BNP
cwelsch:
Well, they run on anti-development platforms.
Filuwaúrdjan:
Quote from: cwelsch on August 05, 2004, 10:55:36 PM
Well, they run on anti-development platforms.
As a rule they run on race+any local issue that can get them elected.
Anti-development platforms are usually very good for that...
Michael Z:
Quote from: Chairman Al on August 06, 2004, 04:54:56 AM
Quote from: cwelsch on August 05, 2004, 10:55:36 PM
Well, they run on anti-development platforms.
As a rule they run on race+any local issue that can get them elected.
Anti-development platforms are usually very good for that...
Exactly. The BNP are basically trying to mask their extreme agenda behind a veil of Populism, which is more or less what the Nazis did in Germany. They adopted a highly populist platform because they knew it would get them elected - not all Germans who voted for Hitler did so because of his anti-Semitic views, they did so because they thought it would get them a job.
(This is actually one of the reasons the Nazis are sometimes mistaken for a Socialist party, since they adopted partly socialist policies in order to pander to left-leaning parts of the electorate.)
The BNP are hoping they can have the same effect by talking about whatever's "popular" right now, and effectively trying to divert attention from their real goals.
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