Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why is Centrism So Unpopular in France?" video.

  1. It's clear to see that voters are not happy about the political parties and performance of many of the governments in Europe and North America. The rise of the right is because of people getting fed up with the lies and under delivering from mainstream parties, so much so they are willing to protest vote for far right parties to teach the mainstream a lesson, but ultimately, not much will change, in fact, things could get worse if the far right got there way with some of their policies, but the problem is for the far, I suspect most voters are unaware of most of their policies and are mostly voting for them out of protest and because of immigration. That sounds fine on paper, but if the far right parties gain enough power to push through many of their policies, it could backfire on the voters and ironically, backfire on the far right groups as voters could turn off on them after 1 or 2 elections if they make a mess of things, probably why so many of the far right are moderating there policies to appeal to more voters. Either way, it's clear something is wrong across many European countries and others like the US for voters to be willing to vote in the more radical elements, and it's clear to see where the problem is, cost of living, the divide from rich and poor, and too many people from the bottom up feeling like they are getting left behind, that's been a major failing of the mainstream parties across the west over the last 2 or so decades and people are voting accordingly, but to think the far right are the solution, I think voters are in for a rude awakening over the next decade, which could be dangerous to democracy if the far right gain too much power. If the mainstream and moderate parties want to get back on track, they need to earn voters trust, they need to start delivering on policies that actually matter to the people, especially from the lower to middle classes that feel they are being left behind, if they don't listen, politics is going to become more radicalised over the next decade which could become dangerous, we have already seen signs of that in the US, we saw signs of that in the UK with Brexit, we are seeing signs of that in many European countries, and the pattern is the same in them all, too many voters feel like they are being ignored and left behind whiles the cost of living continues to rise, so expect voters to vote in more radical elements until the more sensible parties actually start listening and delivering on what matters to the people, but in the short term, I expect things to continue to get worse, the far right is on the right in Europe, there's a chance Trump could win election in the US, the last time we had this kind of rise was in the 1930's and that didn't end well for the people, and ironically, it was people getting left behind that helped that situation with the great depression, it does make you wonder if we are doomed to repeat history but on a much bigger scale.
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