Of course they are scared. Their almost religious belief in that they have all the answers despite evidence to the contrary has as I predicted fuelled the rise of the right. Their insane belief that multiculturalism works together with unbridled immigration is destroying the fabric of society in many countries. The British govt has jailed more people for facebook posts than Putin. Real free speech in Britain is dead and it is no longer a real democracy, if it ever was. TR is a victim of that regardless of whether you regard him as a freedom fighter or a bigoted racist. People are still scratching their heads as to how a moron like Donald Trump got elected when the left doesnt even know what a woman is.
Sweden once the darling of left progressive policies from DEI to multiculturalism is now trying to pay immigrants to leave their country. They have so many migrant problems and no go areas where Swedes fear to go its a joke. This is a pattern that is scene all over the western world aided and abetted by western liberal thinking that has crept like a cancer through universities into politics and have taken over the sensible more balance view of the centre. Groups like MAGA, Le Penne, Geert Wlilders, AFD and increasingly right wing govts in Hungary Poland Russia Italy are on the rise and have been fueled by the repression from the far left which brooks no decenting view of this cumbaya narrative. This narrative that we will all live together in peace because we are all the same is the greatest lie ever told. We are separated by religion and culture which puts our ideas of morality and way of life in conflict with each group regardless of ideas of equality. One only has too look at the plight of Christians in over 90% of muslim majority countries yet we are fed this absolute lie of the religion of peace and stupidly believe that when they come to the west they are going to change their intolerance of other religions.
Its always troubled me that when the left obtain power due to sensible and humane social policies, how, as those good progressive policies are accepted (universal health care unemployment programs etc), they inevitably, with each policy acceptance, gradually move to the dangerously radical left with policies that threaten the cohesion and freedom of society, with the gradual repeal of free speech and the roll back of reality that has these left radicals believing tripe like a man can give birth. They are so devoid of critical thinking they have no understanding of actual reality.
In short our comfortable lifestyle in the west has meant we no longer are willing to question and fight these radicals for fear of being ostracised pilloried or cancelled for daring to have a decenting view and sadly, like a cancer this radical left has gradually taken over our education system and public institutions. We have become the frogs in the pot of slowly heating water that wont move until it's too late.
People like T.R. refuse to be just another frog in the pot.