use your voice
If you are concerned about people being influenced by Russia, the US, and China, be it via Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, local ads, or whatever else, if you are concerned about that friend who suddenly started spouting anti-EU rhetoric from Youtube, if you’re unhappy with how the EU and member states have handled it so far, this is for you.
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That’s certainly nice, but it’s mostly irrelevant in the long run without a more serious remedy to the issues the far right uses to gain legitimacy.
I beg to differ. Countries that use pr have much higher voter turnout and perform better on every issue thus reducing the chances of the people feeling frustrated and voting in fascists in hope of change.
That’s definitely true, but then again AfD got the highest number of seats in Germany’s last election for example. PR is nice but not much more than a bandaid if your politicians are crooks, which let’s face it they are.
second largest.
Oh yeah you’re right.
People in Germany need to vote for better parties and the centre and left parties need to make better decisions when in power, however that is not the fault of pr. It is one of many important reforms democracies need to make. One reason why the AfD has gotten so far is because of the Germans’ reliance on Twitter with Elon Musk manipulating the platform to give AfD artificial public support in the election thus reinforcing the band wagon effect.
At least in Germany you can see how much popular support the AfD have instead of them lurking behind the 2 big parties and that’s great transparency to have in democracy. Also the people have more viable choices on the ballot instead of just having 2 choices.
I’m not saying it’s the fault of PR, but rather that a good voting system alone will not stop fascism. As you said non-right parties need to make better decisions when in power, but also the people themselves need to be more civically engaged outside of elections.