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And you wonder why AfD is getting so popular
AfD is very much not supportive towards Palestine.
It’s the “Trump” effect. Many grew tired of the establishment and for some reason saw Trump as an outsider.
My dad voted Bernie in 2016, then switched to Trump. Since then he’s slid into the absolute worst forms of conservatism. But it all started because he thought Bernie would fix the system, saw the system as ineffectual, and then picked the person he thought would disrupt the system.
AfD is definitely pulling on similar sentiments, and will end just as disastrously as Trump maybe even worse
“Fascism arises from the collapse of legitimacy of liberal institutions”
Thats the entire point, if the left wing party is doing nothing but appealing to the far right than most people would rather just vote for the far right party
CDU+SPD don’t seem very left as a coalition. CDU turned to AFD to pass immigration reform even though they said they wouldn’t. The current government criminalizes certain protests.
It’s not about supporting Palestine (on not), the voters and party are more about what’s happening to Germany
Aeguably they are not. The AfD says stuff that gets people riled up but they are the exact same neocons dialed up to 11 as the current government. Just even more racist, fascist and transphobic.
As you said, this stuff gets people riled up and that impacts who they vote for
it’s the ‘normal’ parties and EU fuck ups driving their voters to them.