@aho@mastodon.social @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl In a way yes. The mentality is particularly present in, but by no means limited to, the still-living older generations — roughly what one would call boomers in the west. They didn't have the same experiences as the ones who lived through the hardest of times (WW2). But their worldview is highly influenced by a second-hand understanding of that era. Mentally, they're fighting that fight, even though they never fought it in the first place. Populist politicians woo those voters.