Why has the Right-Wing AfD become so Popular in Germany?

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As the traffic light coalition continues to struggle, Germany's right-wing AfD Party have begun climbing in the polls and are now on par with Olaf Scholz's SPD. So in this video, we break down this ongoing rise, what's caused it and whether it can last.
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00:00 Introduction
00:50 Who are the AfD?
04:16 AfD’s recent poll surge
06:44 What happens next?
07:34 TLDR’s Race Across Europe

[@IGotBoergs]

As a German who knows a lot of young men on the right, one thing I hear a lot is: „I don’t have a problem with immigration or foreigners in my country, I have a problem with foreigners building vibrant parallel societies in our country all the while our own culture, population and value system is dying in front of our eyes and we aren‘t even permitted to complain about it“

[@dasagondova4544]

Very well said.

[@DerdiedasBlue]

I don't think that's necessarily an invalid sentiment, but if that translates into a vote for the AfD, you're not ending up with Canadian immigration policies, but with ultranationalism.

[@IGotBoergs]

@@DerdiedasBlue problem is if center parties don’t dare to talk about this they‘ll leave valid points to nationalist parties which are by nature outcasts. Besides that the media tends to label people who go against the norm as right wing not matter their political background.

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

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[@theBogi]

The thing is that they are most popular in regions with low immigration to begin with. I agree though that we need better immigration policies, but the thing is that the AfD is very nationalistic, neoliberal and practice populism. They want to reduce immigration instead of improving it and garner people through pointless culture-wars, all while also appealing to the ultra-rich (which funnily enough, they don't publicly advertise, which isn't surprising, considering how many of their voters are low-earners). And their plans for retirement are absolutely garbage. It's basically "if we remove every left/green policy, then the problem solves itself", which isn't a real plan at all. I wish we had something like a substitute vote, which would give people the option to vote for smaller parties and as a result make our government less stagnant (all while still being stable thanks to the 5% hurdle). People are so afraid of losing their well-fair and parties are as a result afraid of actually taking action, which makes populism like this so, well, popular again. Do we really always need a world war to improve our government? Why is it so difficult to make it more democratic organically?

[@Pyriphlegeton]

For basically all AfD supporters I've personally asked about it, migration seemed to be their primary reason.

[@deshistoiresdesombres1936]

Well that should be a lesson to other parties. Immigrations has been used for propaganda by every party and now people are buying it. Most europe countries lack workers, retirement age is already raised so this is collective madness. But It's very easy to blame problems on immigration instead of fixing them. And in Germany crime rate is literally at a historic low. Regarding cultural issues, immigrants usually live in bigger cities and those are never traditional

[@c.b.twenty9127]

Can’t blame them, some german cities already look like middle east

[@quintus6081]

​@@deshistoiresdesombres1936crime rate on an historical low? What are you smoking mate?

[@llVIU]

and what does that mean exactly? Thanks to the widespead global leftist censorship agenda, nobody is allowed to be racist/nationalistic so I assume they're just frustrated racists who are silenced? Who knows I'm not saying I'm condemning or promoting their beliefs, I just want to learn the truth that the left censors

[@bennymuller3379]

​@c.b.twenty9127 Give one example, where this is actually true. And why it is a bad thing?

[@jlccl]

As a German i can tell you that the Main parties are digging their own graves right now

[@kibslivesmatter4221]

I hug u

[@lonlywolf223]

Can confirm. Laschet f up and the same with all the others. There is no real center anymore.

[@hannes5437]

@@lonlywolf223 The thing is, i don't know how you would clasify the CDU of 2002, but the AfD is pretty much just that. Just compare their programs.

[@lonlywolf223]

@@hannes5437 I am just frustrated with my government. It does somehow manage to get worse. The Afd gets more and more into the far authoritarian right whilst the other parties are shifting more left.

[@rudolfespinola9231]

They are a disaster!

[@alessandrof.1359]

As a German, it's nice to see that there are people who understand why the opposition has grown so big. The current government is making every effort to strengthen the opposition. I find it incomprehensible. and they still wonder

[@julianosvonskingrad7009]

Yeah but interestingly, this also the reason why governments are not working properly and efficient: Because no party was really strong, they had to form a 3-party-coalition. Now they are fighting and end up having worse numbers after the next elections. That is forcing them to form a coalition again. Which leads to more frustrating governements. Which leads to a strong opposition. The worst case scenario: A political landscape like in Sweden. Thousands of parties, no one is able to form a large coalition, so: Minderheitsregierung.

