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[–] 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 child)

Die spielen schon seit Jahrzehnten das gleiche Spiel. Alle paar Wahlperioden Erstwähler mit einer gezielten Werbekampagne verarschen, ihr Kreuz bei der FDP zu machen, dann maximal korrupte Klientelpolitik, draufhin eine Zeit lang den Ball flach halten und das Gleiche von vorne.

Die FDP ist so korrupt, dass sie nicht im Geringsten auf die staatliche Parteienfinanzierung angewiesen ist, um groß angelegte Werbekampagnen zu fahren und ihr Spitzenpersonal fürstlich zu bezahlen. Die können das Spiel sehr lange spielen, solange die Ergebnisse für die Geldgeber stimmen.

Germany - Deutschland but in English ;)

The question was how the FDP could keep its place in the German political spectrum for decades.

The answer is really simple. They have been doing this for decades. Fool naive first-time voters with a targeted campaign to vote for FDP, then do maximally corrupt clientele politics, afterwards lay low for a bit, and then rinse and repeat.

The FDP is so incredibly corrupt it doesn't need (vote count based) state financing for political parties in order to pay for large scale advertising campaigns, and to pay their leadership obscene salaries. They can play this game very long, as long as the results for their financial backers are right.

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  • [–] 3 points 22 hours ago

    @SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml To add to the above comment: in the early years of the Federal Republic the FDP was more or less the king maker. SPD and CDU had the major share of votes but needed a coalition partner to form the government. FDP was the third party in parliament and thus the only option.

    This early FDP had a social-liberal wing as well (mostly in northern Germany) which would make coalitions with the SPD possible.

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