Even as the far-right gains ground with bold and simple stories, much of the political establishment still treats moderation as the only path to victory. Too often, liberal elites and cautious centrists confuse electoral management with real leadership.

We are all tired of hearing the same tune: “the far-right is winning.” Yet, it keeps happening.

Far-right parties are topping polls across Europe’s biggest democracies while already sitting in cabinets and even leading governments in several EU countries and beyond.

Note: article is almost one month old. Still relevant since I’m curious how you’d answer this question:

" Do Moderate Politics/ Politicians fail to gain popularity due to a Lack of Mythological and Cultural Communication?

  • plyth@feddit.orgBanned from communityEnglish
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    5 days ago

    The left kills itself. Education for all means no simple workers. Right to healthcare and retirement means other worries.

    Ironically the right envisions a unified society while the left offers individualism. Fighting to be able to be different doesn’t create a common cause.

    Only when there is an enemy who disturbs everybody then some form of joined purpose arrives.

    edit:

    resistance alone — resisting Donald Trump, resisting Marine Le Pen, resisting Viktor Orbán, resisting Georgia Meloni

    He built a campaign around rent-freeze policies, fare-free public transit, basic goods access and the rising cost of living

    The second quote is still a fight against something. When it’s won, no community remains.

    Individualism was propagandized because it makes communism much more difficult.

    Which story can be told with which everybody can identify when the right to different identities is what the left is fighting for.

    I get downvotes, but serious question, which lasting value is the left fighting for that won’t be taken for granted once it’s there. The 40h work week, all workers, including the white collar workers would vote left if they were thankful.

    There is no class consciousness. People want to be rich and leave their working class identity behind as fast as they can. I think that’s something to consider for a convincing story.

    The elite is making sure that many workers don’t want to vote left. In Germany the voters of the left parties are more educated. That obstacle makes it difficult to tell a successful story and could explain why the left does not tell it.

    Maybe it’s important to approach identities first before telling stories.