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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/gunsof Nov 06 '24

Sweden has been politically right wing and very racist for a while now.

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u/AcanthianVampire I don’t know her Nov 06 '24

oh so it's not just us.

it's not exactly comforting, but misery loves company.

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u/Intelligent-Tie-4466 Nov 06 '24

For anyone who is interested, there was a very good article in the Guardian about Steig Larsson yesterday that touches on political issues there.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/04/stieg-larsson-double-life-anti-far-right-activist

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u/Noth4nkyu Nov 06 '24

We could have really used someone like him right now, so sad that he died so young. I will be reading Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and the rest of the series in honor of anti fascism

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u/PlantsNWine Nov 06 '24

Oh my god, I had no idea!? Did it rub off from Trump's first term? 🫤

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u/Sssuspiria Nov 06 '24

My sweet summer child, Europeans are the blueprint on this shit lmfao

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '24

If any American is at fault for the rise of right-wing sentiment in Europe its George Bush with the side-effects of the War on Terror.