That seems a little American-centric to me. Other countries have successfully voted themselves out of fascism. France with Le Pen, Hungary with Orban, I might even count Ukraine and Poroshenko, although that required a war too. We will see about the AfD in Germany and others of course, but Europeans clearly haven’t given up with democracy and still believe that fascism can be kept at bay through coalition building, compromising, and keeping the public informed.
Other countries have successfully voted themselves out of fascism. France with Le Pen, Hungary with Orban, I might even count Ukraine and Poroshenko, although that required a war too
There are left-wing parties in Europe that are able to present alternate explanations and a wider range of policy solutions. To defeat fascism through electoralism requires that, and that has not been permitted within the Democratic party.
There are left leaning blocs within the Democratic party too. The coalition governments that formed as a result of voting against fascists, Magyar, Zelenskyi, Macron, even Merz were all centrists leading a large coalition of pro-democracy politicians.
But the left has terms for joining those coalitions and are offered something in exchange. In America, they won’t even give us purely symbolic concessions line a Palestinian speaker at conviction.
That seems a little American-centric to me. Other countries have successfully voted themselves out of fascism. France with Le Pen, Hungary with Orban, I might even count Ukraine and Poroshenko, although that required a war too. We will see about the AfD in Germany and others of course, but Europeans clearly haven’t given up with democracy and still believe that fascism can be kept at bay through coalition building, compromising, and keeping the public informed.
Please tell me this is a bit
There are left-wing parties in Europe that are able to present alternate explanations and a wider range of policy solutions. To defeat fascism through electoralism requires that, and that has not been permitted within the Democratic party.
There are left leaning blocs within the Democratic party too. The coalition governments that formed as a result of voting against fascists, Magyar, Zelenskyi, Macron, even Merz were all centrists leading a large coalition of pro-democracy politicians.
You’re really trying to sell the ascension of genocidal demons like Merz as a reason to vote for liberals?
But the left has terms for joining those coalitions and are offered something in exchange. In America, they won’t even give us purely symbolic concessions line a Palestinian speaker at conviction.