Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Recent electoral swings globally suggest less of a global left or right turn but rather anti-incumbency bias. In the UK Labor was blown out a few years ago only for the Conservatives to be blown out next election. In France the FN is coming to power amid a broader polarization and rejection of centrist parties. I would not be surprised to see trends reverse again in a few years. The challenge incumbents everywhere are facing is how to generate a convincing narrative of growth and optimism once in power and no one seems to have found the key to this.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Do you think it’s a reasonable response to actually subpar performance or more a product of failed narrative building?
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
It’s a great question. I think a lot of perception of performance is based on expectations and they have not lived up to those.
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J. Valeska 🦊🎩🫂
@jvaleska.eth
or: 'The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.' - Antonio Gramsci (yeah, I know that this guy may not have a good reputation here, but this quote is perfect to describe last decade, and the next..)
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J. Valeska 🦊🎩🫂
@jvaleska.eth
Narrative is broken, choosing between what moderated LEFT - RIGHT is no more an option because they all had being failing us.. the narrative is hate politics, they all are robbers.. then, politics reputation decreased.. then, you got a generation with no political interests nor knowledge educating kids, with the sentiment of politics sucks.. this summed to the market inflation and wars.. capitalism crisis and so on.. just drop some fake news, choose a target as the villain.. and let them fight each others.. once they polarized.. then they would become again right - left moderates.. and the cycle just starts again.. ?!
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Marshall Banana
@otherworldly000
Rampant inflation has made life hard for everyday people. Plus, almost half of the population have zero trust in media or public institutions. So, issues with both performance and narrative make it hard for incumbents to retain power. A few years ago I was heartened by swings toward the ‘left’ in many Western nations. Now I realise it’s all destined to be cyclical, unless there is some sort of significant shock to the system.
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