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Bro, these are not the conservatives you're looking for (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 3 months ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 162 points 3 months ago

Dude does not understand how german elections work lmao. Nobody won that election, the conservatives got 28% of the vote. There will be at least a 3 party coalition and things could become pretty complicated.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 100 points 3 months ago

I'm not usually one to agree with trump, but doubling your representation in a single election is a win. An incredibly concerning win, in this case. It bodes poorly.

[-] cron@feddit.org 90 points 3 months ago

The "conservative party" is the CDU/CSU, and even though they won, they just had their second worst result since the 1950s.

[-] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

thank you, this makes me feel better

[-] Skydancer@pawb.social 45 points 3 months ago

It shouldn't. They did so poorly because 10% of the German electorate shifted even farther to the far right AfD, and another 10% had already done so in previous elections.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Don't confuse the electorate shifting with non-voters turning up to give a finger to the whole system, that's the AfD's biggest gain. This shit will continue until rent becomes affordable again or another party manages to capture the same vote.

[-] federalreverse@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

While in this case, Trump clearly speaks about the party with the largest share, i.e. CxU — it would too make sense for Trump to call Afd "conservatives." Because that's the fun equivalence US Republicans use, as even they don't seem to want to identify as "regressives".