I keep hearing people say that the far-left is significantly less organised, more fragmented than the far-right. Why is that? (And to be clear: I’m asking about the far-left, not just the left in general (though they may be linked)
I keep hearing people say that the far-left is significantly less organised, more fragmented than the far-right. Why is that? (And to be clear: I’m asking about the far-left, not just the left in general (though they may be linked)
That doesn’t mean necessarily that the far left isn’t disorganised, only that the far right is as disorganised. If the far right is likewise disorganised over there, it doesn’t mean the far left isn’t, only that they’re both disorganised.
As for the rest of your comment, I’m afraid I’m not sure of who most of them people/groups are, though that’s purely because I’m from the Netherlands and don’t have knowledge of how your government works. But I’ll be sure to look into your country, it sounds like it could be interesting to see the disorganisation on both sides of the political spectrum.
Oh yeah the far left is also not necessarily organized. I feel like either extreme tends to converge to a dumpster fire of infighting. The moderate left is currently actually united here under the PRO (progressive) party, after a merger of the 2 largest left wing parties (our equivalents of labour and greens). And they’re the largest in the polls, but only because the center failed to solve problems and the right is splintered into many factions. Unfortunately a lot of people here are still very much right wing.
Further left there’s been plenty of infighting though, as is customary. Whether it’s the Socialist Party trying to distance themselves from the communists within their ranks, the animal party getting into a row over defence spending, or the further left party constantly fighting and calling other members of its party racists etc. We have so many parties, yet apparently not yet enough to prevent this constant fighting.
As a moderate leftist I honestly struggle sometimes to communicate with the far left wing. To me it seems like they’re constantly “purity testing” eachother and struggle with giving any kind of compromise. Despite not agreeing with them, the centrist parties like liberals and christian democrats seem like much more reliable and stable partners unfortunately.