Lessons from the most recent French & German elections

The lesson is that we used to be 10 years behind Europe in terms of being liberal, and they’re now 10 years behind us in terms of moving to the right. The next few elections will be the death of the neo liberal elite in Europe.

The “Centrists” can only keep their schtick up for so much longer when such dire situations are playing out all over Europe. Eventually, people will hold their nose and vote for the parties that will actually do something.

AfD is somewhat of a paradox to me. While most supporters appear to have views approaching what we’d expect from true American conservatives, there are past associates who appear to have somewhat distorted views of Germany’s Nazi past. I wonder if that’s why the mainstream conservative and centrist parties won’t form a coalition with them.

And, no, I’m not underestimating how weak the modern European is towards views that challenge the prevailing narrative. The entire continent needs to return to a true marketplace of ideas. I just wonder if AfD isn’t the best manifestation of European conservatism, and whether conservative parties in places like Greece and Spain have less baggage than AfD. The conservatism espoused by the Afrodite lady in Greece, for instance, seems to map more closely to American conservatism than what I’ve read on AfD.

The new German Chancellor Merz already announced that there will be no closing of their borders nor mass deportations.

Germany is fricked.

Yes, and this is demonstrated in the US with the Texas State Legislature. If they are doing that in Texas, they sure as hell would do it at the national level too.

Germany is going to be at the "Beer Hall Putsch" phase of political turmoil within 2 years.

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They cannot bear the thought of their big state being whittled down to size

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Yet we are told the righties are the fascists?

The left is literally tying themselves into pretzels trying to claim right wing fascism = Less government

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There are a couple prominent members of the AfD who are a little to white wash on Hitler for me.

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The people AfD appeals to have been told their whole lives that they are evil for being White Germans. They have been taught to be ashamed of their culture and heritage. The "white washing" is simply regaining cultural and ethnic pride. You can't expect people to be proud of who they are by constantly feeling sorry about their worst time in history.

Focus on the good things your country and people have done. Otherwise, you're just playing into the left's hands. They want you to feel ashamed of who you are. Part of not being ashamed is letting go of the past, and that often includes forgetting the bad parts.

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The US is the only Western nation to have a truly right wing government

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Eh. I find Trump to be quite mainstream. He's nowhere close to touching big entitlement spending. What is "right wing" about the current US govt?

I was too.young and dumb to see what a cuck mittens was. Never fell for mccains BS.