• Taldan@lemmy.world
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    Current polling has AfD at by far the most supported individual party in Germany

    They seem quite openly Nazi in internal emails. How do they have so much support?

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      Center and left politicians have not understood that pouring money into media and PR is doing jack shit to their ratings.

      Algo rot media is the multibilion dollar machine that was designed to amplify whatever enrages and generates more income.

      Fascism is a machine that works and thrives on rage, just like algo rot. Aims for political capital.

      As soon as EU forces by date sorting and algorot off by default, fascism will start dying in EU.

      Whatabout China and TikTok. They do similar stuff already. State controls and saturates that media with content they want. Not whatever capital wants. Or rather foreign powers want.

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      Populism in times of economic insecurity has always been a recipe for success. Pepper in some looming war, and a dash of underfunded education and hey, you might just have some fascim coming your way.

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      Nazi/fascist has become merely a “yeah yeah, hater” reaction for a growing part of the population, not just in Germany. No longer disqualifying in politics. Turns out we cut education and people don’t learn from/about history, who would have thought? (Certainly the system that designed it, so they can steal people’s money and blame it on [insert minority].)

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    financial misconduct

    It’s always a grift. Time and time again all over the world, the far right are fuelled not from true belief in their bullshit but from the realization they can make bank by peddling hatred.

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    I found it funny that the page says “Give us your email to read the full story”