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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 49 points 5 months ago (11 children)

I’m shocked AFD is eastern

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 84 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not. Populism thrives when people are dissatisfied and angry. East Germany is economically not as strong as the west, despite decades of reunion.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

Sounds like it’s following in America’s footsteps, where rural and rust belt regions were kinda left behind by the federal government. The south is more complex but similar.

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