I think with all this talk of Nazis we need to remember why Hitler came to power, why did so many people support him? It’s because people felt under threat, it’s because people didn’t feel listened to. People felt alienated, helpless and that their way of life and existence were under threat.
People can take whatever political stance they want, but without followers they have no power. We need to understand why people are moving to the extremes of politics (and extreme left is as bad as extreme right). When people feel their voices are being removed they fight back. When people think their way of existence is threatened they fight back, when people feel their children are under threat they will do anything to protect them. Over the past few years we have had our voices increasingly shut down, our way of life has been undermined by numerous things, cost of living crisis, mass building projects, overburdening of public services, covid, multiculturalism.
We’ve seen our children (and I mean here the children of whatever tribe we ultimately align with) threatened, the rise of knife crime, indoctrination by ludicrous ideologies in schools and medical professions, child rape gangs.
The mistake those in power have made is ignoring people, shutting people up (and down) when they have voiced their concerns. Politicians of all persuasions have become disconnected from the experiences of the majority in this country. They can shut down the discontent for so long, yet if these things aren’t addressed eventually peaceful protests turn to revolution,
We have a weak leader - he’s proved how ineffectual and out of touch he is. We need to get someone in to be strong and listen. Otherwise the wrong people make the public think they are being listened to and are all too happy to fill that power vacuum.
People need to stop worrying about individual policies and whether things are left or right- you’re being distracted by irrelevance, and see the big picture