Liberal and right-wing parties: we WILL never form a coalition with the hard-right parties! They suck!
Next election: the hard-right has a surge. “Well, maybe we can take some of their ideas…”
Next next election: the hard-right wins and the liberals and right-wing parties jump over each other to form a coalition with the hard-right
@yassie_j liberals next next election: why do we keep losing after we adopted all these fascist ideas? no one could have possibly seen this coming!
@orangelantern @yassie_j it’s so mind mindbogglingly stupid! it would be somewhat understandable if fascist lite polices actually won them elections, but they go with the same failed strategies over and over again and lose support each time. at this point it’s obvious to me that centrist parties in both europe and north america find it more important to appease their wealthy supporters than to actually win elections
@orangelantern @yassie_j in general, i think they’re afraid of upsetting the wealthy who are the only people they actually talk to so this leads to massive groupthink. at least in the US case a lot of policy/strategy is driven by highly paid political consultants who get paid and hired whether they win or lose. there are many who oppose the groupthink, but they’re systematically sidelined
liberal parties: *shooting left-wing parties* "if only there were someone we could coalition with other than the far-right!"
@amberage leftists: let’s compromise to stop the hard-right!
Liberals: fuck off
@yassie_j more like: left wing/vageuly progressive party wins
Liberal and right-wing parties: I am forming the biggest coalition with the nazis just you watch
@yassie_j and then they get pikachu-faced that their own former fans don't want.to vote for them!