• tetris11@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    It’s not idiots multiplying. The majority of the voting public in developed countries is left-leaning. The right just know how to gerrymander the system better, and to make their media pundits more vocal

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      2 days ago

      he majority of the voting public in developed countries is left-leaning.

      I don’t think gerrymandering alone can account for most EU countries swerving to the right these last few years. Just yesterday Portugal got a center-left and a fascist to the second round for the presidentials. Looking at 3rd, 4th, 5th… yeah there’s gonna be one more EU fascist president.

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        2 days ago

        well, you’re right, there definitely is a growing trend too - but I put that down more to media manipulation of public opinion, than general idiocy spreading more than usual