Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk
Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a historic state election victory in Germany, while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.
While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting the far right within reach of power at the state level for the first time since the second world war.
Show me one far-right party or government that hasn’t been absolutely useless, or caused more problems than they’ve solved.
You’ve got to let these things play out. People will realise they are a bunch of morons, just you wait.
No. It would be vastly preferable if this were nipped in the bud. Need I remind you how many people died in WWII, not to mention the human cost of fascism elsewhere?
While I do agree with the general trend that many of these populist fascists are incomponent at leading, it’s better to not roll those dice in the first place. We should never accept it as inevitable.
You cannot force those who are too dumb to see the error of their ways to do something. You’ll only breed contempt and embolden them more. There is no nipping this in the bud. You won’t convince these people they’re wrong. They must come to it on their own. Hopefully not many of us have to die.
Take the MAGA movement for example. We’ve been telling these idiots for years that they’re wrong and they won’t listen. Only now that the policies negatively affect them do you see some changing their tunes.
Did you just… Does your primary argument contain “Hopefully, not many of us have to die.” ???
Jesus Christ.
Look, you’re right that it’s just as impossible to convince a zealot (idiots who stand to gain from being obedient), as it is to insult someone back into logic (idiots who don’t, but are too stupid to realize).
But don’t despair and give up, because you’ll be giving fascists what they invested for, with all their propaganda aimed at making you despair.
Just keep in mind, the way to change things is not to fight the vulnerable zealots for their cooperation with the authoritarian, it’s to fight the authoritarian. The rich fucks are the ones who give the speeches, and lie and manipulate the zealots.
Fight the rich fucks, and fight them as early as possible. That’s what nipping this in the bud (or in this case, early stalk lol) means.