The AfD looks set to take power in a German state for the first time. In a DW exclusive, the front-runner in Saxony-Anhalt discusses plans to detain immigrants and revamp the school system, and relations with Russia.
I mean, Hitler never got a majority with the NSDAP. I think he actually got like 30% of the vote or something, and became the biggest party, but far away from a majority.
The issue was that the centre-right parties were scared of the left-winged / communist parties, so they decided to cooperate with Hitler.
Basically, it’s usually centre-right politicians that give rise to radical right politicians, and the radical right politicians don’t need a majority, to get into power.
When a “centre-right” party chooses cooperation with totalitarianists, they are not centre-right, but enablers of the far-right. Keep in mind that the CDU/CSU is opportunistic: it has cooperated with AfD in at least one province. To me, that’s evidence of some of their party members being empty shells, devoid of humanity.
Those who reject that path should reform CDU/CSU from inside to support busting large cooperations and giving back the narrative to the people, rather than to fragile authoritarianists. The true Christian democrats, will master that path, and if they are kicked out, well, then they must create a new CDU/CSU of their own!
All who choose fascism over communism, choose hatred and repression over liberation.
I mean, Hitler never got a majority with the NSDAP. I think he actually got like 30% of the vote or something, and became the biggest party, but far away from a majority.
The issue was that the centre-right parties were scared of the left-winged / communist parties, so they decided to cooperate with Hitler.
Basically, it’s usually centre-right politicians that give rise to radical right politicians, and the radical right politicians don’t need a majority, to get into power.
When a “centre-right” party chooses cooperation with totalitarianists, they are not centre-right, but enablers of the far-right. Keep in mind that the CDU/CSU is opportunistic: it has cooperated with AfD in at least one province. To me, that’s evidence of some of their party members being empty shells, devoid of humanity.
Those who reject that path should reform CDU/CSU from inside to support busting large cooperations and giving back the narrative to the people, rather than to fragile authoritarianists. The true Christian democrats, will master that path, and if they are kicked out, well, then they must create a new CDU/CSU of their own!
All who choose fascism over communism, choose hatred and repression over liberation.
Hitler was very different circumstances, that are not comparable.