I didn't intend to be explaining cultural differences particularly apart from the way the media works. Transferring the same facts to the British context, I think there would be less of a Farage if -… (View Post)

Expanding on this a bit, reasons the far right has had trouble getting traction: - things aren't that bad for young people, pay is low but so is rent - the media are very consent-manufacturing, they'… (View Post)

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"Swung to the hard right" overstates it, the far-right party came 6th behind the ruling party, the Osaka ruling party, a religious cult, and both of the different mutually antagonistic vers… (View Post)

On the EV thing I was in Shanghai and it was so weird, you're in the centre of the city and you've got the middle-income-country traffic with loads of cars and little scooters zooming in and out all … (View Post)