A far-right party has won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east, while it looks set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote.
People vote for Nazis but the democratic parties and the media are to blame… Of course. It’s never the Nazis who vote, it’s always the others who made them do it who are at fault.
Nazis don’t just become the way they are. There are reasons people flock to the far right. Not naming these reasons and being content with “Nazis will be Nazis” isn’t productive.
Politics that consistently benefit the upper classes, while always framing the necessary helps for the weakest as stealing from the lower classes will get you there.
This didn’t just happen, we did this to ourselves.
The established political parties and the media have created a societal climate in which it’s no longer unacceptable to openly support Nazis. The entire political spectrum has shifted so far right that openly supporting a Nazi party isn’t a taboo anymore. Thanks to that, people are now losing their inhibitions. On top of that, the established political parties have shown again and again that they don’t give a flying shit about the wellbeing of the lower and middle classes. Of course, the Nazis don’t either, but that doesn’t matter to the people voting for them, because they are buying their propaganda, which is way too often just parroted by the media.
How about you go do that fuck off thing yourself. These movements need a failing political system in which to pedal their bullshit and the world’s neoliberals have been more than happy to provide it for them.
History repeats itself even in this aspect. The original Nazis couldn’t have come to power, weren’t it for the Weimar Republic’s political establishment turning into a colossal perpetual failure.
People vote for Nazis but the democratic parties and the media are to blame… Of course. It’s never the Nazis who vote, it’s always the others who made them do it who are at fault.
Fuck that. Get lost.
Please stay civil.
Nazis don’t just become the way they are. There are reasons people flock to the far right. Not naming these reasons and being content with “Nazis will be Nazis” isn’t productive.
Politics that consistently benefit the upper classes, while always framing the necessary helps for the weakest as stealing from the lower classes will get you there.
This didn’t just happen, we did this to ourselves.
The established political parties and the media have created a societal climate in which it’s no longer unacceptable to openly support Nazis. The entire political spectrum has shifted so far right that openly supporting a Nazi party isn’t a taboo anymore. Thanks to that, people are now losing their inhibitions. On top of that, the established political parties have shown again and again that they don’t give a flying shit about the wellbeing of the lower and middle classes. Of course, the Nazis don’t either, but that doesn’t matter to the people voting for them, because they are buying their propaganda, which is way too often just parroted by the media.
How about you go do that fuck off thing yourself. These movements need a failing political system in which to pedal their bullshit and the world’s neoliberals have been more than happy to provide it for them.
History repeats itself even in this aspect. The original Nazis couldn’t have come to power, weren’t it for the Weimar Republic’s political establishment turning into a colossal perpetual failure.