How The British Made The Far Right Acceptable / Daniel Trilling

 So austerity tears at the connective tissue of a society. If you don't give people the resources to care for one another and support one another, it's not guaranteed that people just simply turn fascist or turn on one another at that point. But it makes life a lot harder. I think austerity softens up the ground for fascism, but it also creates a lot of discontent that can lead to something better. So being discontented at the way of things at the moment is not a bad thing. Something we've seen in Britain since 2010 as well has not just been the rise of right-wing populism, but repeated moments and movements of protest that have demanded a more equitable society from the anti-austerity movement of 2010 and 2011 all the way through to the Black Lives Matter protests of recent years. And now that surge of support for the Green Party, where again, people are demanding more equality and a fairer distribution of resources.