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I'm worried about the political future in Germany from polling data, AfD doubling in support while more progressive parties lose support makes me sad to see. (media.discordapp.net)

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I've only lived in Germany for a year and a half so if some more experienced Germans could tell me what I'm missing and explain why things aren't so bad that would be nice, but it seems like this country is shifting in a negative direction politically from this polling data and it scares me.

If AfD ends up being the second biggest party in the Bundestag next federal election I'll be quite upset but that's how it goes I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one wants to feel like they actually voted for the conservative outcomes that result whenever one of the two major parties is elected, but you did, and that’s not a matter of opinion. It’s a matter of historical record.

This is the only part of your comment that I take issue with. There was ample opportunity to vote for an actual progressive in the 2020 presidential primary election. We got Biden because that's who people voted for. They could have voted for Sanders or Warren, and they chose not to. That's a voters problem, not a party problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally, I'm reticent to blame the voters in a country where 40,000,000 of them can't afford to miss a day of work.

And I wouldn't call Warren a progressive except in the performative sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Personally, I’m reticent to blame the voters in a country where 40,000,000 of them can’t afford to miss a day of work.

That doesn't seem to be stopping any right-wing voters, many of whom are equally poor.

And I wouldn’t call Warren a progressive except in the performative sense.

Okay, but they didn't vote for Sanders, either.