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Far-right rallies attracting biggest numbers since 1930s

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I feel quite depressed about and scared of the future in the UK.

As a disabled person who at the moment is incapable of working I wonder if a future government will become even more cruel towards people who are unemployed (even though the cost of providing benefits for unemployed people is nothing, a drop in the ocean, compared to how much money is hidden offshore by tax evaders).

It's worth remembering that the 1930s were when fascism was becoming a major force in the world - Mussolini, Franco, Hitler; and also another kind of brutal ideology was powerful at the time, Bolshevism (a twisted form of socialism that also saw the massacre of "undesirables" in the eyes of the ruling mob) in Russia.

Since far-right Bolsonaro has got power in Brazil deforestation in the countr is up 90% which is an environmental catastrophe as Brazil is home to the world's most precious rainforest.

  • I think whether you are left or right winged, or merely sitting on the fence, we are living in turmoil times where we as people are becoming ever more divided and extreme in our ideologies.  It's like watching a ticking time bomb whilst everyone argues whether there is actually a bomb at all, or whether the consequences will really be that dire if it detonates.  It's frightening in that we often miss the blatantly obvious and get wrapped up in the nonsense tit for tat point scoring on both sides.

    All this is going on and then I sit back and see the world being destroyed, resources being exploited along with our disrespect for all living things we share this Earth with.

    Humans are capable of despicable things and what plays on my mind the most, is that I don't think we have seen the worst.

    Your reference to genocide is something I think about from time to time, in that it wouldn't take too much to tip the balance, where my existence and many others could be under threat.

    This post has turned dark quickly and although I try to remain optimistic and hope we see sense in the long-run, my pragmatic side is skeptical and cautious.

  • There are several different flavours of the so called far right including:

    Nationalist

    Capitalist

    Religious

    Tommy Robinson - out for a pint and a punch up

    One who is member of one flavour is not necessarily (or in most cases) a member of another flavour.

    The BNP went from strength to strength after they abandoned the marches and the confrontation politics in the streets at the end of the 1990s, and started operating like a 'normal' political party, so rallies aren't always the keys to winning mass public support.

  • I feel the same. It's terrifying what's been going on the last few years and the direction it's taking.

  • Most people at 'far-right'  rallies are left-wing trouble-makers.   I wouldn't believe everything you see in the 'news'.