Presenting the ultra-right as anti-capitalist and anti-globalist is a sham
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This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.
This argument is an objection to The fight against the extreme right is often misused as a useful tool for globalization..
This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.This argument is an objection to The fight against the extreme right is often misused as a useful tool for globalization..Keywords: none
Summary
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“Mme Le Pen, we've never had much doubt about the reactionary and profoundly anti-humanist breeding ground of your political thinking, but with your words you've just exposed the very essence of the Front National: embodying Capital's watchdog.' A dog trained to bark at any movement that promotes equality and social justice, surfing on any confusion to keep the citizen away from any kind of complex political reflection. The raison d'être of your political inspiration has been and remains "the last joker in the pack to maintain the interests of the powerful".”
Author not entered, “An "Islamo-trotskyist" responds to Marine Le Pen”, Mr. Globalization, September 10, 2017.
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Justifications
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Capitalism is the ultraright's best ally -
Among ultra-right-wing sympathizers, there are some very wealthy people, who are by definition friends of capitalism.
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The ultra-right has benefited greatly from globalization
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Far right supports pro-business parties
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The RN serves the rich
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The far right has always cloaked itself in an anti-capitalist veneer.
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The far right is so little anti-globalist that it condemns true anti-globalists to the flames.
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By stirring up the "woke question", the far right makes itself the useful idiot of the powerful it claims to be fighting.
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By demonizing migrants, the far right serves the interests of big business
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The far right is a historic ally of the bourgeoisie
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The far-right wraps itself in an anti-capitalist veneer to obscure its true ideology
Objections
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Confusing "ultra-right" with "sovereigntists" or "nationalists" is a category error.
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By definition, nationalists and sovereignists like Marine Le Pen or Zemmour are opposed to the ravages of globalization.
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The left still hasn't understood that it often plays into the hands of liberal globalists, as Michéa has shown.
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The far right is anti-liberal and at war with capitalist regimes (hence the alliances of the Russian CP and the Nazis).