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Much of the world is sliding to the right. And much of it is not sliding nearly as far or as fast as the USA.
America's always cranking things up to 11, including fascism.
And then exporting our culture, so, strap in everybody
Rest of world: "America sucks! Bunch of fascists!"
votes for far-right candidates in their countries
Basically the global political situation back in the '30s.
But with the added existential threat of climate change!
My tinfoil hat is telling me they’re related.
It's almost like capitalism isn't the best way to organize civilization.
Marx has been proven right about that, at least.
I'm not gonna pretend I know the exact details of how much of a slide and to what severity each countries election is going. I was nearly saying that it seems global we are in the middle of a shift right is all.