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The way I look at working people supporting and voting for fascists is this: they're struggling in life, just like the rest of us. Cost of living is going up, quality of goods and services is decreasing, community is breaking apart, people are more individualist and alienated than ever, and the leadership class is doing nothing but enriching themselves. They're looking for answers, just like we are. And then a politician or party comes along who speaks to their struggles, who acknowledges their pain. Since that's more than the other party/parties have done, that's the political party that wins that person's loyalty, or at least begrudging support.

Of course we know that these fascist parties won't solve any of the problems the working class faces, but the mainstream parties often don't even talk about the problems working people face every day, and have had power for a long time and only made things worse. And since the left is systematically excluded from the discourse, only one voice critical of the status quo remains, regardless of how cynical and opportunistic and fake.