Breathe
By Bibiana Belsasso
The world is undergoing a geopolitical shift. More and more citizens are voting for options that have radicalized towards the extreme right. We are seeing it for example in the United States, in Argentina, in many parts of Europe and now, on February 23rd, Germany could elect a government with many similarities to the Nazis.
When the pendulum swings, it always goes to the opposite extreme. Leftist governments are losing a lot of presence in the world.
Voters want results, even though far-right proposals tend to be more radical, authoritarian and with fewer freedoms.
When would we ever have imagined that a government with Nazi-like ideas would have much chance of winning?
The elections in Germany are next February 23 and the polls show that the governing Social Democracy is going to come in third place, the Christian Democracy, which is Angela Merkel's party in second place and the surprise is that the ultra-right, the most ultra-right, linked even to Elon Musk and Trump, has every chance of winning.
History is often forgotten, in other cases revenge is sought.
What is happening in Germany on the one hand is that they have minimized all the evil that Hitler did, for others they still feel that they entered a war they lost.
The serious thing about all this is that people forget history, Germany has already lived through what it was like to have a Nazi government with Hitler, the consequences, a Second World War. Today in Germany this ultra-right could return and perhaps what is most striking is that it is an ultra-right very close to Nazi ideology.
The same is happening in Spain. In the latest polls Vox, the far-right party can win the government. We see the same in Hungary, and in Italy the ultra-right is already governing.
People want to vote for whoever solves their problems and maintains a stable economy. Many, although it is hard to believe, do not mind losing liberties, but they do want or aspire to a better situation and think that these ultra-right governments can achieve it.
This trend is seen in Latin America in some countries such as Argentina and El Salvador.
