliefs doesn’t work.
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I guess I could have rephrased that differently.
Both things are happening. The moderate right is turning far-right, and outright fascism is also rising.
Depends on the local flavor of sociopolitics to what extent they are the same movement.
In the US, these people all vote GOP (if they vote, not all of them vote). In a multiparty system like Finland, or Canada I would expect, they're more likely to be more separate.