Comments by "Grenade Tennis" (@hughjass1044) on "Why Is the Far Right in Germany Resurging?" video.
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Re-surging? In other words, rising steadily and rapidly in popularity?
Well, let's un-pack this a bit and see if we can figure it out, shall we? If the "far" right, or the "far" left or the "far" anything is re-surging in Germany, or anywhere else for that matter, it's a pretty fair assumption that the "center"; however the hell that's defined these days, is failing or else they wouldn't be losing popularity.
If you take a quick glance around the western world, and even parts of the eastern world as well, you'll see that this is a trend that's growing and if there's a truly unfortunate thing about it, it's that the "center" consistently and reliably reacts to this in exactly the wrong way by doubling and tripling down on the very things that are pissing people off and causing them to lose support.
There's an old saying - "Take care of the reasonable and you'll never have to worry about the radical." Define reasonable and radical in each instance, to your own liking but the general premise holds.
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