cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70552672
But 44% of the vote for a party that is officially classified as “extreme right” is not normal. It is a black day for European democracy, even if it occurs in a small east German state.
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While Saxony-Anhalt (and Germany itself) may have dodged the worst outcome because the AfD won’t automatically fulfil its ambition of forming the first far-right state government in Germany since the Nazi era, there is no reason to assume it will be so lucky at the next election. Neither will other German states, such as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in two weeks’ time, or other countries, such as France next year. No country is immune from the far right and, perhaps even more worryingly, no far-right party or politician is too extreme for political success (as the US has shown). We must therefore update our analyses and strategies.
edit link removed because it is “highly unreliable”
Billionaire money at work. Tax their wealth, then they can’t buy up propaganda machines to influence the population. Wherever you are, vote for a #WealthTax or #TaxWealthNotWork . If you don’t, they will only keep amassing wealth and power that leads to results like these.
More like oligarch money
“Democracy basically means: Government by the people, of the people, for the people… but the people are retarded.” ― Osho
Yea democracy is literally politicians preying on the dumbest people for votes
*representative democracy
Trying to paint “Moderate parties have moved to the right, thus disappointing voters so much with their right-wing politics, that those voters now feel the need to vote far-right instead” as some kind of sane decision will never be not comically stupid.
I don’t think it comical. In fact, I find the last paragraph of the post absolutely chilling in its attempt to shift the blame.
The World Socialist Website is a Chinese propaganda site that support the Chinese Communist Party, including its aggression against Taiwan. Some may say that it fits to the topic as the Chinese government support Germany’s far-right as we know, but this wsws/org is not a reliable source of information. This is a pure propaganda source.
What does this have to do with the Guardian?
The comment refers to OP’s link in the body of the text (there is a link to a wsws./org page).
Ok. Could you please provide proof of your claim?
What kind of trolling is this? Go to the site and read the narratives there.
Ah, the typical “do you own research” crap that conspiracy theorists spout.
“the earth is a plate!”
could you please provide proof?
“find it yourself! It’s all around you!”
🙄
Not OG commenter, but the Wikipedia page doesn’t list any link to the CCP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Socialist_Web_Site
For what it’s worth
Stop spamming my posts with the same lazy comment.
This is not spam, this is true.
Why would you link to and cite this equally obscure and untrustworthy site?
Last summer around this same time I was having a conversation with a German fellow, and I mentioned Afd gaining support and he shrugged it off calling them a fringe movement that have no real support, nothing to be alarmed over.
Man, one year later and they are winning, crazy times.
Gonna have to ask you to remove that wsws link and any info sourced from it since it is a highly biased and highly unreliable source.
This came to my attention because you reported a totally legit comment calling you out of the wsws link and you proceeded to use “low quality accusations” as a reason for the report. Don’t abuse reports hoping to silence people who criticize you.
What is problematic or biased about the quote I provided?
Why are you accusing me of abusing reports to silence people who criticize me? Saying I am “abuse reports” about a single report you don’t feel is valid doesn’t feel fair to me.
Sure I will remove the “highly unreliable source”.
I am accusing you of abusing the report system because your report was unreasonable and clearly had the intent to silence someone. This is not .ml where admins silence people over petty disagreements.
PS: The community ban wasn’t me.
Billionnaires must be hung, drawn and quartered
That would be English law. I think the closest German equivalent would be ripped apart with red-hot pliers and broken one the wheel. Not that I would ever suggest that this should be reintroduced.
Who is the biggest media outlet in Germany? Axel Springer Konzern.
Who gets the Axel Springer Award? Look for yourself.
This is a direct consequence of unchecked media ownership, and this trend is going on everywhere.
Insert DiCaprio pointing meme.
But twice.
