• YourPrivatHater@ani.social
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    17 days ago

    Go three faschistoides to a bar… There is no joke they have regular meetings in the Kremlin bar.

  • DandomRude@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    What is particularly interesting about this is the fact that the AFD is extremely right-wing and has blatant fascist tendencies, while the BSW emerged from the left-wing camp, from a wing that has more communist ideals. Ideologically, these parties could hardly be more different.

    • federal reverseM
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      16 days ago

      They have quite a few commonalities: both oppose minorities, both are nationalist, both have autocratic tendencies, both are Putin-friendly. The only major difference is that BSW does include top-to-bottom redistribution in its platform while Afd is a staunch supporter of bottom-to-top redistribution.

    • shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.de
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      16 days ago

      Ah, yes, the horseshoe.

      I wouldn’t consider BSW as a classical left-wing party, though (also rejected by BSW, but I think smaller/new parties usually try to avoid classifying themselves in the left-right-spectrum). Sociopolitically, their positions appear (not much substance so far) to be more closely align with the conservative-/right-wing-end of the political spectrum.

      • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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        16 days ago

        The comment you replied to doesn’t actually say BSW is left, just that they emerged from the left, specifically the part of the left that is mentally stuck in the GDR.

  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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    14 days ago

    You simply can’t be anti US empire any more.
    If you’re a journalist, you have to pick a side.
    If you’re not with us, you’re our enemy.
    If you’re a pacifist, you’re war mongering.
    If you’re pro war, you are just a German “rediscovering his values”.
    If you’re a socialist, you’re worse than a fascist.
    If you’re a fascist, you’re just… “far right”.

    In troubled times, it’s important to reassure people with a new and exciting status quo.