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.

  • Fox@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    No the other parties are not worse for middle and lower class citizens. AfD is a populist party, promising everything but delivering nothing.

    Expert analyses of their manifesto have concluded that the only people to benefit would be rich people. The actual policies of the AfD suck for lower and middle class citizens.

    Don’t fall for their lies.

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      3 days ago

      Look into the US and you know that this plan is successful. It does not even matter what the party is delivering. That’s the whole problem. Morals and ethics do not matter. The immoral and unethical politician is always going to win. The politicians playing by the rules will always lose.

      We had so many fucking years to exactly see that, and yet in the US and even here they fail to address the issue properly.

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        3 days ago

        I know and never said that wasn’t the case. I just wanted to address that you said that “all other parties are worse than the AfD for lower and middle class people”, which is just not true. That’s one of their lies.