Not smugposting. Shit sucks. :(

  • @Triasha
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    185 hours ago

    The German results are more like the US in 2004. If they are headed to the same fate they are 20 years behind us.

        • @[email protected]
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          54 hours ago

          I wonder if America survives this, the experience of Fascists first-hand might galvonize us against it like it did Germany… That said, the fact they have a resurgence in Germany is more than a little concerning.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 hours ago

      Thats not at all how politics and fascism works. Germany is not isolated from the rest of the world and in some time capsule. It’s definitely not “like the US in 2004” because we’re living in 2025. And it’s not just AFD. Even the greens are fear mongering over immigrants. Germany wasn’t somehow isolated from the rise in islamophbia since 2001. They have been a major part of that and are talking about Muslims like they are Jews in 1930s Germany.

      Fascism doesn’t have a 20 year lag. It very often arises in major world powers at the same time. This is due to it being a defensive response of the capitalist class in class conflict. What is happening in the US is also happening in Germany.