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Across continents, a wave of right-wing populism is reshaping political landscapes. From Viktor Orbán’s Hungary to Narendra Modi’s India, and most prominently in the United States under Donald Trump’s renewed leadership, the democratic experiment faces a test not of strength, but of endurance.
The tactics are familiar: emotional slogans, scapegoating, media vilification, and the slow corrosion of institutional norms. For historians, these patterns evoke uncomfortable parallels with the rise of authoritarian regimes in the 20th century, particularly the propaganda machinery of Joseph Goebbels, whose mastery of mass persuasion helped pave the way for one of history’s darkest chapters.But this is not a story of equivalence. It is a story of warning.
Read more: The Global Right-Wing Surge and the Fragile Future of Democracy