Nafeez Ahmed

I think so. I think it was in 2010. I actually said that I think the far-right as a network is going to essentially explode, and not in the sense of exploding and disappearing, but exploding and essentially at risk of taking over the Western political establishment.

I think so. I think it was in 2010. I actually said that I think the far-right as a network is going to essentially explode, and not in the sense of exploding and disappearing, but exploding and essentially at risk of taking over the Western political establishment.

Yeah, it's pretty like, oh shit, why did I get that right?

Yeah, it's pretty like, oh shit, why did I get that right?

So it's kind of a play on words. Obviously, we've got the Third Reich, which was the Nazi rule over parts of Europe.

So it's kind of a play on words. Obviously, we've got the Third Reich, which was the Nazi rule over parts of Europe.

um during obviously the 1930s and the idea of the alt-right the reason i've come up with that term is to is to kind of convey what's going on with the more familiar term you might be hearing about alt-right which is the idea there's this oh the alternative right and that's the term that was actually coined by people in the movement so richard spencer neo-nazi first came up with this idea we are the alternative right um and steve bannon took it up and said yes that's the alt-right

um during obviously the 1930s and the idea of the alt-right the reason i've come up with that term is to is to kind of convey what's going on with the more familiar term you might be hearing about alt-right which is the idea there's this oh the alternative right and that's the term that was actually coined by people in the movement so richard spencer neo-nazi first came up with this idea we are the alternative right um and steve bannon took it up and said yes that's the alt-right

And, you know, they kind of have tried to rally around a set of ideas around the problems with liberalism, the problems even with kind of mainstream conservatism, and to say we need dramatic change, which essentially is tearing down a lot of the checks and balances of democracy. They want more authoritarian government. They don't like immigration.

And, you know, they kind of have tried to rally around a set of ideas around the problems with liberalism, the problems even with kind of mainstream conservatism, and to say we need dramatic change, which essentially is tearing down a lot of the checks and balances of democracy. They want more authoritarian government. They don't like immigration.

They don't like the idea of multi-ethnic societies.

They don't like the idea of multi-ethnic societies.

That's right. You've got these two grand theories, I think, which encapsulate some of these ideas. Again, and these both were rooted in actually quite neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic ideologies and were actually originated by Nazis. Cultural Marxism was the idea that basically left-wing Jews...

That's right. You've got these two grand theories, I think, which encapsulate some of these ideas. Again, and these both were rooted in actually quite neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic ideologies and were actually originated by Nazis. Cultural Marxism was the idea that basically left-wing Jews...

or infiltrating our societies to pursue this kind of flamboyant, super liberal thing and undermine Western institutions in this way. They were going to fight culture wars. It was an idea that Nazis were promoting and it came from them and they promoted it and it was taken up by... quite mainstream right-wingers in the United States.

or infiltrating our societies to pursue this kind of flamboyant, super liberal thing and undermine Western institutions in this way. They were going to fight culture wars. It was an idea that Nazis were promoting and it came from them and they promoted it and it was taken up by... quite mainstream right-wingers in the United States.

And they thought this is actually quite an interesting way of seeing things. And the great replacement theory, of course, is the idea that there's a horde and a conspiracy from outside the West to kind of bring and kind of export...

And they thought this is actually quite an interesting way of seeing things. And the great replacement theory, of course, is the idea that there's a horde and a conspiracy from outside the West to kind of bring and kind of export...

millions of immigrants, predominantly Muslim immigrants from all over the world, but primarily Africa, the Middle East, and import them into the West and replace white people. I think what's ironic is that the people who are promoting this idea they're the ones that actually want to take down fundamentals of democracy based on justifying or based on this thing that's happening.

millions of immigrants, predominantly Muslim immigrants from all over the world, but primarily Africa, the Middle East, and import them into the West and replace white people. I think what's ironic is that the people who are promoting this idea they're the ones that actually want to take down fundamentals of democracy based on justifying or based on this thing that's happening.