In Europe the far-right "wants a welfare state" & is "anti-international-economic integration"?

[pampango]

The attacks in Germany and Norway are the horrific extremes of the far right, carried out by a tiny minority. However, the resurrection of the extreme far-right movement mirrors that of the more mainstream political far right across Europe - and opposition parties in Germany have blamed the rise of the newly uncovered extremist group on a rise in the political far right.

While the far right movement means different things in countries, these groups share a nationalistic cultural identity. However, perhaps surprisingly, it is also characterised by traditionally left-leaning economic policy.

The Demos study found that respondents were anti-establishment, anti-capitalism and supportive of the welfare state - but only for the country's citizens. "We used to believe the far right were all free marketers, but they want to have a welfare state - as long as it's available for themselves."

Economic turmoil in the eurozone has only served to bolster anti-establishment sentiment. "The extent to which the eurozone crisis is discrediting the elites, it plays right into their hands," said Dr Jones. "If you've got global bankers telling your domestic elites what to do, it not only discredits them, but fuels argument for anti-international-economic integration."

The cynicism towards mainstream politics has added to far-right support, especially online. It has also resulted in centre-right parties embracing anti-immigration and nationalistic policies to try and entice voters, while radical right parties, such as the New Flemish Alliance, have gained ground by moving more towards the centre.

http://www.channel4.com/news/has-the-euro-crisis-fuelled-a-rise-of-the-far-right

What is "right" on one side of the ocean seems to be "left" on the other and vice versa. The right in Europe seems to support the welfare state and the taxes that pay for it. The right in the US, of course, goes ballistic over the welfare state and taxes.

The European far-right's opposition to immigration and "international-economic integration" (including the existence of the EU/eurozone) seems to be what differentiates them from the left.

[Philosopher King]

1. "respondents were anti-establishment, anti-capitalism and supportive of the welfare state"

And no doubt anti-semitic as well.

Fascism and Communism both have socialist roots and are very close to being the same thing in practice. Academics, who like to build perfect model theories, usually place Communism and Fascism at opposite ends of the political scale. But that misrepresents reality.

Fascism grew out of Italian socialism. (Mussolini declared it to be a movement of the left.) And Marxism spawned German socialism.

NAZI - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party)

[TheKentuckian]

2. Hey Glen! Jesus was a socialist. When will you renounce him and worship Satan?

[Philosopher King]

3. Never, only my wife is worthy of such adulation and respect.