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[-] serenissi@lemmy.world 111 points 22 hours ago

Germany just had a sweeping far right election

you can't say 20% a 'sweeping'. The situation is worse at other places. And thanks to true multi party democracy, AfD probably won't be in government anyway.

At the height of its power, the Nazi party made up less than that percentage of the population of Germany. It doesn't take much to ruin it for everyone.

Case in point: US President Donald Trump, whose approval rating has historically hovered around 30%.

Those of us with front row seats to the shitshow hope you're right, because even just last week, my dad was saying, "It could never happen here!" when I brought up how the playbook Trump is using is the exact same one that Hitler used.

[-] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 72 points 21 hours ago

I hope so for Germanys sake. A 9% increase from the last election, for a party that’s 12 years old… that’s pretty sweeping to me. Not to mention that it’s more so the southern parts of Germany that have an even stronger percentage of AfD support.

Again, I’m not wanting a right shift for these countries, but it’s become clear that things are. We could stick our head in the dirt and say it’s only America, but that wouldn’t be true, and that’s what I was getting at with my comment.

[-] serenissi@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago

Party is new, ideology is old.

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