12-05-2020, 10:15 PM
(12-05-2020, 09:23 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(12-04-2020, 07:53 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Trump is not an outlier, you have a strong trend, Johnson, Bolsinaro, there are other examples.
These latest right wing extremists governments have nothing to do with historic progressive conservative values. And it has little to do with the excessively simplified "left/right, liberal/conservative" dichotimy.
I think a better label here is "populist" (or maybe "authoritarian") as you will get many different types that have heavily botched up their countries' COVID responses.
Adding to your list above: AMLO (Mexico). Morawiecki (Poland). Lukashenko (Belarus). Magufuli (Tanzania). Orban (Hungary). And, yes, there are more.
Yes, that label may be a bit more specific...but it really seems to be a pretty complete takeover of right wing parties...almost everywhere we look right now.