[@capri2673]

Western governments are being told to do this is my guess. Nobody wants these immigrants except for cheap labour.

[@alessandrof.1359]

@@julianosvonskingrad7009 5% Klausel ^^

[@dertyp3463]

The coalition is incapable of making consistent politics due to their internal conflicts. this in turn gets people to vote for the afd. plus the poor handling of corona and the refugee crisis made people vote for the afd. out of pure protest against the establishement and not because they really support the afds politics. for some its just the lesser evil. we've had 16 years of cdu/csu and the first legislative period of the ampel-coalition is about to end. what frustrates me personally is that cdu/csu are now blaming the coaliton for things they themselves messed up the past 16 years. as a german voter I can confidentally say that none of them represents what I'd call votable. AI Overlord 4 president!

[@rcpd18]

i totally agree with you, the current government has made the AfD grow, because of their terrible choices mostly in inmigration and criminality, then climate, energy.

[@andreaswaadt]

I think you summarize German issues way better than our German media do.

[@Ost-ek2wh]

Because you don't get much opposition in European mainstream anymore.

[@1425363878]

German media are the absolute worst in journalism in the entire western world.

[@cubix015]

Exactly, the fact that the german media cant even describe the reasons why so many people vote for the afd makes me wonder if the german media is even trustable anymore... the media is left-wing orientated without a doubt but I think its getting too far.

[@Platzhalterxy]

there are several wrong information in it. the greens are not a pro climate party. they are anti freedom. they shut down the nuclear and replaced it with coal and than want to force the people to change their heating and want to reduce car usage so they can still get the climate goals which are only in danger at first place because of shutdown of nuclears. over 80% of germans were against those green decisions and now people pay back. also the idea of taking more debt is against german verfassung and german schuldenbremse

[@Dar2Jee]

well depends on what kinda of media or sources you consume ^^

[@theinvincibleone0136]

This is something that can be also seen in Poland. Generally, more and more people feel disappointed with the current political landscape which caused Confederation to raise from 6%-8% to 12%-14%.

[@spino7962]

in France, it's far more accentuated, we Have the RN at 30% and Reconquete which are both quite similar at 7% so yeah.

[@starhalv2427]

I hate it. Going from bad to worse. I'm fine with any party ousting PiS, but confederation is the exception.

[@mohhie]

and similarly the polish far right Konfederacja has two wings, one nationalistic and focused on societal issues and the other one that paints itself as fiscally responsible, libertarian etc.

[@georgewright4285]

The same happened in Italy. They just were first to it

[@ermin2248]

​@@mohhie and AFD and Confederation are actually really close allies and often send their politicians to each other

[@ravox.19]

This guy spitting more facts than the whole German media did in the last years😂💀

[@D3rAdmin]

That’s what I thought 💀 It‘s for real depressing if you think about it. I say it is even the last 5 years

[@Modie]

The German media says the exact same things though. Not sure what people consider "German media", but it's generally the same thing.

[@D3rAdmin]

@@Modiethe german media (and I mean state financed one) conveys only propaganda and framing in majority of its broadcasting time. E.g. If you just mention the afd party in any context that would maybe only name one point of their interests in a positive way, you are directly called nazi. And this is happening in plenty of other topics with other slurs/insults if you raise your word against the holy main-stream-/ state-financed-media.

[@jesuszockt3531]

I guess you don't really follow german media then.

[@MaticTheProto]

all of this was explained by the German media

[@TheMrDavid2]

The primary reason is migration. In Germany migrants are getting very high standards in terms of support, housing and medical care. As a consequence for the natives it’s harder to get doctor’s appointments, health insurance is getting more expensive, for childcare, migrants are prioritised since the goal is to integrate their children. The housing and renting market is very difficult since Germany is lacking flats. A minimum wage worker has hardly more money than somebody who doesn’t work since they get support from the state for rent and healthcare (which they get at the same standards). This makes working very unattractive. The main parties such as CDU and SPD are not addressing these problems.

[@Intel-i7-9700k]

Same in the Netherlands. But we are also getting billboard advertisements from the governments that are portraying a scenario in which a native couple is preferred by a landlord over an immigrant couple. Effectively shaming natives over a questionable scenario.

