The Perussuomalaiset (PS)* are a deadly chameleon. It can look “normal” until it lashes out like a venomous snake.
The PS’ neo-conservative cloak is only a deception appealing to right-wingers who justify the paradigm shifts and inhumane cuts in public spending. Finance Minister Riikka Purra is a two-headed monster: with one head she looks sort of mainstream while with the other she lashes out, overtaken by her far-right ideology.
In Finland, the PS is the most Trump- and Maga-friendly party.
We got another glimpse of Purra’s two headed monster with the tweet below thanking US Vice President JD Vance for his words, which shocked the audience at the Munich Security Conference with his brutal ideological attack on Europe. He accused Europe of suppressing free speech, fearing voters and failing to stop “illegal” migration.”
All these topics were irresistable awakening the monster in Purra.
Purra tweets: “What a great speech from JD Vance. Freedom, freedom of speech, democracy; threats from within, inability to fight illegal immigration.
✨Excellent values are words that are easily repeated in Europe, but all too often far too difficult to implement.”
Authoritarian regimes make fatal mistakes that have been proven time and again. One of these is when they believe in their invencibility. When this happens, it is a clear path to their demise.
Finance Minister Riikka Purra is good at looking “mainstream” but only until President Trump or his vice president JD Vance plays the PS’s favorite far-right or Maga tune. Cartoon: Ted Bauer.
In Argentina, which was ruled by the military during most of the last century, we had a saying: No hay mal que dure cien años, the longest day must have its end.
I wrote a while back how sparks that created social movements changed history. Such events are unpredictable and can happen at any time.
Below is one example of many that helped ignite the civil rights movement.
As Malcolm X once said: “There is no better teacher than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”
