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pampango

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12. Wow! There are ultra-nationalists in Ukraine. There is a far-rght in every country and they are
Sat Jan 3, 2015, 07:29 AM
Jan 2015

always ultra-nationalists.

One ideological doctrine unites the far-right worldview, it is that of nationalism.

http://publicintelligence.net/ctc-violent-far-right/

They blame their problems on foreigners, who could be Russians, NATO, the EU, the UN, the WTO, etc. “Ukraine belongs to Ukrainians” sounds like the mantra ("France belongs to the French", etc.) used by the far-right in Paris, Moscow, Washington, London and elsewhere.

FDR did the opposite. He knew the problem was our own 1%, not foreigners, and dealt with them directly with higher taxes, better regulation and a safety net for the rest of us. He believed in an inter-connected, inter-dependent world, while the far-right - in the US and elsewhere - believes that every country is an island.

The Ukrainian far-right seems to be the exception in Europe in that the right in other European countries admires Putin as a strong, nationalist leader which is what they aspire to be. In return Putin and the Russian government provide support to the far-right groups throughout Europe. It is mutual admiration society.

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