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Not sure if you are being satirical or not. Political extremism is at an all-time high in Western democracies: The US has seen a president that doesn't respect
by Pyramus 5y ago
Not sure if you are being satirical or not.
Political extremism is at an all-time high in Western democracies: The US has seen a president that doesn't respect elections, an attack on the capitol, an ever widening gap between the left/right 'tribes', and poor and rich. Far-right extremism has overtaken Islamist fundamentalism. A decline of newspapers, 'the media' and journalism in general and the rise of Fox News and the like.
That's not a US exclusive: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland paint a similar, slightly less pronounced, picture.
We live in a period of unprecedented peace in Western democracies and all signs are pointing towards increased nationalism and instability.
- mdp2021 5y agoI am not sure where you see a rise of nationalism. Particularism for distrust of a broader subjection, for example, is more of a regionalism.
- Pyramus 5y agoUS / China trade war, US / EU tariffs, Brexit, "America First", the rise of nationalist parties all over Europe, some even in government. Border controls in Europe. It's concerning.