Re: News from Lodamun
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:21 pm
Port Golavia: The return of the Far-Right to Lodamese politics seems to have come as a shock to many media pundits on the left, with Green Party politicians rushing to condemn the Alternative For Lodamun and their joke of a leader ”Biggus Diccus”. The AfL’s so called “Anti-Racism Bill” (a crime against Luthorian straight from the works of George Corwell) has been almost universally decried as a insane slide into fascist segregation, and rightfully so. The only support for the Bill within the Presidium stemmed from the equally vile EAPP, long time advocates for extreme nationalism masked by Eco-Populist rhetoric.
What has been less spoke about is how the Far-Right’s protectionist and nationalist rhetoric is the other face of the Green Party coin. After almost five and a half decades in power, they have failed to improve the Lodamese economy beyond its initial GDP. Productivity has stagnated, even decreased in export sectors, correlating to a decrease in living standards for the average worker. Poll after poll has called for increased business freedom and a move away from the constraints of Green socialism, and yet they have continued their protectionist policies to the point where people are desperate for any alternative.
In these conditions, is it so surprising that Fascism has gained so much support and presence within the electoral consciousness? The truth is many within the political and economic fields have warned about such a rise for decades. For them, the threat this country now faces has been a long time coming, a result easily predicted. The anger at the left has been directed at the coastal elites and ethnic minorities, those the left has long claimed to be serving the interests of. Desperate people commit desperate acts. For many tearing through those different to them appears to be a viable option: the AfL is providing the knives.
The sad truth is the AfL is destined to relive the same mistakes as the Green’s, albeit in a far more destructive manner. Minorities are not the cause of the slump, protectionist nationalism is. The history of fascism is a history of failure, the AfL will fail, after dragging the whole nation with them. That is unless they are stopped, a possibility which polling suggests is becoming less and less likely. The AfL’s comic nature may be their main strength, their mask to hide their aging physique, a cloak to conceal the suicide vest. As the left’s favourite philosopher prophesised, history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. We only hope the Green’s learn their own history, before they are taught it at the point of a blade.
Richard Owen is a renowned economist working for the National Policy Institute