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AfD leader vows to restore German-Russian ties as she eyes chancellery
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To me, I think they have spent years and years coordinating (not just in Germany) with other right-wing parties, tried and tested propaganda mechanics, nailed the language, the target audience, sold the product properly and their target audience responded. The majority of voters who take to this are individuals who often feel disenfranchised by minorities (including immigrants), have limited (if any) tertiary education so they are not critical thinkers, have been led to believe that their current status is because of other forms of government and people not of our liking, and not their lack of education, skillsets etc and so on. This has been used very well in other regions including Africa (Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal), South America (see Colombia incoming, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia), Asia (India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand) and so on.
Civic education left the building a long time ago and is no longer encouraged.
Which is what any party should do, they did nothing new or strange, they simply listen to the people and offered solutions (which would not necessary work or be realizable) occupying a space other parties decided to abandon.
You're not wrong, but you're giving right-wing populists too much credit. Their polling numbers are not just a product of their own efforts, but equally so the result of
So, yes, the far right has been busy in the recent past. But they wouldn't have come this far if it weren't for fascists with money supporting them and mainstream politics failing people left and right.
I think this sums it up pretty nicely!
No, it actually doesn't. In the majority of cases those alleged mainstream and center politics have been right-wing to at best center-right-wing already for decades and they have been bad for as long as most voters can remember. They have not suddenly started abandoning sensible politics or failing people. They are simple continuing the exact same policies of previous decades that fuck over people to make a few rich. It's not the politics that changed but the amount of people getting fucked for policies benefitting only a very small fraction of people. And the fact that they don't need to obfuscate their bad politics anymore as bullshit populism is so much easier and more effective as a diversion.
Too many people just cannot accept these points and until they do there will only be a rise. Corruption and condescension by the rich and those who are supposed to represent will bring us all down.
You are right. They have been enabled by fascists. I agree with you on this 100%.