Idk, from what I’ve seen the people in East Germany aren’t really Nazis some are, but lots of them have just lost so much faith in electoral politics and the AfD have never been in power so they’re just like fuck it, might as well let them try. The AfD was utilizing nostalgia for the DDR.
they may not be nazis, but they’re not communists either. there are practically no communists in germany now. there’s nobody to serve as a counterweight to all the various fascist parties (pro-establishment fascists like the CDU and that other one, anti-establishment-vibes-having fascists like AFD). with the so called respectable mainstream parties also taking their policies and rhetoric from AFD on a ton of issues, there’s no chance of anything ever shifting left. they’ll keep becoming more and more nazi.
none of the parties on offer improve people’s lives, yet people vote for them anyway. i dont think that’s the purpose of AFD in the grand scheme of things anyway, they’re there to push the CDU and SPD even further right and further normalize racism and fascism.
So you’re unhappy they got elected but none of the parties do anything? It’s exactly that outlook that got the AfD elected. Every single far right voter I’ve met has that outlook, either they’re not voting or they vote for the far right, because no other party does anything anyways.
Idk, from what I’ve seen the people in East Germany aren’t really Nazis some are, but lots of them have just lost so much faith in electoral politics and the AfD have never been in power so they’re just like fuck it, might as well let them try. The AfD was utilizing nostalgia for the DDR.
they may not be nazis, but they’re not communists either. there are practically no communists in germany now. there’s nobody to serve as a counterweight to all the various fascist parties (pro-establishment fascists like the CDU and that other one, anti-establishment-vibes-having fascists like AFD). with the so called respectable mainstream parties also taking their policies and rhetoric from AFD on a ton of issues, there’s no chance of anything ever shifting left. they’ll keep becoming more and more nazi.
I don’t know about that, if the AfD can’t do anything to improve peoples lives I don’t think they’ll keep voting for them.
none of the parties on offer improve people’s lives, yet people vote for them anyway. i dont think that’s the purpose of AFD in the grand scheme of things anyway, they’re there to push the CDU and SPD even further right and further normalize racism and fascism.
I don’t know if they’ll be able to do that though because a large amount of the voters aren’t voting for them because they are racist or fascist.
that hardly matters once they get elected
Well to organize a fascist putsch you do need supporters. So it kind of does matter.
they can just get elected, no need for a putsch nowadays
So you’re unhappy they got elected but none of the parties do anything? It’s exactly that outlook that got the AfD elected. Every single far right voter I’ve met has that outlook, either they’re not voting or they vote for the far right, because no other party does anything anyways.
This is what happened in the States. Same people are behind both movements.
Yep, politics is run by rich clever people, and they’re not really bound by borders 🤷♂️