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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (23 children)

In reality, far from stopping the far right, Germany is implementing a far right agenda. Increase police authority? Check. Scapegoat immigrants and other marginalized groups? Check. Build up the military? Check. Suppress protests and dissenters? Check. Impose austerity, providing the fertile ground for fascists? Check.

By the time the AfD comes to power, they won't have to do anything. The liberals (including socdems and greens) will already have created a fascist society.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Build up the military?

Any source on that? We do not have a military right now. Wouldn't be bad if we wanted to defend ourselves against Putin.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My guy, have you heard phrases like “100 Mrd. € Sondervermögen für die Bundeswehr”, “Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht” , shit like this? Or have you heard anything people like Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann have said in the past two years? Also, hasn’t the Russian army been struggling to overpower Ukraine for the past two years now? The poorest country in Europe with basically no functioning infrastructure to begin with that also is decidedly not a member of NATO? Wouldn’t the Russian Army have to cross the Baltic states and Poland to even reach Germany, triggering a response from all of NATO? Could it be they all the rhetoric about the Russkys expanding westwards is full of shit and nothing more but a fig leaf to sell austerity and a military buildup to the German populace?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those are not sources, those are only talks and rumors. I've not seen any result of the 100Mrd. yet. And yes, the NATO would be triggered if they invaded Poland, but shouldn't Germany as a member of NATO be able to help then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This is the same fearful and paranoid mentality which caused Putin to invade Ukraine. If everyone continues with this catastrophic thinking, we will have world war in no time.

Living in fear of a Russian invasion of Europe is completely delusional.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Alright then, let Putin do his thing.

I know there are many communists on Lemmy, but I didn't know they are pro Putin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Actual NPC dialog tree

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Yeah yeah, I remember all that shit from back in the day. Die Russen kommen! Die Russen kommen! Oldest trick in the book.

Natürlich, das einfache Volk will keinen Krieg […] Aber schließlich sind es die Führer eines Landes, die die Politik bestimmen, und es ist immer leicht, das Volk zum Mitmachen zu bringen, ob es sich nun um eine Demokratie, eine faschistische Diktatur, um ein Parlament oder eine kommunistische Diktatur handelt. […] Das ist ganz einfach. Man braucht nichts zu tun, als dem Volk zu sagen, es würde angegriffen, und den Pazifisten ihren Mangel an Patriotismus vorzuwerfen und zu behaupten, sie brächten das Land in Gefahr. Diese Methode funktioniert in jedem Land. -- Hermann Göring

Also, I love that you want a source for something that was a top news story for months. You somehow heard, dass die Russen kommen!!! but not the Sondervermögen? You're just fucking with me, aren't you?

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