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The way I see it, is also that the right won on:
Othering people (foreigners/muslims)
Offering a change, but not having failed yet (the BNP did and failed and got punished big style, Farage isn't even IN government)
Using fear/hatred
Having more media cash
Fox, the Sun and other toxic media, where disagreement means hatred of the others
Old school propaganda over a new medium
Denouncing political correctness, while being blatantly sexist/racist/homophobic while pretending it's about opennessThe left won't stoop down to such tactics.
But perhaps I have missed something, what is this new world/politics of the right you mention?
JWestland
No, not really.
What we can say is that Democracy, now more than ever, is working exactly as designed. Democracy works at it's better when participation is higher. The flaw isn't in the method of determination but in the method of determination. It is the anachronistic method of engaging with that demos, the people, that no longer works.
Unfortunately for us, it is the left wing, those who try and claim the label of progressiveness, that haven't managed to let go of the old politics while the right has allowed a new culture to bleed into their world sufficiently to afford them victory at the time that it counts most.
If you don't like the results of democracy, don't try to claim that it isn't working, get involved and find ways to make it work for you and what you believe in. The right certainly have and now that have all the toys.