WHAT IS GOING ON IN GERMANY???

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[alessandrobenvenuti]

Every country is having a serious right wing resurgence. And for right wing I don’t mean conservative, I mean those flirting with fascism.

[rattled]

As a German i can say it’s pretty bad. I have two uncles who won’t fucking shut up about the AFD

[Hanfgurkenhasser]

Vaush (and English-speaking folk in general) trying to pronounce our ridiculous German words will never not make me grin.

[CassieAngelica]

The only thing the far-right has to do to get back into the legally allowed discourse in Germany is to use different symbols from the ones used many years ago and steer clear of mentioning a certain someone.

[no]

Considering one of AfD's founders left the party due to its increasing extremism says a lot really.

[corhydrae]

As a german guy with a brain and a heart: The very fact that we have a monument dedicated to the horrors of our past IS a source of my national pride. It takes courage to look at the atrocities your people have commited and say "never again".

There is no reason to feel shame over what the nazis did, unless you are, well, a nazi.

[YeoldRagnaris]

If you are german and encounter ppl considering voting for the AFD then just read to them their party program. Their intention to recriminilize weed, raise the retirement age to 70 and lower the age to 12 for severe prision sentencees will deter lots of ppl.

[MrHodoAstartes]

Well, it's the 20s again.
Everything's coming back into style.

[merlinhelena]

Nobody is getting rejected from art school for a while...

[Feefa]

History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes

[frostnova]

Important; DO NOT VOTE ANY FAILED ARTIST INTO POWER.

[Kyravexa]

The AFD is very strange. It s partly an eastern German party, but it got voters in western Germany, too. According to statisics, about two thirds of its voters claim they vote AFD because they want to "protest" against the policy of the other parties. In german, these people are called "Protestwaehler" ("protest voters"). The other third of the AFDs voters seem to be hard right wing fanatics. The largest part of voters of the AFD are men (not women) between 40 and 50 years (though younger and older men and women vote AFD too, but I `m talking about statistics.) Because of the inner-german migration from east to west, there are (in percent) more middle aged and older men in the east than in the west. This is also a reason (next to the ecomomy) for the popularity of the AFD in the east (yes, demographics matter).

[pi]

I am proud to live in the city with the lowest AfD results in the whole country. As a trans person I feel safe here but I wont travel to rural eastern germany anymore. We are becoming more divided just along the lines of the USA. In addition to your main factors: MAGA and in generell the american far-right also had a huuuuge impact here and I fear the ripple effects of the USA becoming a fascist hellhole on us.

[jwomackandcheese]

Throughout history the phrse "Germany, whata re you doing?" has never ended well.

[RexxyRobin]

As a german I am kinda floored over how accurate Vaush's assessement of our situation is.

[alivesushi]

Bad momment for my spotify start blasting eminem and he goes “guess who’s back” 💀

[trustyvaultcanteen]

Its very funny to see the AfDs political talking points. Especially during/after Trumps 2020 campaign there is a 2 month-ish delay between a republican politicians speech and a AfD politicians speech.

[brynawaldman]

Fascism usually arises in times of economic hardship. We have a global elite now, sucking wealth from everyone else. It serves the 1%ers for us to fight each other, so the richest people fund nationalism & all kinds of prejudice, all over the world.

[FafliXx]

It is important to put this into perspective though. The next national elections are 2 years away, and in even just a few months, polling results can flip entirely.
Non government parties usually do better outside of election season as well.

Just half a year before the last national election, the AFD was projected to get 15-20% of votes, and they ended up with 10%, losing compared to their last result.
Also, no other party is willing to work with them, so they barely hold any power on a national level.

[ivorya]

As a certified East German (TM) zoomer I'd like to add that living here isn't like entering a Wolfenstein game. The larger cities are safe and full of nonwhite/queer people and even in mid-size towns you should be fine. DEFINITELY watch your ass in villages, but honestly that applies to all of Germany (especially Bavaria)