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Of democracy, thats a feature, not a bug. The people spoke, the people received.

There is no flaw in the principle of that process. Its as old as time. Pontius pilate, 2000 years ago, had the exact same headache.

The pendulum swings. It was less than a 100 years ago that the roles were quite literally reversed.

My brother, Giorgia Meloni is Italian PM and Marine Le Pen got 42% of the vote in 2022.

Do not underestimate latent European fascism, which is easily promoted using the same issue: immigrants. Most countries have a not-quite-majority for doing their own version of Ice, including shooting civilians.