Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk

Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a historic state election victory in Germany, while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.

While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls ⁠showed, putting the far right within reach ​of power at ‌the state level for ‌the first time since the second world war.

  • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It is in american parlance. When you hear right-wingers rally against “liberals” they are talking about neoliberals. If they meant classical liberals they’d be talking about themselves.

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      7 hours ago

      It is in american parlance.

      no it is not. in common american parlance, “liberal” refers to the democratic party and is treated like a left-wing position. only leftists use “liberal” (well, “libs”) to mean “neoliberal.” the latter is obviously way more correct, but that doesn’t mean the average person uses it that way, the average person is politically illiterate.

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      9 hours ago

      Nah. You just don’t understand how uneducated, indoctrinated, and mentally-ill American conservatives are.

      90+% of them absolutely have no fucking idea what the difference between a classical liberal or neoliberal is. Conservatives are closer to neoliberals than classical liberals. They don’t care though, because they’ve been indoctrinated with the mental illness of fascism.