Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.”
Now Japan’s burgeoning right-wing populist party Sanseito has emerged an unlikely winner in parliamentary elections this weekend.
Inspired by other populist right-wing groups that have sprung up in recent years, Sanseito bagged 14 seats in Japan’s upper house, according to public broadcaster NHK – a dramatic increase from the single seat it had occupied previously.
People are so damn stupid, they fall for the same lies over and over again. I hope that Japan wakes up before these people get even more power.
It’s almost like fascism is a reaction to capitalism in decay or something
An inevitable end result even.
Moscow money, like everywhere else?
Argentina was not Moscow money… not this time. I put my bets on isnotreal
Because it’s populist and people are stupid
How?
I still blame unscrupulous social media & marketing savvy, knowing how to (ab)use algorithms, lack of legislation both globally and esp. in the country that provides most of these “services”. This is not politics, it’s a legal grift.
Apparently it’s surprisingly hard to not vote for Asian Jim.
So what I’m hearing is that Japan, with its immigration hating and xenophobic culture was not already RW?
