AfD is the most popular party in Germany for the first time, with a record 26%
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Should the left not be worried?
Where did I say that? How the fuck do you come up with that being the conclusion of my comment?
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We are fucked
We are not. It's just a survey and not a vote result.
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Where did I say that? How the fuck do you come up with that being the conclusion of my comment?
I really start to hate these reports. Weekly updates on the Sonntagsfrage are utterly lacking substance, fearmongering (to left leaning people) and reassurance (to AfD voters). Everything we do not need.
There?
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I really start to hate these reports. Weekly updates on the Sonntagsfrage are utterly lacking substance, fearmongering (to left leaning people) and reassurance (to AfD voters). Everything we do not need.
There?
So in your stupid brain "Not A" is automatically and without any alternatives to equivocate with "the utterly illogical opposite to A"?
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We are not. It's just a survey and not a vote result.
One predicates the other, though.
Clearly Germany is not doing enough to put a stop to the rising conservatism movement, and the next election might not end as favorably as a result.
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Is the proper response: Well shit.
Did you not realize that they performed incredibly well in the elections? Social media is how they will overthrow the last remaining democracies. France, UK and Canada are next. All the young folks are increasingly more conservative and within 2-6 years, it's going to be game over.
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So in your stupid brain "Not A" is automatically and without any alternatives to equivocate with "the utterly illogical opposite to A"?
- Fear mongering is making people worried.
- You are against this report for doing this to leftists, hence you are against making leftist people worried.
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One predicates the other, though.
Clearly Germany is not doing enough to put a stop to the rising conservatism movement, and the next election might not end as favorably as a result.
The last election was so recent, the new government hasn't even started working yet.
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We are not. It's just a survey and not a vote result.
My guy. You are not seeing the bigger picture.
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- Fear mongering is making people worried.
- You are against this report for doing this to leftists, hence you are against making leftist people worried.
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No for fucks sake. Fearmongering is the irrational exaggeration of a worrisome situation to a degree that incites fear (hence the term fearmongering) and panic.
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Where did I say that? How the fuck do you come up with that being the conclusion of my comment?
Calm down you could have just said “yes the left should be worried but no need to panic” and all would be well.
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Take care of the nazi problem before they take care of you. You already know how that works. Stop allowing them to broadcast nazi propaganda as if it was news.
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Did you not realize that they performed incredibly well in the elections? Social media is how they will overthrow the last remaining democracies. France, UK and Canada are next. All the young folks are increasingly more conservative and within 2-6 years, it's going to be game over.
We really should stop using the term "conservative" for what the self proclaimed "conservative" parties are doing. Because they don't conserve anything. They do the exact opposite. They exploit and destroy.
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I did Nazi that coming.
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Can someone explain how powerful a party can be in Germany with a plurality but without a majority?
That entirely depends on the other parties.
As long as they have less than 50% the other parties could (in theory) band together against them and create a coalition government.
The problem arises when that coalition has to become more diverse. As you can imagine the populist right would rather work together with the far right than with the populist left, so the coalition becomes shaky, paralyzed because they cannot come to agreements. The common denominator will be so small that basically nothing gets done, and the oppositional party will profit from that.
Shaky coalition governments can lead to government breakups and snap elections which in combination with the resulting loss of trust and inability to do anything of the government will likely lead to an even stronger opposition and even more shaky governments or right out majority for the plurality party.
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In phone polls, not an election...
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Calm down you could have just said “yes the left should be worried but no need to panic” and all would be well.
I'm not calming down. This dumb shit happens just far too often lately. I have no idea, why people insinuate things others never said and burn that strawman down, but I'm getting too tired and more and more pissed off by it, to the point where I wonder if it's even worth it or I should rather stop discussing.
Shit's annoying AF.
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The last election was so recent, the new government hasn't even started working yet.
This poll is utterly useless, cause the next election it asks about will be in 4 years.The last election shouldn't even have happened. It only happened because the previous government was unwilling and too incompetent to do their fucking job to the end of their term. And I don't see how the new one will be in any way more competent and/or willing. All they want is to line their pockets.
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Can someone explain how powerful a party can be in Germany with a plurality but without a majority?
This is post election. They didn't have the majority during the elections, so while it is impressive, it doesn't give them new political powers. Also, they require coalition partners, but nobody is willing to do that. If a coalition can be formed between (looking at the chart) Union, SPD, and Greens, that puts them at >50% giving them a majority to govern.
If the new coalition is formed and they don't get their act together within the time of governance, the next elections could be fatal for democracy in Germany. Honestly, like in most other European countries facing threats to democracy, their current governments must take decisive and quick action to make more people happy. However, current governments are trying to play the nazi's game, and they are predictably losing ground because that's not a solution.
Major parties are playing identity politics, trying to be populistic, bundling nazi ideas as their own, or quite simply not uniting like for example the French left-wing parties did (however short-lived that was). They should be:
- decreasing the gap between the rich and everybody else
- improving EU and national sovereignty by promoting non-US products and services to stop the influx of US and Russian propaganda
- taking radical action to make lodging and life in general more affordable (more social housing, making multi-home ownership less attractive, regulating the market more, etc.)
- improving public transport to reduce car dependence to reduce air and noise pollution in cities, which also makes transport more affordable
- providing more education with paid educational leave to allow career switches
- reduce hurdles for creating small businesses and provide guidance for those willing to start businesses
- invest in technology that makes life easier and more comfortable (better internet to reduce trips to office and government offices in particular, subsidies and research into improved heating and heat retention to reduce electricity and gas bills, ...)
and so so much more. A happy, educate populace is much less likely to be duped and and magnitudes less likely to vote against their own interests (like voting for lying politicians or nazis).
