Great column,
I might be incorrect here, but one of the reasons why the new US Right turns to countries like Poland and Hungary is because their NatCons DO have support from the youth in those countries. They see the regimes and parties in Central Europe as the model to follow and which can persuade the distracted Zoomers and millennial…
I might be incorrect here, but one of the reasons why the new US Right turns to countries like Poland and Hungary is because their NatCons DO have support from the youth in those countries. They see the regimes and parties in Central Europe as the model to follow and which can persuade the distracted Zoomers and millennials in the US.
The phenomenon of ideological detachment of young people from RW politics in the West has less to do with the parties but more with rejection with the consensus that emerged after WWII. The Right has become reactionary in the new century and has nothing to offer. The Left has few alternatives, but they speak to the young in a matter similar to what Andrew Sullivan writes, even if few of their objectives will ever become a reality.
Great column,
I might be incorrect here, but one of the reasons why the new US Right turns to countries like Poland and Hungary is because their NatCons DO have support from the youth in those countries. They see the regimes and parties in Central Europe as the model to follow and which can persuade the distracted Zoomers and millennials in the US.
The phenomenon of ideological detachment of young people from RW politics in the West has less to do with the parties but more with rejection with the consensus that emerged after WWII. The Right has become reactionary in the new century and has nothing to offer. The Left has few alternatives, but they speak to the young in a matter similar to what Andrew Sullivan writes, even if few of their objectives will ever become a reality.