Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Europe's Far-Right Resurgence in 2022" video.

  1. That's been the case through history, radical parties do well when the people of the country are not doing so well, but they are usually short-lived or they do a lot of damage and get kicked out, simply because they are too radical for most of the public, hence why many of the radical parties are becoming more moderate, which when they do that, they are far less of a threat because they know if they react on those radical views, the public is likely to turn on them and they might never get into power again, we see that in the EU when a party is close to winning power, they quickly change their views on the EU and Euro and in the end, they only care about winning power and will say what they think the people want to hear. What the mainstream parties should be worried about is why are the radical elements doing so well across the west and a big part of it is likely because a lot of people feel like they are getting left behind and this problem could grow until the moderates start looking after the people, we've seen a small taste of that in the UK, US and many EU countries, it's not a threat yet but it wouldn't take much for it to get much worse if the public gets fed up.
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  2. What I tend to find is that the right wing tend to do well at times of crisis or when people feel like they are being left behind, so the financial crisis in 2011, the energy now and so on, we see that in Europe and North America and the right wing seems to love misery because they play on that a lot by blaming the left, even thought in many cases, the right created a lot of the problems lol. As for the more radical right, they are not really that much of a threat, at least not yet, even if any get into power, they have to moderate a lot or they know they will get kicked out of power and probably not get back in, radical parties usually only survive short term unless they become a lot more moderate, something many are seeing in Europe but when they moderate, they become far less of a threat to the system. You only have to look at the UK under the Conservatives and Brexit, they had their fun, they allowed the radicals in and they created a right mess that's made things much worse for the country, now the Conservatives are realizing that they have to get rid of the radicals, otherwise they will sink the party. Same in the US, the Republicans let Trump and the radicals in, they had their fun and because of the mess they created, they are being pushed out. Basically, what I'm getting at, the public is willing to give these a go because they are not happy with how things are under the traditional parties, but that doesn't give the radicals a free hand to turn the system upside down like some wanted to do, some tried, Liz Truss in the UK, Trump in the US and they both got kicked out for being radical, maybe the public remembers history and don't want a repeat of that which is what the radicals could do, but what the people do want is real change that benefits them, which is leaving the door open for the radical parts to take advantage off and that is what we are seeing across all the west.
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