For Alexander Beiner, the conflict comes down to a struggle between different myths: the reason that the 'Mythic Rebellion' of the right is winning is the lack of a strong counter-myth from the globalist/multiculturalists:
"Brexit, Trump, and now the far right in Europe have managed to connect with these voters because, as Alex Evans points out in his book The Myth Gap, they told more compelling stories than the establishment.
The right draws on myths about regaining pride and sovereignty; being part of a movement greater than yourself to reclaim your country. The progressive response to the myth gap has been inept for years, and has recently morphed into what writer Alysia Ames has called ‘the omnicause’, a sprawling ideological tent that includes LGBTQ rights, environmentalism, pro-Palestinian campaigning and a lot of infighting. As I’ve written about before, its language is designed for elites with college degrees, and is often blind to class due to its obsession with identity politics.
The technocratic elite meet the mythic promises of the far right with the bland, secular humanistic platitudes of a corporate manager. They work in a machine that sees human beings as placeless, rootless economic units who should, like products, spread value across national borders and facilitate the flow of capital. This is why, ultimately, they will keep losing."
beiner.substack.com/p/the-my…