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[BrotherIvan]

33. I don't think we have to make an alliance with the far right

They are a vocal minority. The "conservatives," and by that I mean traditionalists, maybe. That is a problem in many European countries, people who vote for conservatives because their parents did or they grew up in a certain area and they never questioned. But they don't have the large swaths of uneducated voters that we do as ignorance is not quite as celebrated. They also don't have the religion problem for the most part. I believe the way we have gotten this far is by listening to their caterwauling and then thinking they matter. They don't.

Liberal parties have gained majorities many times in Europe as well as here recently. The trouble is, the liberal politicians have sold out to finance and the corporations, and so they do not deliver on their promises. That leads to disillusionment and malaise. But that doesn't mean that most of the citizens do not agree on liberal ideas: they do. The first step is to realize the politicians and corps do not have our "best interests" at heart. In fact, they actively despise us. From that, all else follows.