cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/44390561
Birthed on YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party broke into mainstream politics with its “Japanese First” campaign.
This isn’t such a bad thing, by itself. For one, Japan’s entirely beholden to the American tech giants for its tech sector and really should start its own buildout.
Globalism is a dog whistle, used by the same oligarchs who promoted globalization and destroyed the middle class.
Whatever feefees it rustles in you, their actions will almost never translate to that in reality.
TIL
“Globalism” invariably means some sort of conspiracy theory, usually about Jews. Given this party are also anti-vaxxers, that’s the most plausible conclusion.
And a broader coalition among the rest of the Western countries including Europe and Australia/NZ etc makes more sense than duplicating effort in every country.