i feel like this really isn't that surprising to pretty much anybody who actually thinks about it. of course the global elites and billionaire class of the world are going to cozy up to the right...
i feel like this really isn't that surprising to pretty much anybody who actually thinks about it. of course the global elites and billionaire class of the world are going to cozy up to the right (and by extension the far right): the right presumably is not going to tax the shit out of them and close loopholes to get out of it, or going to seize their assets and properties and redistribute them to people, or nationalize their industries, etc. etc. like leftists and progressives would, and because of that their interests overlap. i'm sure a lot of them aren't strictly fans of people like bolsonaro for obvious moral reasons, but most of them are probably more interested in keeping their wealth and power than in taking a moral stand on something.
The really Far-right would have no issue seizing this wealth and giving it to it's inner circle either, but I suppose they at least lie about it until it's too late.
The really Far-right would have no issue seizing this wealth and giving it to it's inner circle either, but I suppose they at least lie about it until it's too late.
The German nobility had to learn this the hard way too. The most privileged echelons of society never learn. Their brains get too pickled by being surrounded by sycophants.
The really Far-right would have no issue seizing this wealth and giving it to it's inner circle either, but I suppose they at least lie about it until it's too late.
The German nobility had to learn this the hard way too. The most privileged echelons of society never learn. Their brains get too pickled by being surrounded by sycophants.
This is what always happens with some faction of large business when actual fascism begins to take hold. "Conservative" party financial policies are not popular on their own when explained to the...
"Conservative" party financial policies are not popular on their own when explained to the overwhelming majority of the public... and as wealth inequality rises in any given country, they only drop in popularity further as it does become increasingly difficult to sell the "it's raining" message as the proverbial "pissing on my leg" only increases in volume.
It's why as "conservative" parties lose popularity (again - during times of rapidly rising inequality), they typically ally themselves with some sort of "zealot-like" movement of some kind when trying to win over groups with non-financial policies (i.e. "single issue voters" - gun rights advocates, religious anti-abortion voters, etc.). If they continue to bleed support, they will seek out the support of more and more radical fringe groups in a desperate act to either gain or retain power.
i feel like this really isn't that surprising to pretty much anybody who actually thinks about it. of course the global elites and billionaire class of the world are going to cozy up to the right (and by extension the far right): the right presumably is not going to tax the shit out of them and close loopholes to get out of it, or going to seize their assets and properties and redistribute them to people, or nationalize their industries, etc. etc. like leftists and progressives would, and because of that their interests overlap. i'm sure a lot of them aren't strictly fans of people like bolsonaro for obvious moral reasons, but most of them are probably more interested in keeping their wealth and power than in taking a moral stand on something.
The really Far-right would have no issue seizing this wealth and giving it to it's inner circle either, but I suppose they at least lie about it until it's too late.
The German nobility had to learn this the hard way too. The most privileged echelons of society never learn. Their brains get too pickled by being surrounded by sycophants.
This is what always happens with some faction of large business when actual fascism begins to take hold.
"Conservative" party financial policies are not popular on their own when explained to the overwhelming majority of the public... and as wealth inequality rises in any given country, they only drop in popularity further as it does become increasingly difficult to sell the "it's raining" message as the proverbial "pissing on my leg" only increases in volume.
It's why as "conservative" parties lose popularity (again - during times of rapidly rising inequality), they typically ally themselves with some sort of "zealot-like" movement of some kind when trying to win over groups with non-financial policies (i.e. "single issue voters" - gun rights advocates, religious anti-abortion voters, etc.). If they continue to bleed support, they will seek out the support of more and more radical fringe groups in a desperate act to either gain or retain power.
This isn't theory. There is literally historical precedent to it.