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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Der wollte doch die Faschos halbieren, oder?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yo, läuft super.

The strategy laid out in Foundations of Geopolitics in 1997 is being implemented

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is there any context to add which makes it less appalling than it seems?

[–] remon@ani.social 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

There isn't a federal election until 2029, so these polls really don't matter.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 15 points 3 days ago (8 children)

that is not true. it is a snapshot of current voter mentality. if this doesn't turn around it's only going to grow and get worse. that's what this is useful for.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The snapshot is not necessarily accurate thought. Who answers polls now other than political extremists?

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

you make a valid point. polls are not all equally important. this could be an insignificant one.

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right and the current government is right-wing neoliberals. They're only going to make everyone's lives worse so unless die Linke manages to drastically improve its reach, the discontented masses will continue to move towards fascism.

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Once die Linke stops sucking Russian cock they can have my vote on the federal level. They got 4 years to make it happen.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do they do in this manner?

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The are generally pacifists and reject military spending. The official party program still contains the goal of leaving NATO and forming a defensive alliance with Russia.

To be fair, a lot of their politicians have softened their stance on these issue in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine but, at least from my perspective, the party itself still clings to overly idealistic policies that are just absurd in the current geopolitical climate.

The do have very good domestic policies though and I'd vote for them in local and state elections (sadly I can't because I live abroad). But for my federal vote, they really have to update their stance on foreign policies.

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Based on my conversation with some Germans, even if afd did have the most offices held, they wouldn't have the majority. The other parties would tend to work together and afd would tend to be on their own.

[–] chillhelm@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

This is only partially correct. The CDU (conservatives) has growing faction in it that wants to "normalize" relations with AfD and enter a coalition with them. Steigbügelhalter is gonna halt Steigbügel.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A party not having the majority doesn't stop fascism from taking over as Germany well knows.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Not a guarantee, just a qualifier to show it's not a "done deal" to save someone a degree of dread.

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