German election live: Centre-right CDU and CSU parties win, say exit polls Far-right Alternative for Germany records best result with close to 20 per cent of the vote
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Left vs right is literally down vs up
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No, it's not. I'm sorry if you're delusional enough to think otherwise.
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Yeah, leftist politics will drive more people to the AfD, conservative politics will drive more people to the AfD, ignoring the AfD will drive more people to the AfD, giving them too much air time will drive more people to the AfD, yadayadayada....
This was the election with the highest voter turnout in 40 years and the AfD got 20%.
The same 20% who have consistently given far-right and anti-semitic answers in opinion polls and political studies all throughout the recent history of the Bundesrepublik.
There were always 20% Nazis here, they just didn't vote in past elections, or they voted CDU/CSU.
Our political system can deal with those 20%, whether they have their own party or not. That's exactly what the German constitution was designed to do right from the start. -
Boring and little progress IS a catastrophe.
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20% Nazis? Are you out of your mind? Every fifth person?
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If you ask questions like, "Is the life of an immigrant worth as much as that of a German?" or "Do the Jews have too much power?", then yes, 20% will consistently hold nazi beliefs.
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You may have had a point if Bernie won a nomination
in Germany???
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Where did you get that from? You can't just quote without providing a source.
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In their defense, the AfD did indeed get over 20% of the votes, and won almost every single district in former East Germany.
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AFD said they'll win it all next time, and if people continue consuming Russian/Elon shitposting and rotting their brain, they probably will
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I think France is more likely to turn Fascist.
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Okay, well the US “left” and “right” may not be up to the usual standards, but it quite literally is up and down elsewhere and in premise.
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if you, as a voter, can't identity the Nazi as a "down" we're already too far gone for civil discourse.
the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.
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Germany can only support genocide for so long without going full fash... much like USA.
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I don’t think Bernie was running for Die Linke. You’re out of scope bud. It’s Germany
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Germans managed to buy themselves time, but I'm still worried by AFD's gains. It's good to hear Merz is at least unwilling to form a coalition with AFD, but I don't know how long that's going to last since Merz is a piece of shit too.
A CDU/CSU + SPD coalition seems like peak neoliberalism though, so fascism is going to knock on Germany's door again. Hopefully those plans to ban AFD seriously materialize before then.
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If you haven't noticed, the rest of the western world lives in America's shadow.
They follow. They don't lead.
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Good job playing right into the hands of the ruling class.
Go outside and tell me how many nazis you see.
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have faith that they are there. just because you don't see them at the market doesn't mean they aren't there.
funny how terrorists are everywhere but Nazis aren't.
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Neither are "everywhere."