[@Pigeon094]

All of those issues you listed, are in fact very real, you're right. But the reason, for that is not migration. It's mostly the product of capitalist-greed. I can understand your frustration, but you won't solve those issues with trying to disenfranchise the already disenfranchised. We, as the working-class, have to stop playing the blame game. Instead of pointing fingers at each other we have to start to look upwards and realize that the capitalist class, only benefits from those stupid infights among the working class. Which is why a lot of, especially right wingers, who are, despite of what they're propagate, highly capitalist, try to push forward a narrative of culture war, anti immigration and so on.

[@broccoli_jaeger]

Don't forget that the children don't get integrated. Most of them don't even speak German. Why would they want to be integrated, though? They are already feeling like kings because they get everything they want.

[@kokonut5491]

@@Pigeon094try saying that in eastern Germany and see how fast you get laughed out

[@betelgeux6010]

@@Pigeon094 you have 10 houses for 10 people. you then invite 2 more people and priorise them for housing. 2 of the original 10 will be left in the streets but iTs NoT MigrATioN

[@rosarioarundine4714]

I'm italian and I hear Germany and Japan are planning to expand their armies and that their policies are shifting right. Maybe we should join them and sign with them some sort of pact. I don't know, build some kind of coalition....

[@kuga_4038]

sounds like a smart Idea for some reason

[@TheOmegaXicor]

I don't know I think you'll waver when the chips are down

[@arnewengertsmann9111]

We could call it the axis. But please, leave Northern Africa and Greece alone this time.^^

[@bastian182]

Yeah lets call it something that hard and strong like us, maybe "Iron pact" or we could call it the "Angle" because we are on all corners of the world

[@apyllyon]

@@arnewengertsmann9111Don´t let Ethiophia hear about this;3

[@privatebandana]

Put yourselves into an energy crisis Put yourselves into an inflation crisis Put yourselves into an immigration crisis Etc etc etc.. German establishment: "Why are we becoming so unpopular? This doesn't make sense"

[@junaubomber6977]

Exactly. It's so evident that it's stupid to ask yourself why all this is happening.

[@greyghost2492]

Liberals are an extremely self-righteous bunch, so they never engage in any meaningful introspection. They look at the rise of the far right in Europe and scratch their heads in confusion before concluding "well I guess the people who used to vote for us just suddenly became racist!" instead of admitting that their terrible migration policies, far left culture war nonsense and the gaslighting surrounding those policies are what singlehandedly caused the far right's rise in the first place. lol

[@Xarx42]

@@greyghost2492 You're calling those 16 years of CDU in Germany liberal? xD

[@ssnaut1871]

​@@Xarx42it's definitely liberal from afd perspective and for them that's what matters

[@tobiasbauer198]

​@@Xarx42 how left leaning should your government become?

[@ptitepompe469]

As a french person it's seem to be similar to here, the center right became too centrist without a real identity so right wing voters switched to the more populistic and nationalist right wing party particularly on the ground of non governement trust and immigration

[@appetizzer]

If I were a French I would vote for Le Pen.

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

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[@Newleafatsebas]

Hi, can you tell me when your next elections will be?

[@ptitepompe469]

@@Newleafatsebas every 5 years so in 2027

[@Newleafatsebas]

@@ptitepompe469 ok! Thanks 🥰

[@antonvalentine]

As a (brown) German, I get asked a lot about my views on the AfD. To be honest, I share some of their sentiment when it comes to nationalism. We have organised crime and mafias running rampant around Germany, most (if not all) of which as immigrants that are (sometimes openly) anti-Germany. It's frustrating to encounter people that are living off government aid but refuse to even learn German. Denmark is extremely nationalist, more than Germany, and it's working very well for them. Racially diverse, but all connected and united under a Danish national identity.

[@hailcity1669]

Denmark is 96% white lmao

[@arbeitstitel1057]

So its time to do what they have should done with germany after WW2

[@johnridgeway5265]

Exactly!

[@daniele5349]

​@@hailcity166996% means like 80% If you see the new generation

[@almighty5839]

Get out of Germany

[@jesperrasksuldrup1541]

In Denmark, we have been open to immigrants since 1967 and what is the result, not many are integrated and their unemployment rate is over 50%, despite employers clamoring for workers. This has led to a shrill right-wing tone in Danish politics. I guess other western countries experience the same

[@ethandouro4334]

As a Brazilian, I can see the same happening in States with a ton of Venezuelan people tbh

[@7shinta7]

Yes, but you were smart enough to adapt your policies in time. We Germans apparently have the urge to see stuff through to the bitter end, even the nonsense.

