In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content.
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Even my lemmy feed on Boost is full of AfD adverts, it's enfuriating.
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Almost like some American tech giants are aiding Russia or something.
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It says Tiktok and Twitter, so the tech giants come from China and the U.S. here. And they are not (only) aiding Russia. The AfD has close connections to China, and Beijing is very interested in the rise of the far right in Germany and the rest of Europe.
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How do you get ads on Lemmy?
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You get ads on Boost
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Didn't Vance's speech the other day hurt the AfD? Didn't it make some people deluded by their supposed "patriotism" wake up and see that we were all sold out to the Russians?
I am not German and I do not know the reality on the street in Germany, but I am scared of what could happen and how it will affect the European project.
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No need to thank me.
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Change apps!
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that we were all sold out to the Russians?
No. In the mind of the AfD fanbase, being under the control of a strongman-led Russia is by far preferable to whatever they perceive is currently the case. I mean, for most of them, at least in the eastern part of Germany, that's something like "the good old times".
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A key facet of fascism is the desire to return to a mythical 'better time'. They are willing to bow to a dictator who promises them this myth, especially when mixed with the promise to put the racists in power over others in the process.
Innuendo Studios covers it well in his endnote series: https://youtu.be/5Luu1Beb8ng
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The AfD morons already ran around years ago with Russia Flags, Putin Pictures and Banners begging him to be their president. Those people are beyond any recovery to sanity
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So after years of this happening in plain sight for everyone to see, people now notice days before an election?
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Ok, so we have a big problem there. It's not one or two, there are many who vote for that, if we were talking about complaints about the economy or about migration from an economic point of view (they always hides racism behind it, but if they hides it it's because they knows it is wrong) we can work with that.
But if they just want a strong man to guide them so they don't have to face the problems, what can you do with something like that?
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No shit.
I mean, really, how is this a surprise? Just look at the inauguration photos and who is on stage.
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Of course they do. Every non-democratic country wants to destabilize us.
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Why would someone use boost instead of another option?
General curiosity
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Not much. I guess it's time for that lesson again, dark times are ahead.
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I very much doubt even 0.1% of AfD voters heard about the whole thing.
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It's a very good app and the ads are to me (and I hate ads very much, I use ublock and revanced) not significantly intrusive.
