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The left side of the graph shows the results, the right side shows possible coalitions
geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/8357814
The left side of the graph shows the results, the right side shows possible coalitions
That’s paranoia, not analysis, also, the CDU is too big to keep such a conspiracy secret. It’d rather look like the AfD’s attempts to not look fascist. Also, they’d be facing opposition from the churches to… capture a sentiment that doesn’t really exist outside of a couple of rabid people noone will tear away from the AfD, anyway? To discriminate against one of the first groups of people the Nazis persecuted?
True, still those topics are a dime a dozen and first they’d have to actually desire a ruckus. Right now is the absolute worst time for that, they want unity and stability to a) face the existing geopolitical threats and b) look better than the traffic light and c) don’t know whether they realise that but to weaken the AfD, which thrives on democratic parties bickering.
And there was internal opposition! But CDU does as CDU does once Merz was elected leader, not so much because Merkel’s wing would be weak but because the middle wing wanted to balance the scales, the rest of the party kept silent to only moderating slightly. They do that kind of thing all the time, shifting the external perception of the party by putting different people on the front. They might not be deep strategists but they know what strategy is and they have the internal discipline to follow through on it.
Side note did you notice Söder very much emphasising social stuff in the Union faction press conference. Fuck me if in the end it’s the Bavarians causing a resurgence in social housing projects etc, actually combat the core reasons why the AfD surged. Maybe even sell it as a grand “Bismarckian” thing, ignore the AfD, say it’s to keep the icky left in check.
How about Merz claiming he “understands” Trump’s only-two-genders exective order, then? Is that paranoia too or are there reasonable explanations for that? I don’t see Merz become a champion of civil liberties anytime soon.
That is not an issue. Most recently, Söder basically told churches to stop supporting the “wrong” causes if they still want state money. Julia Klöckner left a church board, because it wasn’t right-wing enough for her anymore.
I also understand it. I don’t support it, in fact I oppose it, but I do understand it. If there’s one thing that’s sure right now is that Merz, a lifelong, staunch, Atlanticist, feels betrayed by America and Trump is on the top of his shitlist.
Yeah but by that measure we have to declare the whole of the SPD fascist. Even worse, thinking about nothing but civil liberties you suddenly start to respect the FDP so I’d advise against that, always keep all the struggles in mind or they trick you.
Look I’m not trying to argue that Merz is a paragon of virtue. What I’m arguing is that
a) a lot of things are way more important to him than the things you are worried about and
b) there’s checks on his behaviour, from inside the conservative population. They know who did and who did not murder Lübcke, who agitated against him (among others, Steinbach) which is why right now nobody, literally nobody, is backing Merz as Lübcke’s widow is ripping into him for his “where was Antifa” comment: The Antifa was there, it was Merz and the other paleoconservative CDU people who weren’t. This idea that he can do what he wants is falling for the conservative’s apparent unity while in reality it’s a cesspit of backroom deals and backstabbing.
You’re splitting hairs here. This is clearly not the kind of understanding that Merz meant. During one of the chancelor duels/quadrels, there even was a question related to either the topic of gay marriage or to trans acceptance and Merz couldn’t for the life of him give an answer that would affirm the right of gay/trans people as normal humans. Whereas Scholz right next to him easily could which brings us to the next point…
… in fact, FDP hasn’t done good on that topic. SPD and Greens did way better at fighting for civil liberties than FDP which has gone all out in its embrace of economic liberalism along with fairly conservative social policies. There’s a reason why abortions are still a criminal offence in Germany and lots of other things, and that reason is FDP and Marco Buschmann.