Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

‘I will not eat the bugs’: examining a right-wing narrative about scarcity and insect consumption

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par D. D. Moore, Visiting Fellow, Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies, European University Institute

Noor Bin Ladin, a right-wing influencer, stridently declares “I don’t want to eat the bugs” on a talk show hosted by a former adviser to US President Donald Trump. Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the conservative Les Républicains party in France, informs his colleagues that the French would be eating “insects without their knowledge”. Bartosz Kownacki, an MP from the nationalist Law and Justice party in Poland, suggests that opposition politicians write “instead of chicken, eat a worm” on their election materials, arguing that “this is their real election programme”. Thierry Baudet, a leader of…

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