• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    AfD takes money from the Kremlin and they are not interested in "out governing"anyone, but this man in the actual government is eager to frame them as loyal opposition.

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      24 hours ago

      AfD was popularized by German media first. This is controlled opposition, created by the upper class. The Kremlin money and the racial politics were a poisoned gift because they will prevent them from ever gaining the absolute majority.

      There is the threat of a new strong, successful party if the AfD is forbidden. Then a party without racist politics like Volt has space to grow.

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        39 minutes ago

        Oh no, if we ban the racists, non-racists have a chance to grow!
        God forbid!

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        21 hours ago

        The Kremlin money and the racial politics were a poisoned gift because they will prevent them from ever gaining the absolute majority.

        Uhm what? I don’t see the ~40% Afd voters in my area give a hoot about Kremlin money and many are absolutely against all foreigners. And while many people in Western Germany would rather not see that, the reason that so many people still vote CxU despite everything is that they are copying Afd language on immigration.

        This seems like a really bad take.

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          11 hours ago

          To the established parties, 40% is an acceptable risk if it prevents another new party from gaining 55% of the votes.

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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        23 hours ago

        The really key thing about controlled opposition is the first bit. The control. It’s crucial to the entire concept, because without it you’ve got uncontrolled opposition.

        If you raise a mean dog to scare people away, you really don’t want to let your neighbour start feeding it in secret… Especially if that neighbour has jumped the fence and kicked your arse before.