Boriswave, fighting-age men, cultural Marxism: how the far right is changing how we speak | The far right

At a press conference in September, Reform UK announced a shocking policy proposal to end indefinite leave to remain for immigrants. This change, which would drastically change the UK immigration system, was justified by the need to combat the so-called “Boris wave”.

At first glance the Boriswave portmanteau might be understood merely as a description of the rising immigration pattern post-Brexit, but as a reactionary digital policy pundit Doctor Robert Topinka explains Helen PiddThe term was coined by the “extreme online far-right” and was originally used as a racial epithet. Topinka describes how its users are framed to the right, whether they realize it or not.

The pair discuss how far-right terms have entered mainstream political conversations, the idea that politics is “below the culture,” why the right has been more successful in shaping our political language lately, and how we should approach these terms as individuals.

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