Arneb wrote:... The Left (the legal and ideological successor to the East German Socialist Unity Party, SED) however, is straightforward: They are real Socialists, lobbying for the dissolution of NATO, socialization of key industries and wanting to abolish capitalism. They don't always act like it and behave more like some leftie members of the SPD might, they are in coalition governments on the State level. Personally, I don't trust them for a moment, but they generally refrain from wanting to overthrow the government and "the system by violent means. ...
Arneb wrote:The great, great disaster, of course is the AfD win. They a re a motley band of very conservative conservatives, Trumpian populists, and outright Nazis.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Arneb wrote:The great, great disaster, of course is the AfD win. They a re a motley band of very conservative conservatives, Trumpian populists, and outright Nazis.
This ideological heterodoxy, and the fact they are all rank political amateurs, is why I expect their Bundestag fraction to splinter. Several times over.
Primadonnas don't work well together
Lianachan wrote:Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Arneb wrote:The great, great disaster, of course is the AfD win. They a re a motley band of very conservative conservatives, Trumpian populists, and outright Nazis.
This ideological heterodoxy, and the fact they are all rank political amateurs, is why I expect their Bundestag fraction to splinter. Several times over.
Primadonnas don't work well together
The danger is that other parties see their success, and migrate their own stances in that direction. That's what happened in the UK, with UKIP - the Conservatives moved into their ideological turf and hoovered up their voters. At least UKIP are a spent force now, but the whole country is worse off as a result.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:This ideological heterodoxy, and the fact they are all rank political amateurs, is why I expect their Bundestag fraction to splinter. Several times over.
Primadonnas don't work well together
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:...Frauke Petry, chairwoman of the AfD, has announced she will sit as an independent.
tubeswell wrote:Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:...Frauke Petry, chairwoman of the AfD, has announced she will sit as an independent.
Wow! far right indeed, their agenda is described as 'anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-austerity' (article stub).
Can't have had much conviction about her campaigning. She must've been contemplating the move all along.
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