Comment on [OC] My feeling as European reading news on Lemmy/Reddit
ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 10 months agoThe 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 10 months ago
How does more people feeling left behind lead to conservatism though? This is a genuine question.
ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 10 months 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 10 months 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”.