This ignores the fact that the populist right has risen just as fast, and sometimes faster in countries that didn’t/ don’t accept as many immigrants. Orban kept power partially on anti-immigrant tirades and Hungary never accepted many migrants. In 2016, immigration to the U.S. was at very typical historical levels.
Something broke in the 2010s, but it wasn’t the Western immigration system, it was the rise of social media and the perfection of Russian disinformation campaigns.
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>What most of these voters are feeling isn’t racism. It’s indignation at having their normal and appropriate political concerns dismissed as racism. And as long as politicians and pundits of the traditional political establishment treat them as racists, the far right is going to continue to rise and flourish.
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This ignores the fact that the populist right has risen just as fast, and sometimes faster in countries that didn’t/ don’t accept as many immigrants. Orban kept power partially on anti-immigrant tirades and Hungary never accepted many migrants. In 2016, immigration to the U.S. was at very typical historical levels.
Something broke in the 2010s, but it wasn’t the Western immigration system, it was the rise of social media and the perfection of Russian disinformation campaigns.
>What most of these voters are feeling isn’t racism. It’s indignation at having their normal and appropriate political concerns dismissed as racism. And as long as politicians and pundits of the traditional political establishment treat them as racists, the far right is going to continue to rise and flourish.
Louder for the people in the back