[Phurist]

The "good" options are doing what their funders demand them to do and that is keeping the current system limping onward.

The opposition, the far right ones are however funded by new sources, shady ones. Their platform is thin as ice, there is no substance behind their loud slogans. But the slogans they use, do reach peoples heads. If the current leaders are not able to take these points for them selves and gain back the votes by actually doing what the proletariat want, then a very sudden and painful fall is the outcome. It has always been that way.

[nicbou]

The slogans work because they tap into real, legitimate frustrations. I do not agree with the solutions, but the problems are real.

Dismissing the other side of the political spectrum instead of addressing their problems is exactly how we keep getting into this mess.