The AfD has failed to win three run-offs for mayor in major cities in Germany’s west, despite other gains. Meanwhile, the German foreign minister is to visit Poland as tensions grow over Russia’s aggression.

  • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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    On the one hand, I’d wish they would at least win one city, so that they can show they have absolutely nothing to add to the society. But on the other hand, I want them to fail hard every time.

    FCK AFD

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        Brazilian here. Even when it is too late there will people still drinking the koolaid.

        I’m waiting to see how things will develop in US, in part, because I hope the obvious failure that is bound to happen will nudge our senate and judiciary to say a loud “FUCK NO!” to anyone trying to copy cat Trump’s tarifs, Big Beautiful Bill or other shits here.

        Still, there are 20 or 30% of the population that still want something similar to Bolsonaro.

        If we ever have the disgrace of that idiot getting freed of Jail, I’ll either join the fight against his sycophants or I’ll flee away from Brazil.

        (free bolsonaro is unlikely but not impossible and there are his family members and close ties in politics to always haunt us that want a proper democracy)

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          Thanks for the Insight. I think some people are so far gone, we cannot do anything.

          I Always Wonder how we will ever be able to Look at each other again. Hate is a powerful tool…

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      We thought like this in the late 90’/early 00’s when the FN won a couple of cities in southern France. Their failures, nepotism, mismanagement, amateurism, stupidity and blatant authoritarianism got widely reported at first. Some media kept tabs for much longer but it faded out off mainstream media pretty quickly, except for the occasional scandal.

      Worse, it legitimizes them and give them a platform under a veneer of electoral legitimacy.

      Don’t let the far right win anything. You won’t “show everyone they’re unfit for power” because people don’t care. They just become familiar faces.

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      They already won several positions and majorities in some cities and broke all promises they made. Still growing in numbers.