[@jesperrasksuldrup1541]

@@7shinta7 For many years we got a nod from the Swedish government, but now they are basing their immigration policy on Denmark's. :0) It is true that we start legislated on the subject back in the 80s

[@7shinta7]

@@jesperrasksuldrup1541 That's good to know. Ah, one question: How's your immigration policy regarding your southern neighbors? Asking for a friend... 😏

[@jesperrasksuldrup1541]

@@7shinta7 As part of the Schengen agreement are the borders open but monitored :0)

[@michaelheckmann3791]

I still wait for Ben to learn that trailing "e"s are audible in German.

[@carlosandleon]

As a german myself, I don't even pronounce the e at the end of Porsche when speaking English. Fuck being pedantic.

[@austinchoy7677]

This dimwit? Keep waiting

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

​@AnomalyINC CHEGA PORTUGAL rigth-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL right-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deutschermichel5807]

was meinst du?

[@carlosandleon]

@@deutschermichel5807 Die "e"s am ende. Wie Porsche

[@dr.phil.pepper3325]

I grew up in the ruhr area and my former home town already has an immigrant proportion of 44%. As soon as I graduated from high school I moved into the eastern part of Germany and I'll definitely vote for the AfD in the next elections, because I don't want my new home city to become the same criminal shithole as my former. If the current unresticted mass migration from the middle east goes on, Germany won't be a western/european country anymore in couple of decades.

[@almighty5839]

It’s so sad these people are destroying and taking over German land

[@yangmouren]

44% ?! that is horrible.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@almighty5839 Karma

[@Newleafatsebas]

You are so right

[@magtfulde898]

7:40 cue "Race accross Europe", next shot, first thing you see, a black muslim woman with luggage in the metro... vote AfD

[@ermin2248]

When the topic of AFD rise is discussed in Poland unironically a lot of Polish nationalists praise AFD

[@camper22ful]

Why? I didn't even knew polish people were aware that the AfD exists

[@diesesphil]

The AfD is similiar to polish policies so yeah why wouldn't they

[@fungo6631]

That probably exclaims their success in East Germany. East Germany has plenty of Eastern Europeans because of history. AfD is basically the East German party as they're pretty popular in former DDR.

[@cantinadudes]

They praise the afd? What? Shouldnt they be anti-afd due to the afd hqving very close ties to neonazis and russia? Like, the 2 main groups that are anti-poland?

[@dendradwar9464]

The "neo-lib up to-date with the current thing" comment is surprised that parties and supporters of those parties support one another .. mainly centred around a vision of less EU rules and regulations / anti-Federal EU .. face slap .. your lack of awareness is truly amazing ..

[@marccuypers9928]

@1:16 The term "alternativlos"/"alternativeless" was prominently used by Angela Merkel to justify several of her policies. A term, which the "Alternative for Germany" has even included in its name, promoting itself from the start as a stark contrast from Angela Merkel.

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

CHEGA PORTUGAL rigth-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL right-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@IsomerSoma]

There's even more to it. A lot of major policy directions and societal developments are while not expicitely called that way practically seen as without alternative. There is some political competition about the hows, but practically none about the whats and wheres - among the centre parties (those which arent afd nor linke). This has, not entirely unjustified, left some with a loss in faith in the current implementation of democracy. To them the AfD is a party which restores democratic culture! This fact is so often missed. Public discourse likes to think that those voters want to abolish democracy, while this isnt their motivation at all.

[@theophilegaudin2329]

​@@IsomerSomait isn't their intention, but it's the consequence. Jan 6 is the symbol of just that. Populism purporting to be "direct democracy" often ends up eroding and directly attacking democratic institutions in the name of the "people"

[@functhefucc5798]

​@@IsomerSoma It's not just that. Neoliberalism + "the End of history" = a system of governance, who's only role is to react to change brought by the transformation of society by capitalism. And since the neoliberal variant of capitalism is inherently undemocratic, these changes cannot be challenged by the electorate. The problem with right wing parties is that they seperate the stuff they like about capitalism (hierachies, competition, etc.) from the stuff they dont like (erosion of social norms, erosion of the family unit, work migration), and then pretend as if the stuff they dont like is the result of some leftist conspiracy.

