• Lemmchen ( Lemmchen@feddit.org ) 
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      2 months ago

      I’d say this is mostly neglect of the German state to invest into education of their citizens. Fake news can’t affect you as much when you know how the people behind it operate. It also helps to create common realities which are needed keep Democracies functional.

        • Ooops ( Ooops@feddit.org ) 
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          2 months ago

          llowering energy prices, by going green

          But that’s impossible once the voters already have terminal brain damage and firmly believe that green power is the reason for high costs. Solutions are only an option when voters stop actively fighting to cause the problem.

    • It’s merely accelerated by them. The Nazis never left Germany but lay more or less dormant until their… ehm… “Lebensraum” proved to be fertile again. Would they be that strong without outside help? Perhaps not, but they would have reappeared nonetheless.