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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

What are the reasons for this? I'm out of the france loop

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't "turning right" the main political theme across the world now? It's not just France.

But I will still put a disclaimer here that I am not French, just sharing my view since it seemed to be that most countries including mine are, ultimately, having the same problem. Feel free to correct me! Here goes:

I think, the general reason for this right-wing surge ultimately boils down to economics. People are obviously not satisfied with their current quality of life - see e.g. housing prices. Many blame it on things such as outside migrations or the geopolitical enemy of their country, etc etc. This is a hotbed for conservative-leaning mindsets.

Those factors I mentioned could have played a hand in this problem, but my opinion is that the biggest issue lies in unequal wealth distribution across the globe. That's why the GDP is growing, but people's standard of living (except for a minor few) is not. People directed their unhappiness at the wrong thing.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Right, I see your point. I also wonder sometimes if the excess of social media consumption and the battle to gobble more eye balls has somehow influenced people making them more susceptible to manipulation via charisma and populist opinions, I'm not sure how different it is nowadays than a couple of decades back. I might be wrong about this anyways

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