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      Fuck that guy, I’m still not sure if he had good a good campaign PR team, or if he ended up brain damaged and switching his political beliefs as a result, or a little of both. But God damn is it difficult being one of his constituents.

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      Fetterman is becoming a neologism similar to santorum, yet more despicable.

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    Alice Weidel, the leader of the far right / post-fascist Party “AfD”, is a openly gay living Woman. She is related to an Immigrant from Sri Lanka and are raising two Kids, which her Wife gave birth to. Both are living in Switzerland and pay no taxes in Germany …

    The party is known for their racist, homophob and overly patriotic members and agenda. One leading person got a couple of time in legal trouble for citing NSDAP Paroles and is speaking fond of the Hitler Regime…

    And yeah, we are still clueles on many levels why this is working out for them.

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        If you think that’s crazy, maybe you should check out how things are going in Moldova…

        Moldovan President Sandu is also a Romanian national, like many of her compatriots. She supported Nicusor Dan in the May 2025 Romanian presidential election and voted for him.

        It may seem odd that Sandu holds Romanian citizenship, enjoys voting rights in Romania and effectively promotes the end of her independent state. Yet for many, her attitude simply underscores the linguistic, historic and cultural ties between Romania and Moldova. Both countries use Romanian as their official state language.

        https://www.dw.com/en/could-romania-and-moldova-reunite/a-77181648

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          How is having a 2nd citizenship related to living in another country than the one you are politically participating in? (The asked question)

          Why is it odd to have a 2nd citizenship and be able to vote in that country?

          Your comment makes no sense.

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      post-fascist

      And yeah, we are still clueles on many levels why this is working out for them.

      There’s your problem. Fascists wear the skin of the accepted society they seek to control. The Afd aren’t post-fascist. They’re just fascists doing fascist things.

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        I recently heard a talk of a German professor for history. He made a point why it is (as often) wise to use the labels correct. In his opinion, “fascism” is something slightly diferent, more militaristic fe. So Trump, the AfD, and all the other arseholes need an own description - post-fascism. It made kinda sense to me. But yeah, I understand why its sometimes fair to use a fighting word.

        If you are interested and understand German fluently, here is the said talk.

        ** Aus der Dlf App | Der Rest ist Geschichte | Kampfbegriff – Was ist Faschismus https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?audio_id=dira_A5D31CA03D7B11F17739B883034C2FA0 **

        I can warmly recommend this podcast series in general. They do quick lectures on specific, sometimes controverse, history topics with proven experts. And they do it in a sober and neutral tone. Unlike many other podcasts out there. I like that :)

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      I knew the afd is fucked but I didn’t know it’s that fucked. I don’t know I guess we’re realising more and more that contradicting yourself in politics doesn’t actually matter…

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    Concealing past relationships can be difficult in politics, so either they wanted to believe too hard to bother validating his bio, or were just even more lazy than they usually accuse the other side of being (I’m admittedly assuming there’s not much difference in conservatives regardless of locale - and, yes, I get the irony of doing so although my progressive American opinion doesn’t really matter in Australia).

    Makes me almost giddy to say “how’s that taste of your own medicine?”

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    The guy is still anti immigration, his partner is an immigrant so he has to say that pretty much.

    He is still a right wing politician.

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    He didn’t come out btw, he’s been openly gay for a long time (although some voters are only finding out about it now he got elected). He is still very much a far-right politician (for some reason).

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    I’m thinking of registering as a republican and voting in their primaries in order to select the person with less chances of winning for them.

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    Isn’t turning around and doing the exact opposite of what you campaigned on illegal in most countries with elections?

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    This is precisely what some hope for u.s. politics, but it will be brutal, in their vision. Do not hope for unlucky coincidences. All people are free.