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Austrians vote on Sunday in a general election that could see the far-right opposition Freedom Party (FPÖ) top the polls for the first time. 

Five years ago, the party crashed out of a coalition government with the conservative People’s Party because of a corruption scandal dubbed Ibiza-gate.

But now, led by Herbert Kickl, the FPÖ is within reach of a historic victory. It narrowly leads the ruling conservatives in the opinion polls, and the opposition Social Democrats are in third place.

The FPÖ has successfully tapped into concerns about migration, rising inflation, the war in Ukraine and anger over the way the Covid pandemic was handled, and for months has been hovering around 27% in the polls, up to two points ahead of the conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) or Austrian People's Party, which is predicting a photo finish.

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[–] ytsedude 108 points 1 month ago (7 children)

What the fuck is happening across the world?

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Capitalism.

We’re at the stage of fighting over scraps and looking for scapegoats.

[–] ThePyroPython 38 points 1 month ago

Whilst some of the rich funnel money to the fascists so when democracy backslides into authoritarianism they are part of the in-group.

[–] random_character_a 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

End result of long running capitalism is fascist oligarchy. We are just nearing the threshold. Hope your children like hunger games in real life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Bold of you to assume most of us could afford or would choose to have children in this fucked up world.

[–] Xeroxchasechase 16 points 1 month ago

While enriching military, oil and tech Oligarchs

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A combination of things:

First, misinformation travels at light speed thanks to the lack of control in social media and internet.

Then, we have a generational crisis that is causing a strong lack of confidence in the actual political class because they are seen as incapable of resolving our generation issues.

Add to this that there is the perception of a strong migration problem (pushed by the far right).

The far right capitalizes on all of the above.

Also, it is treated like a cult by its followers because they thrive in environments where the intelligence is not required (it's actually encouraged to not be intelligent and critical thinker).

The far right is also known to be populist, and they don't need to be held accountable for their lies because their followers act as a cult.

If you sum this all up, you get our situation: young people voting fascism even more than boomers (look at Germany's last election).

It really is scary.

[–] acosmichippo 7 points 1 month ago

I think knee-jerk reaction to the pandemic fallout is also part of it. People are angry at the world and taking it out on the political incumbents.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Neoliberalism (what Regean spearheaded) crushes the common man and its widespread embrace has deprived people of the ability to hope for stuff like a house or the ability to afford a family. People are struggling and want change - centrists are failing to deliver that.

One thing to observe is that in areas where true left wing governments hold sway (like Spain) they're thriving. But yeah, disappointing centrists marauding as liberals (like Starmer) underdeliver and then get extremist right wingers elected.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Russian election interference. It's so easy and cheap!

Sounds like ~~Australia~~ the-one-without-kangaroos isn't at the stage where they start talking openly about that yet though, that's sad. Hopefully they'll find their Maria Butina soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL 3 points 1 month ago

Ha! Hoisted by my own Stupid.

[–] CosmoNova 8 points 1 month ago

Post-pandemic idiocity (historically, far right politics become very popular after a pandemic, or so I've read) coupled with all the other issues. The filthy rich playing off the masses against each other being a big one. And of course it's Austria we're talking about. They're resilient to learning from past mistakes even when it was just a couple years ago. It's actually baffling how easily they swing from one side to another, but that's probably partly because it's a tiny nation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

People in rich countries don't like people with different color skin from other countries.

[–] BMTea 5 points 1 month ago

Liberal delusions from boom times are giving way to the cultural, political and economic contradictions of globalization in a world of nation-states.