Sunday, February 16, 2025

Why Fascism Is on the Rise Right Now

Feb 16, 2025 | As Donald Trump plays dictator in the US, leaders across Europe are applying their own versions of MAGA at home. Owen Jones sits down with Mehdi Hasan in this episode of ‘Two Outspoken’ to break down the far right’s global rise — from Elon Musk’s DOGE “coup” to the failures of Keir Starmer’s Labour government in the UK.

“It is a complete coup because these people [DOGE] are not elected,” Mehdi says. “They now have control of data. They have control of money… He's [Musk] just sitting on Twitter, just unilaterally chatting to his rightwing fans going ‘What should I cancel next? What should I stop payments to?’ Sorry, who the f*** are you?”