[lbo-talk] Breivik declared insane by Norway

[James Heartfield]

I don’t think that Anders Breivik is evidence that fascism is on the march in Norway. On the contrary, he is evidence that far right thinking has very little purchase, and leads only to lone nutcase actions like this. It is disappointing that he has been declared insane, because he ought to stand trial, but the psychiatrists make the case that he is more than right wing, but in fact wholly delusional. 

Norway is a solidly social democratic country, whose extensive social welfare programmes are built on its great oil wealth, which it invests on a long-term basis, and is why they will not join the European Union (which would mean losing control of their Keynesian economic system). There is a mainstream conservative opposition, but you could probably count the number of people who think like Breivik on the fingers on one foot.