If you go far enough in the circle of politics, then you meet your enemies coming from
the other side. It’s often forgotten that both the fascists and communists, considered themselves to be “Socialists” e.g. Until 1914, Benito Mussolini was the leader of the Socialist Party of Italy and Hitler said “There is more that binds us to Bolshevism than separates us from it”, he allowed converts from Communist parties to join the Nazi party because they could do so with little mental effort.
Nothing illustrates this truism more, than politics in France where in the both the far Left and far Right are attracting wow audiences and ratings .... with often very similar anti capitalist policies.
The far right is still anti-immigrant but has tempered the language .... They have linked concerns about French identity with the economic crisis, stating that capitalist globalisation has taken French jobs and that its the European elite and the European dream, that has turned into a nightmare and wrecked French lives. This has gained them about 17% in the polls.
The far left has also got a lot of attention and has seen their poll ratings shoot up to 14 or 15% by stating that international finance and austerity - as embraced by the European Union - is destroying the lives of ordinary people.
Neither will actually win the Presidency, which will go to the main stream right or left candidate, but its interesting that essentially the same economic message, packaged from the far left or far right gains about the same amounts of support.
Repérer la différence?
Nothing illustrates this truism more, than politics in France where in the both the far Left and far Right are attracting wow audiences and ratings .... with often very similar anti capitalist policies.
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The far right is still anti-immigrant but has tempered the language .... They have linked concerns about French identity with the economic crisis, stating that capitalist globalisation has taken French jobs and that its the European elite and the European dream, that has turned into a nightmare and wrecked French lives. This has gained them about 17% in the polls.
The far left has also got a lot of attention and has seen their poll ratings shoot up to 14 or 15% by stating that international finance and austerity - as embraced by the European Union - is destroying the lives of ordinary people.
Neither will actually win the Presidency, which will go to the main stream right or left candidate, but its interesting that essentially the same economic message, packaged from the far left or far right gains about the same amounts of support.
Repérer la différence?
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