How the far right weaponizes victimhood
Chouliaraki, L.
& Bale, J.
(22 January 2025)
How the far right weaponizes victimhood.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
& Bale, J.
(22 January 2025)
How the far right weaponizes victimhood.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
From Nigel Farage’s claims about two-tier policing, to Elon Musk’s weaponization of the grooming gangs scandal, the far right portrays itself as a victim or as on the side of victims as a tool to promote its political ends. In this interview, Joanna Bale asks Lilie Chouliaraki about how her book “Wronged” exposes how this rhetoric of victimhood is used by the powerful to amass even more power.