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Originally Posted by Locke
Which makes sense.
I dislike the concept of the 'Political Line' personally, I think its too simplistic and not able to really illustrate nuance but for the purpose of discussion works well enough.
Furthermore? I think European 'Far-Right' is very different from North American 'Far-Right.'
The European version is NUTS.
And this should be concerning. As I've said before, Eastern Europe is essentially the wild west, they like their 'strong men' and whatever, you just shrug them off to the side because they have few resources and even less money and they're far away. No problem. Let them fight amongst each other.
Italy? More concerning but they do have a history of light Fascism so there is that bedrock where a case can be made, albeit this 'Strong Man' is a woman.
Poland? Thats a bit of problem because they are the 'Most Conquered Country in Europe' and apparently thats not the most popular hat to wear and they're tired of it. So they are plowing big dollars into their military. Led by someone who is, at best, a bit of a wild-card.
England is just a complete mess. Between Brexit and the revolving door of leaders? Forget about England.
But France? One of the most classically Liberal societies in Europe? This should never have even been a question.
I dislike the 'Slippery slope' metaphor for a variety of reasons. But guys...we're at the top...and we're slipping.
You can see it.
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Republicans are way crazier than most European far-right, and that's saying something. Which often makes the European far-right mich more dangerous.
Republicans are a mess. Much of the European far-right is deeply connected to each other,, and has deep ties to self-identifying fascist organizations with multi-generational roots. Both are dangerous, but in different ways. That said, the European far-right is often more complex, with very different internal factions that complicate things a lot. They tend to be much more of a mix wirh everything from legit old-school working class men with leftist leanings, to outright accelerationist wackoes.
(Currently of course the far-right in Europe is also kind of split over russophobes and russophiles.)
...considering that fascism as a concept is originally from Italy, you're surely joking by using the word "light" there.
As for France... That country has a long tradition of authoritarianism, fascisct leanings, and very, very deep seated racism. Also, France has a very complicated political history... they've basically got a tradition of everything. But they have for example had unusually powerful presidents, instead of the more decentralized political systems of most other European countries.