Liberals wring their hands

E J Dionne says center left and right parties need to learn a lesson and do something for those left behind in the era of globalization.

Fair enough, and even true.

Even true and important.

But like what?

Not a hint.

What could or should the democratic parties of Germany and Italy have done to diminish the appeal of Hitler and Mussolini?

There is some truth to the idea that people in Europe were frightened into fascism by communism, though in Spain it was both revolutionary Marxism and anarchism.

That's not the whole story, but it's certainly part of it.

So what's frightening Europeans, today?

Islam.