Being decent at running a government is all well and good, but without an answer for the emotional appeal of the far-right — without being able to sell an inspiring counter-narrative — then the promise of hope and change will indeed be supplanted by the threat of cruelty and hate.
Background-Bottle-23 on
Dunno man, I just want good governance
mostanonymousnick on
The subtitle is “Opponents of right-wing populism need to stand for more than the status quo.” as if the status quo is good governance, but it’s clearly not.
kevinfederlinebundle on
I want good governance and to be allowed to live my life, I don’t want the people in government to save my soul or whatever. Christ.
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Being decent at running a government is all well and good, but without an answer for the emotional appeal of the far-right — without being able to sell an inspiring counter-narrative — then the promise of hope and change will indeed be supplanted by the threat of cruelty and hate.
Dunno man, I just want good governance
The subtitle is “Opponents of right-wing populism need to stand for more than the status quo.” as if the status quo is good governance, but it’s clearly not.
I want good governance and to be allowed to live my life, I don’t want the people in government to save my soul or whatever. Christ.