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[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Come to Europe, we have democracy! And the far right still wins...

[-] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 20 points 3 days ago

But at least they don't automatically get effectively all the power after winning a simple majority. That's... something, at least. I want to cry.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

if they have an actual majority (more than 50%), they would but luckily that's not the case... yet

[-] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago

Yeah, because we have more than two parties, so a simple majority isn't automatically an absolute one. But if you group the far right with the increasingly far right "conservatives", it looks much more bleak.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

But if you group the far right with the increasingly far right “conservatives”, it looks much more bleak.

we've been in that situation since the 1980's; our center-right and our far right are our only choices for president now.

i used to think europe's democracies were ahead since they carried on with progressive initiatives the americans stopped doing in the 1970's, but now i wonder if europe's lurch rightwards is them catching up to the americans.