Good. Now, we need to get those numbers higher.
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Always fascinating to look at this (black = CxU, light blue = AfD):
BTW, All Hail Leipzig!
I can do one better:
% of foreigners in population
Source: https://service.destatis.de/DE/karten/migration_integration_regionen.html#ANT_AI
% of votes cast for AfD in 2025
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany
Mother Nature occasionally votes.
Of course they be baking like crazy now. And of course some welcome that with open arms:
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel made no effort to quash the speculation, reposting a claim by retired economist Stefan Homburg that the number of candidates' deaths was "statistically almost impossible".
However...
asked about the rumours in his party, the AfD's number two figure in North Rhine-Westphalia, Kay Gottschalk, acknowledged on Tuesday that "what I have in front of me - but that's just partial information - that doesn't back up these suspicions at the moment".
Hey everyone, the nazis (AFD) are taking over Germany. They should have been banned under their laws, but the government chickened out. Huge funding from nazi billionaires and Russian nazis are helping them to overthrow all rationality, and install nazis everywhere. Nazis need to be dealt with harshly and quickly, lest they take over your government from the inside.
No, not enough is being done.
This story is just sensationist bullshit, but can be used to spread awareness of German Nazis.
Fun fact, the nazi billionaires are Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, they are stirring the pot worldwide. They have so many resources personally that they think they could benefit from a total societal collapse, so that’s what they are trying to engineer
lip smack
He wasn't a good man.
What a great way to die
There really is no news story here other than a wild right-wing conspiracy theory.
There are tens of thousands candidates in this election with 17 known deaths among the candidates, 7 of which are AfD candidates. This might seem high at first glance, but since there is no central institution keeping track of this, there might be more deaths for the other parties that are just not known. Also, as others have pointed out, many AfD candidates are older men. One of the dead was 80, two others around 70.
I wish these conspiracy theories weren't just casually echoed in headlines and social media.
going along social lines would suggest a more unhealthy lifestyle for afd politicians imo. I.e. „nobody touches my schnitzel“
Don't forget "I'm not taking the vaccine because Bill Gates wants to implant a chip in my brain!"
Ah ja, forgot about that one. My favorite at family functions.
If you're only running angry, old, white men...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who endorsed the far-right party's migration policies earlier this year, has repeated his support for the AfD in recent days.
Waiting for the day he is found dead with his own fist full of ketamine in his ass.
Not in 🇺🇲. He is safest there, as the country is full of temporary embarrassed trillionaires. One quick look at the 🇺🇲 replies I get when I tell them to insurrect, answers their quo.
Hope Germans continues making strange disappearance until they are all gone.🫡
Where are you from?
This person is in Japan and has previously stated they would never come to the US to aid in this insurrection they call for because they might get temporarily detained at the airport.
They wouldn’t come to the US to “aid” because they want the US to fall, and also they are a wimp.
Tbh I would also not help in an insurrection in the US or north Korea or Russia, even tho I very much beleave all of those places need a change of leadership pronto.
I dunno how to tell you nicely to switch clients, from the last 🧵 you quite literally asked this. But I guess even the strange glyphs in my display name evades you.
I use the best client for my needs. Your name is AntiBullyRanger. You refuse to answer any question because you like to take your shitty life out on everyone else. Haha. Control issues?
Seems like you're projecting.
So by “whiwake, ” I can assume you're Russian, and support Vladimir?
Huh. What part of “whiwake” makes you think of Russia? What I like best about your name is how hypocritical it is.
What part of “fascists shouldn't exist anywhere” is antibully of me?
The part where you bully people directly to satisfy that dopamine rush you crave. This is most likely undiagnosed anti-social personality disorder.
It’s that part where you refuse to answer direct question. You do it on purpose. I find it pretty funny, which is why I keep asking you direct questions.
How does my username, that was randomly generated, sound Russian to you? Or, are you just chasing that dopamine again? 😂
Ok, you're def. projecting there. Maybe disconnect, touch grass, form an antifa.
Here’s a direct answer: how does knowing where I am aid eliminating the AfD problem. Bist du Deutscher?
Lmfao. A direct answer… as a question. I love it. I love how consistently right I am about you. Your constant craving to anger people is making my day. It’s like a child having a tantrum.
@whiwake@lemmy.cafe btw, quick FNCA: downvotes are not disagreements, or dislikes in lemmy. All you said was “not worth reading.”
I don’t have voting on, so I don’t see or use them. If you are getting downvotes, it’s all you.
🆒
Shame
Edit:
I like to think that's to go with Danny Butterman loading a shotgun.
You are right, works surprisingly good,
Fascists get what fascists earn.
A natural death at an old age?
Nah, nazis deserve much worse than these asses.
click Noice.
What? Is there an epidemic of open windows?
With 20,000 candidates some are just bound to die before the actual election.