Germany is on its way to facism

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

I'm all in favor of a "Word War"! Sounds much more fun than a world war.

[_lordmcnuggets_@feddit.org]

My theory is that Merz is looking to poach AfD voters, by "aligning" with their biggest point of immigration to strengthen his chancellor candidacy. But I'm also not THAT informed on the current events.

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

So the situation is horrible, and would have been completely unnecessary. And there's also no rational power reasoning for this proposal -- this stuff is hurting rather than helping CDU's chances, as it drives people either further right or further left/center.

But I am not happy with the title here:

Germany is on its way to facism

That's not a good way to put it imo, because it presages a future that might not and hopefully won't happen.

What's true is that "conservatives" (CDU/CSU) and "libertarians" (FDP) almost unanimously voted for a populist, useless, unhelpful, racist act that goes both against the German constitution and against EU rules. And they're their repeating historic mistakes here too.

Tl;dr: We are fucked.

No, we are not yet h*cked. Afd was polling at 22% in the beginning of last year, and they lost 8 percentage points in a matter of months, because people took to the streets to form some of the largest protests Germany has seen. If you're German - go out and protest this week! https://demokrateam.org has a list.

[mrs_dewinter@feddit.org]

you will need it eventually for its actual meaning.

Yeah, that time is now and this is what we need it for.

The next time to use it would be retrospectively, when historians try to explain how democracy died in Germany again.

[cows_are_underrated@feddit.org]

I guess, that he really wants to work together with them. He regularly uses their talking points and hints into the direction that people have to talk with them. The latest homicide (an immigrant killed a man and a 2 year old) is great for shifting the discourse to the right.

[trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works]

Unfortunately, that was just a typo, which has now been fixed thanks to your generous intervention.

[trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works]

I would say that makes it even worse. Cooperating with the Nazis just for the sake of an empty symbolic gesture.

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

Too bad.

[morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de]

Considering the SPD (Social Dmocrat Party) and the Greens are currently in power, and 100% of their representatives in the Bundestag voted against the motion, it's doubtful they're going to comply.

Some representatives weren't present during the vote, which is sad considering it went 348 for and 344 against, but what can you do.

[trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works]

Considering how the SPD and Greens have recently allowed the extreme right to set their agenda, I wouldn't trust them the least.

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

* your compatriots

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

That makes sense. Why would you vote for the fake facists when you can vote for the real facists I guess

[duke_nukem_1990@feddit.org]

GANZ DEUTSCHLAND HASST DIE CDU!
GANZ DEUTSCHLAND HASST DIE AFD!

[lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com]

Just get in a train in Poland and drive over the border... They can't stop you at the border without stopping the trains, which won't happen...

Everyone knows, this is regarding the election...

[lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com]

FDP = ECONOMYCALLY liberal

They want companies to do whatever they wish. They are the party of the rich. That's it.

[lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com]

Imagine, the center-left established a main topic for the election.... No, the conservatoves prefer warming up the soup called migration once again.

[benleman@lemmy.world]

Yes, hello, I am also unhappy with the title. Is this about facesitting or something?

[kilgore_trout@feddit.it]

a populist, useless, unhelpful, racist act that goes both against the German constitution and against EU rules

Germany is de facto already enforcing permanent border controls, as well as Austria.

[not_mikey@slrpnk.net]

How's the BSW voting on this? I know they're sort of hopping on the immigrants bashing bandwagon but hope they have the sense not to align with the fascists.

[skoell13@feddit.org]

They didn't vote. There was an overview somewhere on lemmy