Not contradicting anything that is said here, I think what I was trying to say that the neo-liberal platform is much more acceptable to the voter than neo-fascism is. Although this crises should have debunked that platform and ideology, it obviously hasn't. The far-right, as far as I can tell, has been debunked for WWII. Anecdotally, in my circles at least, Germans identify more with being European than German.
At least until the World Cup rolls around...
Don't get me wrong, I do not advocate ignoring far-right movements or sentiments, but I see more people willing to go along with the damaging free-market ideology than with the NPD platform. I truly can't speak for other countries as I don't live nor have I visited those countries.
But in my experience, the hysteria of the "far-right" direction of Europe is overblown, especially with recent comments over at Big Orange. I was taken aback with the "oh noez, Europe is turning fascist because of the financial crises" comments and diaries. That's why I mentioned the conjuring of ghosts as sensational headlines.
I just don't see that as the threat at this point in time here where I live. I do see a willingness to believe in free markets as a bigger threat as it is more acceptable and even considered desirable.
Nevertheless, I do not advocating ignoring these groups, they need to have an eye kept on them and if they do anything illegal, prosecuted. In the meantime, they to be continually discredited as they have in the past as you state in the diary. "Schiller sprach zu Goethe, Steck in dem Arsch die Flöte! Goethe sagte zu Schiller, Mein Arsch ist kein Triller!"
Ah, I see where you come from. This is a regular occurence in US media/blogger commentary I confronted a few times, too. And in the current wave, I was similarly annoyed by recent articles trying to fit far-right developments into the single simple narrative of the economic crisis. It does play a role in some cases, but more in an indirect way. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
