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Germany: Right-wing hostility toward democracy growing (www.dw.com)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh no, Germany, not again! You have already tried this, remember?

[–] Fedibert@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's absolutely right. The fact that the far right is also on the rise in other countries should not distract from the special responsibility of German citizens. Especially since many AFD voters often use this as an argument: "If other countries are nationalistic, why shouldn't we be?"

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

We all have to do what we can, where we can. I am not saying Germans are any worse than any one else. Fascism is an ideology and can grow anywhere.

[–] marco@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

I was curious what that looks like on the American side.

26% of the U.S. population qualified as highly right-wing authoritarian, Morning Consult research found, twice the share of the No. 2 countries, Canada and Australia.

https://pro.morningconsult.com/trend-setters/global-right-wing-authoritarian-test

[–] OKRainbowKid@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How original.

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I thought it was. Sorry if it wasn't.

[–] bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The dumbest comment ever.

Still not untrue! The Number of AfD- Supporters is rising and rising in Germany.

But it is not just a phenomenon in Germany, in fact it is found in many western countries.

It kinda compares to the MAGA-Movement in the US - people are very disappointed with the current german government and the inflation just taking its toll on the families with low income.

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To be clear. I'm not implying Germany is better or worse than the US. We clearly need to clean up our room too.

[–] bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh I agree that we're worse.

This political situation we're in here in Germany with our history... Noone would have believed it being possible a decade ago. Now our right-wing party AfD is placing 20% in our current political surveys (Question: if elections were next Sunday what party would you vote for?)...

And let me make it very clear: many of those right-wing voters can't understand why Trump is so popular in the US.

It is frightening, ridiculous and maniac at the same time.