The programming following WW2 is bone deep, and there is no real European analogue to the "far right" as it exists in the US. The European gestalt is hardwired against anything any reasonable American would even call center right, much less far right.
Almost everyone in Europe supports some sort of welfare state, but in terms of immigration, I've never even encountered followers of the furthest-left party that support it. You may not have ever encountered a European if you think they've been "programmed" successfully.
The most obnoxious thing about Europeans that is somewhat mainstream is climate change alarmism.
Welfare isn't right wing in any form. Welfare is theft from citizens by government - government control of economy is left wing. You don't understand what right and left wing are.
I think everyone needs to stop trying to shove our current political state into that two-axis system because it's not sufficient to describe what u/acp_k2win is describing.
The problem a lot of people are getting mixed up is that populism is something that's starting to grow to be a dominant ideology and it cannot be sufficiently explained with a two-axis system. Populism has a left wing and a right wing component, but its policies are composed of a mix of things that would make both traditional leftists and right wingers angry.
Ethno-nationalism is right-populism taken to its "final" conclusion. Ethno-nationalism sees that the state is responsible for protecting the NATIVE people from outside threats. So it will use its resources and power to place the native majority population in priority over any other outsiders. To do that, they WILL do shit Lolbertarians hate. Tariffs on incoming foreign goods. Bans on immigration, both "legal" and illegal. Incentives/money/welfare/preferential treatment given to ethnically native citizens over other races and ethnicities.
More examples: Policies that fund projects at the taxpayer's dime to benefit the country as a whole (ROADS), "preferential" treatment given to certain countries over others because of compatible cultures, etc.
These are things that would make a fiscal conservative libertarian type lose their shit, because to do some of this shit requires the state grabbing more power from the people, but the "end result" is to promote not equality, but an intentional inequality that prefers treatment of its native citizens over immigrant/foreigner populations.
Japan has a mild form of this and is often used as an example by white ethnonats.
Those of us who support Trump support a somewhat milder form of right populism/nationalism where we pull back all the race-based shit and just do it under based off of merit and a heavily limited immigration policy, but you bet a lot of us would be for benefits that go towards the American citizen FIRST over any other group of people, which would again violate the average fiscal conservative's mentality.
Hell, we might even revise our welfare policies to cut back the amount of money being spent on the 14/60's and whatnot because we may see that as an actual waste of money that ultimately does not put America First and just puts them first, which never works, and focus it on say, making our trades great again and accessible since those populations tend to at least have enough IQ and physical strength to be able to do well in the trades.
Traditional right wing conservatism and libertarianism is incompatible with populism, including all forms of right wing populism - from MAGA all the way to ethnonationalist utopias.
The programming following WW2 is bone deep, and there is no real European analogue to the "far right" as it exists in the US. The European gestalt is hardwired against anything any reasonable American would even call center right, much less far right.
So what exactly is the American far-right?
Almost everyone in Europe supports some sort of welfare state, but in terms of immigration, I've never even encountered followers of the furthest-left party that support it. You may not have ever encountered a European if you think they've been "programmed" successfully.
The most obnoxious thing about Europeans that is somewhat mainstream is climate change alarmism.
Welfare is either left or right depending on if you support multiculturalism.
If you support welfare for people outside of your race you are left, if you support it for people of your race you are right. Same with immigration.
Welfare isn't right wing in any form. Welfare is theft from citizens by government - government control of economy is left wing. You don't understand what right and left wing are.
I think everyone needs to stop trying to shove our current political state into that two-axis system because it's not sufficient to describe what u/acp_k2win is describing.
The problem a lot of people are getting mixed up is that populism is something that's starting to grow to be a dominant ideology and it cannot be sufficiently explained with a two-axis system. Populism has a left wing and a right wing component, but its policies are composed of a mix of things that would make both traditional leftists and right wingers angry.
Ethno-nationalism is right-populism taken to its "final" conclusion. Ethno-nationalism sees that the state is responsible for protecting the NATIVE people from outside threats. So it will use its resources and power to place the native majority population in priority over any other outsiders. To do that, they WILL do shit Lolbertarians hate. Tariffs on incoming foreign goods. Bans on immigration, both "legal" and illegal. Incentives/money/welfare/preferential treatment given to ethnically native citizens over other races and ethnicities.
More examples: Policies that fund projects at the taxpayer's dime to benefit the country as a whole (ROADS), "preferential" treatment given to certain countries over others because of compatible cultures, etc.
These are things that would make a fiscal conservative libertarian type lose their shit, because to do some of this shit requires the state grabbing more power from the people, but the "end result" is to promote not equality, but an intentional inequality that prefers treatment of its native citizens over immigrant/foreigner populations.
Japan has a mild form of this and is often used as an example by white ethnonats.
Those of us who support Trump support a somewhat milder form of right populism/nationalism where we pull back all the race-based shit and just do it under based off of merit and a heavily limited immigration policy, but you bet a lot of us would be for benefits that go towards the American citizen FIRST over any other group of people, which would again violate the average fiscal conservative's mentality.
Hell, we might even revise our welfare policies to cut back the amount of money being spent on the 14/60's and whatnot because we may see that as an actual waste of money that ultimately does not put America First and just puts them first, which never works, and focus it on say, making our trades great again and accessible since those populations tend to at least have enough IQ and physical strength to be able to do well in the trades.
Traditional right wing conservatism and libertarianism is incompatible with populism, including all forms of right wing populism - from MAGA all the way to ethnonationalist utopias.