Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.

As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.

Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya’s “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.

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    2 hours ago

    The global collapsing of communism was always inevitable.

    There has always been 1 of 2 choices countries would make when it finally arrived.

    1. Abandon the system of capital and embrace socialism

    2. Quintuple down on all the worst aspects of capitalism by fully embracing fascism and dooming your society to total collapse