Is Europe Turning Fascist?

Europe invented the literal fasces (bundle of sticks with axe), the symbol of fascism. Fascism was invented in Europe, as was the modern form of nationalism. There were a whole string of different fascist regimes in Europe besides the Nazis and Mussolini. Spain, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Spain come to mind.

The descendants of the people involved in these fascist governments are still around. People have fascist family heirlooms.

Damn I landed here over some other BS post of this account.

Many Europeans know first hand that the streets are less safe than they used to be and which groups are causing it.

I stopped reading after this because I can’t be bothered to read generic hate speech. Whoever says that streets used to be safer is full of shit. Even the areas that people call “no go zones” in Germany 2024 are ridiculously safe compared to what they used to be. I’m a peaceful person but I was involved in tons of fistfights when I was young, just because you had to.

I grew up in 2 of the largest German cities in the 90s/2000s and spots that are full of tourists nowadays were literal no go zones if you didn’t know people because you’d just get robbed. All of this became less common during the 2000s and since the 2010s it’s not a thing anymore.

No time to read the rest of the post but I’m sure it’s just more lies.

Many Europeans know first hand that the streets are less safe than they used to be and which groups are causing it.

No. Many people* believe* that streets are less safe than they used to be, although actual facts and statistics show the opposite and it's much safer now.

They also believe which groups are causing it, because both lies are told by the same right-wing propagandists (and amplified by media giving a shit about facts, context or anything else but attention and clicks). The actual groups causing more crime are also in the actual real statistics: far-right crime and xenophobic assaults are on the rise and massively impact total numbers.

Many Europeans know first hand that the streets are less safe than they used to be and which groups are causing it.

For one thing, that's not what I was saying.

And then there's a lot of conflating "feeling safe" with "being safe" going on here, which has a lot to do with our innate xenophobia. People don't become criminals because of the color of their skin, their language, or their religion. Instead they become criminals because of social standing, lack of money, lack of education, gender, age, drug use. But of course, branding everyone who looks or speaks differently from you as bad/evil happens to be easy.

Yet in reality, it doesn't make much of a difference whether people are murdered by a nazi, someone apolitical born in $yourCountry, or a recent immigrant. But these people will likely share factors such as being less educated, belonging to a social group that is not accepted, being poor, male and under 30.

Then there’s a blatant misquote in there as well. Macron’s minister of the interior didn’t call LePen weak on migration but Islamism, as is visible on the quote he shows.

I did notice that one as well -- although I didn't look up whether there's additional context. This was not a direct quote though, it was from a newspaper that paraphrased.

Nonetheless, even so, it's telling considering the kind of anti-islam, police-heavy state France has morphed into in recent years.

Presenting the left popular front as some kind of success, is also reaching. It’s a desperate survival strategy.

That's pretty much what he said.

He then goes on to bash liberal democrats for the rise of fascism, stopping short of calling them fascists as well.

There's data to back up what he says -- austerity & accompanying economic vulnerability, destruction of community, strengthening social hierarchies all lead to authoritarian tendencies.

So overall this is just a doubling down on a failed strategy of the left.

Ftr: Don't agree. He's right in that what's failing us is the stream of center-right policy since the 80s.

Being uncritically ideologically pro immigration, regardless of facts, social, demographic, and political realities,

Tbh, I see a lot more people who uncritically ideologically against all immigration, regardless of facts.

while calling everyone fascist, hasn’t stopped us from ending up in the current situation.

Good one! In your own words, the guy from the video is

stopping short of calling them fascists as well.

And indeed, pretty much everyone else is too.

I hope you learn some comebacks from somewhere other than Reddit