What the fuck is going on in #Germany #Deutschland

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Callistobeast

don't despair. i see so much despair. despair kills. people give into cynicism, which is a form of acceptance of the unacceptable

keep fighting! never stop!

[elcelio@mastodon.uno]

@benroyce
Bavaria is conservative but an economically active state.

The difference: Bavaria's population increased by 15% since 1990 (the biggest increase), Saxony-Anhalt lost 25% (the biggest decrease).
Among non city-states, Saxony-Anhalt is the state with the oldest average age, while Bavaria has the youngest.

[kikebenlloch@mastodon.social]

@elCelio @benroyce Speaking of age and as a side note I've remembered that apparently the age group that showed the least support for the far right in Germany's 2025 election was those over 70 (10%), right? For all other age groups (18–69), support ranged from 19% to 26%. That looked terrible as future projection. BTW Spain's not that different.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-and-voter-demographics-explained-in-charts/a-71724186

[txtx@mastodon.social]

@benroyce The cultural split has been developing for years and it's only accelerated in recent years under the influence of US and Chinese social media platforms. Germany isn't unique in that regard, of course.

Saxony-Anhalt is very rural, there are no big urban areas there. So I think it's only natural that the racism-fueled disinformation campaigns targeting rural people are going to have the strongest results in that state.

[elnecesario@mastodon.social]

@aho @benroyce as long as the #prüf @pruef_de demonstrations are happening I have hope, that any party which aims actions against the constitution will be banned one day.

[carl@chaos.social]

@txtx also, the denazification did not work well in East Germany. There are A LOT OF nazis there, not hindered in the least by other people nor the government. They are, like white men in the us, rarely held accountable for their crimes against everybody else. @benroyce

[diekehrseite@mastodon.social]

@benroyce Greetings from Germany: You would call those people prolly Rednecks.
Its depressing to see those Retronazis rise again. As if 1933 would have never happened. There was a time, where being a fascist was like social selfmurder. Not anymore. Media are pretty busy to normalize those assholes. This are tiring times. And stupid ones. I just hope they wont win as big as “predicted”.

[todymotmot@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @elCelio

It's absolutely America's fault. We destabilized the Middle East, storming into Iraq and losing focus in Afghanistan. Destabilized the whole region. Refused to take responsibility for the extraordinary refugee crisis we created. Millions fleeing to Europe, year after year.

We gave nazis exactly the foothold they needed to come back from the brink of extinction. Fear, doubt. Absolute exhaustion of those who tried desperately to help.

[elcelio@mastodon.uno]

@kikebenlloch

old people vote for older parties, young people vote for younger parties.
it's the same for the far left.

@benroyce

[backfromthedud@mas.to]

@benroyce East Germany, having been under the Soviet yolk, still thinks that because Hitler hated communism he was a good guy.

[uriel@x.keinpfusch.net]

bavaria was the most conservative state

Conservative != nazi.

[uriel@x.keinpfusch.net]

except young people doesn’t vote.

[gegga66@mastodon.social]

@benroyce

Dummheit, Aggression und Egoismus never dies

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@uriel

the pro-plutocrat fiscal policies and shitty cruel social "values" of the conservative creates the stage for the nazi

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@diekehrseite

[bugspriet@social.tchncs.de]

@benroyce @diekehrseite One thing: they are expected for major gains, but some very rich people are hyping the media. The pre-election polls (polls.are.not.votes) still say they cannot go alone. We now have to watch carefully which party is ready to set all that is left of their backbone on fire.

[grootinside@troet.cafe]

@benroyce
1/2
Don't fall for the cliche about the bad east germany against the good west germany part.

Keep in mind the most original Nazis where quite fast integrated into the new germany development after WW2. Since then they kept networks of interests alive.
That's why #project025 found a well connected base at least here in germany.
To focus the public just on SaxonyAnhalt is mainly a distraction of the right wing politics and mediastrategies already happening.

Still a fucking bad sign.

[grootinside@troet.cafe]

@benroyce
2/2

There is a reason why a whole political movement hasn’t suceeded to ban the right wing party AFD, despite being proven anticonstitutional.
Since years politicians refuse to use the constitutional way to start to get a court rule by our highest court.
Take an educated guess why that is.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@grootinside

zero argument

i'm an ignorant american, i am way out of my depth. i should be careful talking about east germany v west germany

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Bugspriet @diekehrseite

that's the model here in the usa too:

the plutocrat-bigot political axis. this unholy alliance

this is the engine that is driving fascism