It’s been reported that in the German elections, a far right party has made ‘significant gains’.
In the UK (at least before the scandals) Reform UK seems to have had a significant boost and has even surpassed the right-wing Conservative Party in some polls/predictions.
Even France, one or two years ago, was threatened with a far-right government due to the French far right party gaining a lot of support.
It feels like in the last few years, the far-right has exceeded itself and had a surge in popularity. Is this the case? And if so, wtf is fuelling it?
It is not capitalism itself, but rather representative systems of government that sooner or later lead to corrupt oligarchies.
Even socialist states have corrupt elites, so it doesn’t depend solely on the system of government.
But yes, with regard to our situation: Democratic capitalism is coming to an end, because democratic means cannot be used to exploit the population any faster or more intensely (though in a system based on infinite growth, this is a necessity)—which is why things are now becoming undemocratic once again.