Yeah as someone who migrated from the Failed States to Europe I’m really concerned for the future here. You are correct opposing the war has been perversely painted as a right-wing issue and I have no idea what it’s going to take to undo the damage of Failed States propaganda. Germans in particular for understandable historical reasons seem to have an allergy to asserting themselves and fighting for their own national interests, preferring in a way to be suborned to the Failed States. It’s possible as a result the AfD will get very dangerous very quickly if the left here remains divided and politically impotent, unable to offer its own clear anti war message.
That’s my biggest worry with Europe as well. The left needs to find a consistent position that actually resonates with the broad public, and there isn’t much time left to do that. As the economic conditions continue to decline, people are going to be shifting away from the mainstream liberal position, and if the left can’t provide a credible platform then they’re necessarily going to go to the right.
Yeah as someone who migrated from the Failed States to Europe I’m really concerned for the future here. You are correct opposing the war has been perversely painted as a right-wing issue and I have no idea what it’s going to take to undo the damage of Failed States propaganda. Germans in particular for understandable historical reasons seem to have an allergy to asserting themselves and fighting for their own national interests, preferring in a way to be suborned to the Failed States. It’s possible as a result the AfD will get very dangerous very quickly if the left here remains divided and politically impotent, unable to offer its own clear anti war message.
That’s my biggest worry with Europe as well. The left needs to find a consistent position that actually resonates with the broad public, and there isn’t much time left to do that. As the economic conditions continue to decline, people are going to be shifting away from the mainstream liberal position, and if the left can’t provide a credible platform then they’re necessarily going to go to the right.