Summary
Thousands of Germans protested the CDU/CSU party for collaborating with the far-right AfD to pass anti-immigration legislation.
The move, seen as a breach of a post-war taboo against extremist parties, sparked outrage and accusations of making AfD extremism socially acceptable.
The CDU/CSU argues the legislation is necessary due to concerns about immigration and recent attacks by individuals who should have been deported.
Germany can lead the way. They can become the new leaders of the free world.
Lead the way… By electing the most right wing government since the war?
Germany is on the best way to repeat 1933, putting fascism into power with the help of the “conservatives” and a bystanding/complicit center
Don’t worry, they’ll have America on their side this time.
Not the greatest timeline to be living in right now.
And Russia too. Things are looking dark for Europe if things keep heading this way. And I’m still not sure what side China would take in the occasion there is a WW3, or if they would just decide to stay neutral and foster their economy while North America, Europe, and Russia just destroy each other.
I wish I had that kind of faith in our society. A lot of people are still conservative. The majority lacks any kind of class consciousness, and would really prefer the global western hegemony to keep trucking on unchanged for a few more generations.
The progressive movement is real and has great people in it. I love the conversations I’ve been having with people for the past decade. But it’s a bubble that includes maybe 5-8% of the population. Enough to build solidarity at least around population centers, not enough to sweep an election.
Kinda makes me think when I, as an immigrant over there, was a member of the Green Party in Britain before the Leave Referendum: great forward thinking people who were genuinelly good persons who wanted a better world for everybody, all the while the rest of British Society turned out to be mainly composed of dumb racists.
Still today I use the lessons I learned in British politics, since IMHO they were maybe a decade ahead of the rest of Europe in the shift to the Far Right (their version is just posher).
Third time’s a charm.