Just because we have a huge cultural effect doesn’t mean europeans want to be drowned out by our issues, some relatable and some unique.
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ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
ITT Europeans once again acting like American politics don’t affect them in any way.
Anyone else think it’s funny that Britain got Boris around the same time America got trump?
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 1 year ago
The reason you see a right shift in many countries is because more people are feeling left behind. Also, people build conservative echo chambers online that reinforce certain arguments regardless of your nationality. So it is no surprise that right wing rhetoric is on the rise in many places.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
How does more people feeling left behind lead to conservatism though? This is a genuine question.
ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 1 year ago
because these people use the right words to convince the people feeling left behind that they will care for them and make their lifes better.
Slotos@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Because living felt better in the past.
That’s the root of conservatism. And yeah, it does devolve to “my dick wasn’t limp, my tits didn’t sag, my knees didn’t hurt, and I was ignorant enough to not see the problems I see clearly now”.
zaphod@feddit.de 1 year ago
It’s not like news is just politics. Today a helicopter (yeah yeah, it was an Osprey, not a regular helicopter, whatever) with a bunch of US soldiers crashed in Australia and I can read about it in German and French news, this most certainly doesn’t affect me at all.