[@IsomerSoma]

@@theophilegaudin2329 I don't necessarily disagree, but the discourse still misses that most AfD voters geninunely believe that democracy is under threat and the AfD is an opposition to a ddr-like one party system. While this certainly isnt true and politicians like Höcke are anti-democratic and authoritarian, who straight up lie about their intentions half of the time (and are very honest about them at others - see höckes book), this isnt the perception of afd voters and very crucially they arent merely delusional. From their perspective it isnt entirely unreasonable to interpret politics the way they do. Also the AfD is strageically smart. Especially in eastern states they know how to reach the people and play with their fears. I do think that germany has a serious problem with open discourse. Alternative goals and ideas are most of the time pushed to the side - not rarely aggressively so. The media landscape is very homogenous in orientation and the one that isnt is most of the time fringe, which benefits extremists.

[@affernbrotgkg]

The AfD that is classified as "right-wing" in germany would be seen as mildly conservative in pretty much every other EU-country.

[@Adidas_der_schwanger_war]

that is the whole reason this party exists. It is literally the only opposition in the parliament. All other parties work together when the AfD is proposing something.

[@hoshino9538]

Bullshit! They have literally straight Neon*zis in their partie…

[@l.p.3228]

I doubt it. There are clear antidemocratic tendencies especially from the Flügel which members play with Nazi-symbols and vocabulary. Also one of the AfD members who used to be in parliament being involved in the planning of a Coup d‘etat with the Reichsbürger.

[@dark_messiah8183]

Hogshit

[@yuriarlequim]

These people would be considered 90s SPD voters

[@518UN4]

I honestly don't think the AfDs rise has anything to do with the infighting of the coalition. The AfD gets big because of migration, heatpumps and people gluing themselves on streets.

[@000Dragon50000]

I don't fucking get why the German Greens are opposed to Nuclear. It's a different story in australia where we don't have much nucelar infrastructure, so it's more efficient to use Wind, Solar and Hydro, but why decommission perfectly good non-greenhouse-gas-producing electricity generation when you're trying to reduce reliance on Carbon? Yes nuclear waste management is a problem, but not an impossible one to deal with.

[@fusssel7178]

the parties origins are the anti nuclear and anti war protest movements during the cold war. So being anti nuclear is a big identifier to them (while they lost their anti war stance in favour of helping ukraine)

[@BountyFlamor]

What fusssel says. The Greens have been anti-nuclear since the beginning.

[@heyho4770]

Problem is that the infrastructure is far from being any good anymore. Decomissioning now was decided twelve years ago. With that things like maintenance and refueling cycles that would be necessary to keep the plants running now simply weren't being done. It would take billions and a few years to get them running again

[@deutschermichel5807]

Die Grünen lehnen Kernenergie aus Prinzip ab, da ihre Partei aus der Umweltbewegung des letzten Jahrhunderts hervorgegangen ist. Besonders seit Tschernobyl und Fukushima war der Kern der Umweltbewegung die Anti-Atomkraftbewegung. „Atomkraft - Nein danke!“ ist der Kampfruf der Umweltaktivisten und bleibt es auch heute noch, zumindest in den Köpfen der Menschen. Zwar hat sich der Fokus der Umweltbewegung schon längst auf das Klima verschoben, doch bleibt die Feindschaft gegenüber der Kernenergie zentral

[@TomWaldgeist]

Because nuclear is not sustainable. Do you want to move to Fukushima, Chernobyl or soon to Zaporizhia? There is not garanted security and thr landscapes are lost forever in human terms.

[@marccuypers9928]

The trend of right-wing parties being on the rise in the recent 10 or so years pretty much everywhere in Europe and America is particularly interesting for Germany, where the rejection of the political Right has been a founding myth of the modern German state. Consequently, the debates on if and how to include the AfD are held quite emotionally and charged with distrust.

[@loowyatt6463]

It actually makes a lot of sense. Germany has always been strongly central. But over the past decade have become further and further left, to where they are now being far left. Extremism causes Extremism, so Naturally a far right alternative rose up. Also Germany was founded on the idea of not being extreme not rejection of the political right.

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@loowyatt6463 lol, not even close. Far left comes in response to far right. And far right only gain power when centrists are facing a crisis that is, most of the time, outside their control.

[@fungo6631]

That's only valid for West Germany. East Germany has been more right wing ever since the wall fell. The AfD is mostly popular in the former DDR. Who knows, perhaps the DDR might split off again.

[@MrMorlow]

​@@fungo6631nobody here wants to split away

[@atruv2089]

@@loowyatt6463 No way you described current Germany as "far-left" when the most left-wing party in the current government is centre-left.

