Hate and unconstitutional thinking taking over

I think you've got to ask why we are seeing the rise of these what are terned "extreme right-wing" parties in Europe nowadays.Usually, there are pre-existing conditions that provide the breeding grounds such parties to develop and in this case, I think it's because the political balance between the right and left has become distorted over recent years and many people who are note particularly woke -minded or have socialist attitudes feel they no longer have a voice through the existing political party system, so turn to those who appear to offer a fresh approach. We've seen this in the UK with the rise of the Reform party since the traditional two-party system that has been going since the first world war has essentially broken down and focused mainly on the trying to please everyone, while displeasing many.

I think you are right. I was listening to a German political commentator on a podcast yesterday. He was saying there is a type of nostalgia for communism among many young people, especially in Saxony. He went on to say young people are aware of the history of Russia and Europe, but there are thoughts that compared to things now, with the breakdown of society, ‘non-white’ people populating ‘traditionally white areas’ and systems not working, a communist society would be better than what they have now. 

Might be alright if they'd ever had a communist system to live under, but what passed for communism in Eastern Europe, Russia and China isn't really communism, its just another style of dictatorship

Yes, nasty is word to describe it. I don’t suppose they are too focussed on the shortages or queues. The German commentator also said there is an element in Germany who looks to Putin and supports him, even with all the hardships they are currently facing.

Here, in Europe and the US,  bits of communism and fascism are becoming normalised through what has been described as a ‘Theatre of Cruelty’. That is when cruelty is celebrated and joked about in political circles. Trump, obviously, through his disgusting AI generated videos and images, where he performs physical violence against people like Canada’s Mark Carney. Real videos of the Reform Party’s recent conference show a protester being removed from the conference by dragging her by the hair and hitting her with a stick. One Reform member joked, something about the stick breaking and needing a new one. Since when has it been acceptable to be violent like that and to celebrate it in such a way? Yet voters love it. Cruelty is the mark of fascism and communism.

There's an excellent foreign film called "Goodbye Lenin" that I found an easy watch about the various reactions of a family within the ex-DDR after the wall came down.

There's an excellent foreign film called "Goodbye Lenin" that I found an easy watch about the various reactions of a family within the ex-DDR after the wall came down.