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.

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    6 days ago

    Ultimately what needs to be done is to solve those existing problems. You get extremists like this when the people feel like there’s something wrong that the “mainstream” politicians are unable or unwilling to fix.

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      Absolutely! The bigger problem is the “centrist” politicians are useless. Almost all politicians are wealthy class, not rocking the boat is in their interests. Most of the time they are part of the problem. So everywhere we end with the choice between parasites who’d rather do nothing and just profit off whatever corruption they can get away with, or parasites who equally profit from the system but are also nazis.

      True change can only come from a bottom up movement, masses make demands so politics give in. NGOs, unions, student movements etc are the way to get our rights. We want rights, benefits, we need to ask for it properly, with strikes, protests, soup kitchens, activism. Worshiping power just makes us more miserable.

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        4 days ago

        …soup kitchens and protests?!

        “Destrouy The Current Awful Economic System From …A SOup Kitchen! Nothing Is To BE Done!”

        -Volademort Libin

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          No, volunteering and protesting won’t destroy the system. You need a fight in many fronts. Reaching to people and building your community of dissidenta is key to that. You cannot have a revolution without solidarity.