Dennis Prager Show - Why Are Young Europeans Becoming Far Right?
Aired: 2024-03-14
Duration: 04:49


=== Cool To Be Far Right? (04:03) ===

[00:00:00]  Want some good news?
[00:00:02]  I think it's good news.
[00:00:04]  You never know in life.
[00:00:05]  That's the reason, well, I can't say you never know.
[00:00:09]  But certainly on the macro level, as opposed to personal issues, I mean, if you got better after a serious illness, that's good news.
[00:00:20]  It's hard to imagine why it would turn out to be bad news.
[00:00:24]  But I think this is good news.
[00:00:27]  It comes from the Washington Post, which thinks it's really bad news.
[00:00:32]  Cool, this is the title of the column.
[00:00:36]  Cool to be far right?
[00:00:39]  Young Europeans are stirring a political earthquake.
[00:00:47]  Always wonder, does the Washington Post or the New York Times ever describe any left-wing party as far left?
[00:00:57]  It's like whenever I'm described in the media, it's a conservative talk show host, but they never list liberal talk show hosts.
[00:01:08]  Never, right?
[00:01:11]  Nobody's on the left.
[00:01:13]  You're either right or far right.
[00:01:17]  On a continent better known for left-wing youth activism, a la Greta Thunberg, Polls show that young Europeans are fueling the growth of the far right.
[00:01:29]  See?
[00:01:30]  Not the right, the far right.
[00:01:34]  From France to Sweden to the Netherlands.
[00:01:39]  There isn't a...
[00:01:40]  I read the entire article.
[00:01:42]  I did not pick up any soul-searching.
[00:01:46]  Like, hmm...
[00:01:48]  Maybe we've really screwed their lives?
[00:01:51]  Like with the lockdowns?
[00:01:55]  And the gigantic government spending, which has left so little money for the private sector.
[00:02:05]  Okay.
[00:02:06]  In a year when former President Donald Trump is making a bid to take back the White House.
[00:02:13]  Hmm.
[00:02:14]  Take back the White House.
[00:02:16]  I didn't catch that the first time I read it.
[00:02:18]  Take back the White House.
[00:02:22]  All right.
[00:02:23]  Doesn't matter.
[00:02:24]  We'll leave that.
[00:02:25]  Multiple European governments may be headed for a rightward shift, propelled by voters in their late teens, twenties, and early thirties.
[00:02:40]  Why is that happening in Europe and not here?
[00:02:43]  I don't know the answer.
[00:02:45]  So, here's Portugal.
[00:02:47]  The rise of Chega.
[00:02:48]  Chega means enough in Portuguese.
[00:02:53]  It's an interesting name for a party, enough.
[00:02:59]  Because when it comes to the growth of the state and increase in laws, it's never enough for the left.
[00:03:07]  It's being viewed as a signal that the far right can surge anywhere in Europe and that disenchanted youths can be convinced that ultraconservatism is cool.
[00:03:23]  In the Netherlands, in November, anti-migrant stalwart Geert Wilders staged a shocking first-place finish in an election that saw his party claim the largest share of voters between 18 and 34. So again, Geert Wilders, far right.
[00:03:46]  Anybody who does not want essentially unlimited migration is far right.

=== The Bubonic Plague Spreads (01:00) ===

[00:03:55]  Geert Wilders is actually in many ways heroic.
[00:04:00]  His moral stance on Israel is quite remarkable.
[00:04:04]  But of course many liberals will read this far-right and think, oh, he must be an anti-Semite when he turns out to be one of the best friends Jews in the Netherlands and in Europe have.
[00:04:17]  But the moral confusion is...
[00:04:22]  What is it like, the bubonic plague?
[00:04:25]  It just keeps spreading.
[00:04:29]  And that was the Netherlands, and that was Portugal.
[00:04:33]  Then they go on.
[00:04:34]  Austria's far-right Freedom Party is counting on young voters to propel a victory in this year's national election after winning the largest share of the youth vote in regional elections in Salzburg last year.