So what's new in german politics? Nothing fundamental i would say.
We had CDU (neoliberals purporting to be conservative) mostly, and when they mess up too much, the SPD (neoliberals purporting to have social values) took over. They then proceed to mess up even more (biggest blow to our social system was by them + green party) to get the CDU back on track.
Now, the AFD (neonazi party which is rather silent about also being neoliberal) won a local election, and our minister of the interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) is worried about the economy. Good job, telling people they don't matter, exactly what will drive more to vote AFD.
So, in conclusion, the SPD still works hard at passing the scepter, just this time to neoliberals that are also neonazis instead of the usual.
@thatguyoverthere Yes, if said outright it would be illegal. It is a shorthand used here to describe that the AFD is eliciting hate against immigrants. A large part of their election campaign is hate-based, but just shy of openly illegal statements.
Please excuse the shorthand.
@thatguyoverthere I must admit that i did not catalogue their entire speeches and am relying mainly on their official program here to summarize.
On asylum, they say that more people are coming here and would "replace" us. They conveniently omit reasons why this happens and spin things for maximum fear. A strategy that seems to work well.
On interior politics and safety, they simply blame foreigners - how nice for german criminals to be off the hook.
On social services, they imply that immigrants would only take, despite the fact that they often are not allowed to work and would if they could.
In addition to those, they are closely related to non-official groups that get more explicit in their hate on demonstrations.
To actually understand the full scope, you need to see what effects their positions have - while they do not demand hate (at least in official documents), they sure do elicit enough fear to get people to hate.
