The rise of the far right is a complex global phenomenon with multiple contributing factors.

The commitment of all political elites in the US to relentlessly attack leftists leaves a smoother path for fascists, and i definitely think it's right to call out dems for this.

But the problem is much more than just a right to center-right party like the dems stifling leftists.

Sorry but no. The far right is on the rise globally, and as much as Muricans want to feel self-important, their cultural and political export has not yet reached a level where the actions (or in this case, inactions) of a domestic political party that doesn't even really align with any other party globally (given Dems consider themselves leftists when compared to actual alignment based on policies, they're firmly center-right to right), are not a direct contribution to it.

No, for example, the right rose in Europe in the wake of the immigration crisis starting ca. 2010 (compounded with the global crisis of 2007-08, which admittedly was caused by the US financial market), which in turn is a result of US interventionalism in the Middle East for the past, oh, thirty years (well, it was about 30 years in 2010), but especially the ramped up failed wars since 9/11, that only managed to destabilise the area enough so that a large swath of people would pick out whatever remained of their lives from the rubble and move towards the EU in hopes of a better, safer life.

That combined with the sitting, mostly center-left governments' complacency in most EU countries, has led to a major humanitarian crisis that left the poorest of most EU countries' feel neglected, and now that same layer was enthralled by the far right, that used the ongoing support of immigrants as the kernel of truth in their web of lies, convincing swathes of people.

So no, the Dems not being leftist enough isn't the reason the far right is on the rise globally. It hardly even contributed to it since even the most leftist presidents have continued to bomb the shit out of the Middle East. And when two-term presidents can't even wrap up wars their predecessors began in 8 years... that's not a policy issue anymore. That's straight up the system keeping the wars going because they're profitable, and no amount of extreme leftist policy is going to take that trash out.

That's obnoxiously simplified

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO isn't working out.

Let's pretend somehow the R party disappeared tomorrow... a new party would be formed, and they would do they exact same thing for the Democrats.

Because it's a tag team. Each needs the other to blame their failures on (the failure always being "what the people want").

Some approximate percentages on "what the people want" according to repeated polls for decades: 70% of voters want higher minimum wage... 70% of voters want term limits for reps... 80% of voters want to end insider trading... 70% of voters want universal healthcare... 80% want the rich to pay taxes again... and so on. Use your favorite source.

It doesn't matter. Our choices in this political system are "anti-union secular capitalists" vs. "anti-union theocratic capitalists", and "what the people want" is not a voting option.

I vote every election, and I often vote Democrat. But I realize it's more like another poll than an actual route to political change or reform.

On the bright side, the banks are very happy! If they invest in absolute shit, the taxpayers will always be there to "bail them out", over and over and over and over and over again.

I wonder if that's connected to inflation and lower standards of living and shorter lifespans? Meh, whatever. STOCK MARKET 50K BABY

What a bunch of bullshit. Trying to blame anyone on the left for anyone's behaviour on the right. This is, frankly, a crock of smelly shit.

OP's history is chock full of trying to blame the left for fascism. Blocking this fucking bullshit. You should be ashamed, OP. Fucking ashamed.

I would blame it on the fracturing and proliferation of unregulated information sources, starting with unregulated cable TV, and then social media.

Simple stupid, but emotionally appealing messages like memes, spread faster than well reasoned and thought out arguments.

And far right propaganda excels at that.

Every radical movement has come with innovations in media: The printing press, newspapers, state propaganda, radio and television, and now social media.

And yeah, a lot of those waves ended in wars that resulted in regulation of media to keep the peace.

This is a stupid post. Arguments, what are those? Evidence, what name so? I'll just make a really stupid statement without a shred of info to back it up.

"You know what really led to the rise of right wing extremism? Cats."

See, I can do it too. It's clearly the cats.

It's becoming clear to me that the best form of government would incorporate ideas from many different ideologies.

yes, though hopefully this isn't intended to imply the Democrats played a larger role than the Republican party's efforts to eliminate leftist movements (esp. as the Democrats are currently the only electoral party standing in opposition to the far right)

EDIT: I don't know why I took the bait - I can't distinguish some of these accounts from trolls, so I'm just blocking and moving on 🤦‍♀️

This post is propaganda abolishing the right of its role in the war on leftist institutions.

Nah, democrats (used to) let minorities to be part of the status quo.

Leftists: "We need to do away with billionaires."

Democrats: "More 👏 black 👏 queer 👏 disabled 👏 billionaires! 👏"