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[-] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 23 points 8 months ago

I'm all for voting in younger representatives but I would never in a million years vote for a 22 year old. Or a racist for that matter. But the most shocking part to me is his age. Like, 22 year olds have not been alive long enough to develop any kind of meaningful wisdom. I'm only 36 so my wisdom is only just developing and I look back on all the 22 year olds I knew when I was 22 and holy shit do not put any of those people in charge of important decisions.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 12 points 8 months ago

He's not elected directly, but via a list. That is, the party has a list of candidates and according to the number of seats they get in the election, the candidates fill in the seats.

Since the AfD was kind of on a rise and probably got more seats than candidates, they'll put almost whoever on this list.

[-] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Interesting. My point still stands though. It's crazy that a party would have a 22 year old on said list, and that anyone would support a party that has a list with 22 year olds on it.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 13 points 8 months ago

Have looked into the AfD? They're basically a party of rightwing self-victimizers, frustrated lowlifes and downright nazis. Their voters don't care about facts or reality. Case in point: the current head of the party is a lesbian, married to an Indonesian woman living in Switzerland. This entire party is a contradiction in itself.

If you're from the US, they're maybe comparable to the MAGA crowd.

[-] marco@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago

More like the Tea Party for me. In Cinemas soon: TEA PARTY the MAGA origin-story

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Depends on the position. County Clerk, absolutely.

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