The Strategic Use of Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric by the Far-Right

• Far-right parties frame immigrants as a perpetual, elusive enemy to maintain political power through fear-mongering and social polarization.
• Hostility toward migration acts as a strategic distraction from neoliberal economic agendas that benefit the wealthy at the expense of the working class.
• Advanced media manipulation and algorithms are used to monetize human emotion and justify the erosion of democratic rights.

The Mechanism of the Shock Doctrine

• Drawing on Naomi Klein's concept of the 'shock doctrine,' extremist movements capitalize on societal anxieties to implement regressive policies.
• Despite migration being driven by climate change and global inequality—issues often denied by the same far-right actors—it is rebranded as an existential threat to national security.
• In Italy, the emergence of figures like Roberto Vannacci shows a competition in extremism, where politicians must constantly escalate dehumanization to remain electorally viable.

Cognitive Dissonance Among Voters

• There is a significant disconnect where voters blame immigrants for economic hardship, failing to recognize that far-right neoliberal policies exacerbate their own precarious living conditions.
• Instances in German regions like Saxony-Anhalt demonstrate that voters may advocate for the welfare protections of the past while supporting parties whose agendas are ideologically opposed to those very systems.

Implications and Future Risks

• The strategy of dehumanization is not limited to migrants; it extends to feminists, LGBTQ+ individuals, and environmentalists who are positioned as targets when current scapegoats prove insufficient.
• The integration of surveillance tools and artificial intelligence into these political campaigns threatens to institutionalize fascist tendencies.
• The author concludes that the true adversary is not the migrant, but the power structure that utilizes xenophobia to divide society and consolidate wealth at the cost of human rights.