07-24-2023, 05:55 PM
It's the same across Europe. Some right-wing and left-wing parties are getting clobbered for supporting Russia.
The winning formula is what Meloni is doing in Italy. Making parallels with Italy's own national struggle against undemocratic forces, something that nationalists and conservatives feel strongly about.
Even though many people agree that NATO and the US are partially to blame for the escalation in Ukraine and they want the war to end, they won't side with the gangsters in the Kremlin.
Supporting American wars in the Middle East wasn't a popular position and part of the reason why the right-wing parties gained in popularity in the first place so I don't understand why they thought supporting Russian wars would lead to different results.
Economics also play a role of course. Most of the populist right-wing and left-wing parties don't really have detailed policies or proposals on how to deal with pressing economic issues.
And very few of them have a background in anything related to governing and making money.
The winning formula is what Meloni is doing in Italy. Making parallels with Italy's own national struggle against undemocratic forces, something that nationalists and conservatives feel strongly about.
Even though many people agree that NATO and the US are partially to blame for the escalation in Ukraine and they want the war to end, they won't side with the gangsters in the Kremlin.
Supporting American wars in the Middle East wasn't a popular position and part of the reason why the right-wing parties gained in popularity in the first place so I don't understand why they thought supporting Russian wars would lead to different results.
Economics also play a role of course. Most of the populist right-wing and left-wing parties don't really have detailed policies or proposals on how to deal with pressing economic issues.
And very few of them have a background in anything related to governing and making money.
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