The left refuses to acknowledge the problem while the right (and far right) does, so guess where that leads?
However, in the context here, you think that:
Erdogan swept into power because the working class in Turkey has been "weakened" by immigration and globalization?
Second, the parent of your comment was about right-wing parties rising in Hungary and Poland.
I am asking because I think most writers think of these as part of a larger global movement, but your comments suggest you think they are different.
In Turkey and the Middle East Islamism has been rising, partly due to the collapse of Arab nationalism and partly due to Saudi Arabia's worldwide propagation of Wahhabism.
Then take an economics course. Realise that globalisation outsources manufacturing, agriculture, services, etc..., lowering costs, but also lowering wages. This is by design. The 'Information' industry in the west was supposed to make up for the loss of blue collar jobs. Except it hasn't.
And then also realise that immigration increases the size of the workforce, especially the uneducated workforce. Again, downward pressure on wages.
Personally I think progressive economics provides a better solution than the regressive protectionism of the right. Except the left pretends there's no problem, and here we are.
I think spending time to think about how to best answer that question is probably the best thing one can do to prevent similar events.
We are in the middle of this strange global event and you can tell from the profusion of explanations that no one knows what the reason is.
-- loss of confidence in institutions?
-- wealth gap?
-- tech enabled cultural sabotage?
-- "globalization"?
And so on. I think people don't even know why it is happening yet. There is a lot of cognitive labor ahead.