Leftists insist that what is behind the far right’s recent gains, from Europe to Central and South America, is economic precarity. Far-right leaders know better, winning elections or gaining support despite embracing very different economic policies.
SANTIAGO—At an academic event in Brussels a few months ago, one of the speakers casually suggested that the next time the group met, the far right could be in power in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. No one refuted him.