Spain warns far right is exploiting anger over climate disasters
Nationalist Vox party has seized on ‘visceral’ public reaction to mishandling of floods, says transport minister
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I'm not going to pretend to understand Spain's politics or economy, but it would behoove a lot of countries' governments to start acting in the interests of their citizens vis a vis the looming disasters caused by climate change, rather than capitulating to wealthy special interests.
The main reason the far right is having a moment across the globe is because they're tapping into that simmering fear and frustration as people watch their allegedly democratic institutions fail them, one by one, over and over. And the existing institutions are acting like everything is fine—business as usual.
It's not fine. Most people can't just buy a new home when theirs gets destroyed by flooding, fires, storms, etc. They can't just move. The far right is only going to make things worse, but they're promising people some kind of change (and hoping people don't look too hard), whereas current institutions are promising more of the same and expecting people to just be patient as we pass each climate-disaster milestone.
For those interested in Spain politics.
Spain is divided in autonomous communities (AC), they are like states of USA.
There was an enormous flood in the AC of Valencia. Since the right wing rules over that AC, they handled it horribly. The left wing government and other ACs offered aid, however Valencia refused it, multiple times.
Of course, the right wingers are blaming it on the left wing government for not doing enough.
Remind me again why we allow this farce called right-wing to even exist? It's clear they never do anything in good faith, so their stupid arguments are meaningless. We don't have to respect them at all!
“All these climate disasters? It’s the fault of the left! Vote us in instead!”
Okay, let’s vote the right in! Your policies will benefit the environment and help to reduce the effects of climate change, right?
“…”
Right?
“Do tax cuts for our rich friends and violence against minorities count?”
This is water is wet.