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Description
'Elections are the most undemocratic part of democracy'. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Aurelien Mondon about his and Dr. Aaron Winter book 'Reactionary Democracy'. The book offers a great insight into the mainstreaming of the far-right and how we should see this 'rise'. In this episode we explore the shortcomings of liberalism in stopping the far-right, what role the elites play in mainstreaming the far right, what strategies the far-right are committed to in order for their politics to become acceptable again. We also try to cover the AfD's electoral success and the rise of the Greens in the UK. Finally, we talk about what strategies we should be using, as the Left, to fend off the threat of the far-right.