Global Chaos – Without Precedent. Why?

By Shlomo Maital

           All this has happened in just a month:

    Nov. 5    Trump-led Republicans win the US Presidency, House and Senate majority. Trump nominees seek to overturn the existing order.  Expect chaos.

Nov. 6.  BERLIN — Germany’s governing coalition collapsed Wednesday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister and announced a confidence vote that is widely expected to fail and to pave the way to early elections in the spring.

  Dec 4 (Reuters) – Romanians vote in a presidential election runoff on Sunday that could see Calin Georgescu, a far-right critic of NATO, defeat pro-European centrist Elena Lasconi, an outcome that might isolate Romania in the West and erode its support for Ukraine.

Dec. 5  In an event unprecedented in the last 60 years, the French National Assembly approved a motion of censure against Michel Barnier’s government on Wednesday, which has only been in office for three months. This motion, initiated by the radical left, received crucial support from Marine Le Pen’s National Front party, triggering a major political crisis. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned.  President Macro will try to cobble together a new government, a Mission Impossible given the split between far right and far left in the French Parliament.

Dec. 5.  South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Tuesday declared martial law, blasting the opposition as “anti-state forces” threatening the country’s democracy. The unexpected move from Yoon, marking the first time martial law has been declared in South Korea in more than four decades, alarmed the US and other allies. Six hours later he backed down, lifting the order in the face of united opposition.

Dec. 5  Brussels –Violence returns to the streets of Tbilisi following the official announcement by the ruling Georgian Dream party to stop the process of joining the European Union, leading to thousands of citizens pouring into the capital to protest what they see as the country sliding toward the Russian orbit. While tensions resurfaced after seemingly subsiding in recent weeks, the European Parliament in Strasbourg recognized as illegitimate last month’s elections and called on Georgian authorities to repeat the vote

        …Shall I go on?

           Is there a short clear explanation for this chaos?  There is.  Migration leads to backlash among those opposing it and who perceive they are hurt by it.  Leading to far-right electoral gains.  Autocratic leaders riding a wave of right-wing popularity seek to sow chaos in their neighbors, to overturn democratic forces. 

          This could have been prevented, had the obscene gap between very rich, rich, and poor within countries and among countries been addressed properly —  helping migrants in their home countries, and low-wage workers domestically. 

          Liberals might say,  who knew? 

          It was handwriting on the wall.