Summary
Germans voted in a high-stakes election on February 23, with conservative Friedrich Merz poised to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz amid a far-right surge.
The far-right, anti-immigration AfD is set for a record result, fueled by security concerns after attacks by asylum seekers.
The vote also unfolds amid tensions over US-Europe relations, as Trump signals a shift in NATO support.
If mainstream parties fail to counter far-right momentum now, analysts warn, the AfD may entirely dominate next time.
People are being bombarded with low quality information and disinformation.
They get their news from people like Joe Rogan, tik tok, Facebook, twitter, and their other stupid friends.
While the “good” people are trying to share quality information (truth), which takes time and effort, the “bad” people just straight up lie. So they can flood all these channels with their lies, and people just eat it up.
What’s astonishing is that the governments are just letting all this happen. Just letting these tech companies peddle all these lies without any pushback.
Only Brazil seems to be actually doing something about Twitter and Musk, for example. Why haven’t other countries cracked down on Musk? It’s baffling…