I hold no expertise in politics but am so thrilled to write about this issue which obviously is not new to many, but which I began discovering only recently. Narendra Modi’s clean sweep win in the Indian elections in May 2014 and the win of Donald Trump, were unimaginable for many. For many leftists and so-called liberals it was equal to rise of another Hitler. When about two and a half years ago, Modi won the elections it never surprised me, maybe because I am biased towards him. But being not such a fan of Trump I was as surprised as others to no end. Initially I thought America is largely sexist and hence elected Trump over Hillary.
While reading and finding more about this win, I realised that Trump won despite all his dirty laundry and despite the entire US media being against him. So what made it possible? He may be right winged or with a dictator streak (as is being propogated), it waits to be seen. He is sexist, misogynist, racist, war-monger and much more, yet the mandate stands with him.
All this indicates then, the rise of the rightists. Even parts of Europe are predicted to see far-right heads in upcoming elections say in France, Hungary, Austria and maybe UK and Germany too. Why so? I think maybe in the past two decades, globalisation has not achieved the desired success. Probably localisation has become the need of the hour. These rightists have been accused of many things and primarily of racism. Maybe so because they really talk about reforms and benefits for their own race which is their fellow countrymen. They talk of ample jobs for their countrymen. They talk of fight against radicalism-generated terror. They talk of curbing the immigrant crisis. Maybe it is time to look inwards and acknowledge the real issues facing the real people. The ‘still developing’ countries want to jump to the ‘developed’ bracket. The developed and super powers are fed-up of losing their jobs to the cheaper outsourcing. Industries in one’s own country are far and few. Self-Reliance is decreasing. And all in the name of globalisation. I think this is the most abused word of today. You can defend any ill-logic by throwing in globalisation, today. So what the Indians and Americans probably saw in the rightists was Nationalists and may be they are. It is easy to associate both, as they can both stem from the same needs. So even Europe seems to be turning right.
But one must not forget that about half a century ago, Hitler rose to power under such circumstances and on such needs. So maybe we need to be cautious and smart to be able to realise, when a nationalist can turn into a fascist. In fact the early leaders of Freedom Party (FPO) of Austria were SS officers. This party as of now is a strong contender for ruling party in upcoming Austrian elections.
So maybe we need to be cautious and smart to be able to realise, when a nationalist can turn into a fascist. And we the people alone have the power to show our power.
I came across many articles while reading about this issue and links of some I am sharing here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/19/the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-europe-is-not-a-false-alarm/
https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://time.com/4504010/europe-politics-swing-right/&ved=0ahUKEwjjmdHL-57QAhWDuI8KHVUsA1EQFgg2MAI&usg=AFQjCNG0z1vv0gvgGgjtcbTa-Ztl-iyalg&sig2=C4fIsxDnCffEEyW3WFrysQ
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36150807
I am still learning and so your inputs are valuable.
