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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 76 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Accounts based in Russia posted lies about the motive for the arson attacks targeting Starmer, which were spread by figures such as far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson.

Wow... No way..... The supposedly grass roots, organic rise of far right sentiment is being driven by foreign nations hostile to us and who have been found performing acts of sabotage before and funding far right political leaders?

Shocker..........

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

These damn brown foreigners ought to go back to their country!

  • Amit types in India

But seriously, a lot of supposed white far right in social media turned out to be paid trolls based from abroad.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Funded by musk

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Putin trying to create Nazis so he can relive his glory days of being a clerk in Nazi defeating USSR

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The supposedly grass roots, organic rise of far right sentiment

British right wing nationalism has been around for a while

[–] Womble@piefed.world 5 points 2 days ago

It has, absolutely. But that doesn't mean it isn't being boosted both by the Russian state seeking to destabilize those supporting Ukraine, and the Fascists in America who see multi-cultural societies as things to be undermined.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Far right movements are usually started by the domestic bourgeoisie in an attempt to counter rising class consciousness and left-wing solidarity. It’s certainly possible that Russia is amplifying those voices, but the root of the problem is, as always, the aristocracy.