• dhork@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Some people in Ireland obviously do. Thankfully, it appears to be a tiny minority.

    The problem is really the same as the right wing loonies in other countries: they are using modern media, perhaps with the assistance of foreign agents, to amplify what they are saying and make the movement seem larger than it really is.

    Then loonies get a lot of disgruntled people to sign on to single parts of their agenda. When you’re struggling to get by, it’s a lot easier to support someone who claims to have easy answers, even if those answers are designed to never be achieved. These loonies will always have out-groups they want to ostracized, and some people may go along, not realizing that they may be next. (And not realizing that the total Nazi-lite agenda doesn’t include the plebs at all, other than to get them to vote against their interests.)