Are we seeing the end of global leftism?
Probably not. For one thing, politics is sort of a fuzzy spectrum; there will always be a left and a right, although things are a little more complicated than that. But there is a reason the Overton Window is a thing, and it can’t go all the way to one side or another, and there will always be people and systems to the left and to the right of that window.
But modern leftist politics, defined by socialism and its fuzzy-headed cousin “progressivism” (which may be taken to mean “progress on the road to socialism”), seem to be losing ground. The recent reelection of America’s President Donald Trump is one sign of this — but only one sign.
Lefty political parties across the world are now more unpopular than any time since the Cold War, a staggering analysis of recent elections shows.
The Left suffered a record-low…
