Comment by kergonath

> Looking at the history of left wing movements in countries post-WWII, can you think of a reason why they wouldn't be successful and far-right ones would?

In western democracies, I can think of a couple. For example, the wave of left-wing intellectualism that was prevalent up until the 1980s got somewhat lost and lost contact with the lower classes, which left an opening for far-right populists.

> The center doesn't exist anymore. The right-wing has labeled the US Democratic Party as extreme left.

You’re right. In that frame of reference, it might indeed regress to the far left, but that would still be slightly to the left of Bill Clinton. The US don’t strike me as having a particularly strong left-wing culture and I don’t see it appearing any time soon.

> There should be a term for 'forcing your opposition to materialize because you are unable to distinguish between propaganda and reality'.

I don’t think the word exist, but the concept proved very useful to a lot of dictators.