In the US, it’s Donald Trump. In Hungary, Viktor Orbán. In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. With rightwing authoritarian leaders and extremist political parties gaining strength, people who care about equality and the future of the planet have good reason to be worried.
To counter this trend we need to address its root causes – not the personality traits of individual leaders or the unique conditions that fuelled their rise. In short, we need to look at the process of economic globalization.
