Buzz & Beyond: Marine le pen
Published: Feb, 12 2025 06:00
Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley. History isn’t winning the argument. Across Europe and the US, defenders of democracy have mobilised every precedent to warn against a slide into authoritarian rule. They have underlined every rhyme and assonance in the rhetoric of today’s far-right movements to highlight echoes of past atrocity. It isn’t working.