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    Re: Mason Archived Message

    Posted by Ian M on July 23, 2023, 7:06 pm, in reply to "Mason"

    Hate to say it, but I found it a surprisingly informative article about the rise of the far right in Europe, for once resisting the urge to make it about the real left being in an 'alliance' with them. Mason appeared to take on board the suggestion of ditching 'woke' politics if the electoral left wants to reach ordinary people, here quoting Paul Hilder of Datapraxis:

    'Many marginal voters take the position that ordinary people’s daily lives are more important than social or ethnic minorities. That doesn’t mean being anti-woke. If your disposable income has dropped by 10 or 20% in the past year, that’s what you want politicians to be focusing on, rather than how many genders there are.'


    Time will tell if he also heeds this advice:

    'Meet voters where they are, which is struggling with inflation in their daily lives; make bold, practical and credible offers on these issues. When it comes to drawing a contrast with the right wing populists, it’s not about calling them fascists or Putin backers – it’s about connecting their extremism to life getting worse and not better.'

    The Byline article is pretty idiotic though.

    cheers,
    I

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