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Online nativists stoking hate by exploiting middle-class economic fears
Original: Online nativists are exploiting middle-class economic worries to stir hate
A Vox analysis examines how nativist movements in countries including the United States, France and India are channeling middle-class anxieties over jobs, housing and living costs into hostility toward immigrants and minorities. Commenters warn that far-right figures are reframing economic insecurity as a cultural threat, giving xenophobic rhetoric mainstream appeal as these narratives spread rapidly across social media.
Why now: Rising economic anxiety and far-right electoral gains have made the spread of nativist rhetoric online a pressing political concern.
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