[@Thenewenlightnment]

Migration from countries with a different culture that clashes with theirs. Who would have thought?

[@capri2673]

"Why has the Right-Wing AfD become so Popular in Germany?" - You damn well know why!

[@toby9999]

Greens closing nuclear power stations makes no sense to me. I thought they were in favour of zero emmisions?

[@Kyrana4102]

This is because they are historically anti atom nuclear power stations since the 90s, and also they aren't the smartest of the bunch, looking at the lack of strategy in there current politics. Idealism seems to harm politic discurs

[@rivenoak]

zero emissions but nuclear waste; germany lacks a final depot for the latter

[@GoodmanEldwin]

@@rivenoak Doesn't Finland have a ton of nuclear disposal sites?

[@waltlock8805]

@@rivenoak They're not hard to build. Every ship in the US Navy is powered by a nuclear reactor. Realistically, nuclear is the only option for getting the electrical grids off fossil fuels. They don't have to last forever - they just have to buy us the fifty years or so for battery tech and renewables to be feasible on a large scale.

[@agamejunky7428]

nuclear power in germany is in a tricky spot, its been on a decline since a decade with the former Merkel Goverment promising that nuclear power would be shutdown by 2022 (iirc) and renewable energy on top of that has become economicly way more efficient to the point where its actually way more expensive paying for nuclear power so its especially hard to break a political promise that has been in the making for well over a decade since that alone would shake the Authenticity of the Goverment

[@laaaliiiluuu]

Instead of making working conditions better to motivate people to have more children we rather import cheap labor from abroad to boost shareholder profits. Obviously, this will eventually upset the native populations.

[@Boz196]

And immigration doesn’t even fix the problem of declining birth rates it only delays it because eventually even the migrants will have less than 2.1 kids

[@tioncalaifss2666]

better working konditions and better standart of living leads to fewer birth rates not more, thats why in poor countries they have way more children then for example germany

[@dakkossman2063]

@@tioncalaifss2666 this is true, although the culture of society is another important factor. We are not going to have 5 children per women living in industrial/urban societies, although raising it up to 2.5-3 per women is more than possible changing our culture back. The left-liberal world order "eats" our birth rates by the their false egalitarian ideology that is based on Marxism. The birth rates in Western countries heavily dropped (they were 2.5-3.5 per women) after the emergence of "the new left" in the US that started introducing so-called liberation from patriarchy by destroying the foundations of all the healthy societies. For example, Israel is a very conservative society in which the religion isn't even divided from the state. Their birth rates are around 3 per women. Another example is India - a 3-rd world country with approximately 2 kids per women (keeps actively dropping) with the highest proportion of LGBT by some reports and plenty of feminists that directly hate men. A certain birth-rate formula doesn't exist, although living standards are certainly not the only factor.

[@hanhdhsj]

It's not even cheap labor. Most of the immigrants (60% of Syrians) don't work at all. But hey, at least sexually charged crimes doubled since they artived

[@maxximum5980]

@@dakkossman2063Or just leave whoever wants to have a child have one? The population is continuing to grow faster than ever. From 3 billion in 1960s at the time of women and lgbt liberation to 9 billion now.. You’re creating the problems in your own head

[@klugerhans8569]

A main reason that is not mentioned appropriately here is the surge in immigration by asylum seekers. Most Germans, like most Europeans, desire much fewer, if any, immigration by asylum seekers. Yet the government has continued to lure MORE asylum seekers into Germany, for instance, by raising social benefits to them. There is strong evidence suggesting that immigration by asylum seekers leads to more far-right voting in all of Europe. By the way, because I think many people do not understand why anyone would be against immigration by asylum seekers: immigration by this group has been found to increase crime rates and strain social security.

[@xXFe_LixXx]

So if people are e.g. threatened by their government, they should not get asylum elsewhere? It's more about enforcing the law in helping countries, in case there're subjects not obeying. Not to prevent shelter for refugees or asylum seekers.

[@8MunchenBayern8]

I am not understanding why they think, bringing in millions of people from the Third World who will bring in nothing but problems, I have completely opposite cultures, and will want to implement their religions in daily life of German people. Anyone with a brain knows this will be a disaster. Is this truly just because they still feel guilty?

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

@@xXFe_LixXx LMAo they aren't getting asylum, they're not political dissidents. They are foreigners who see the wealth of Europe and want that for themselves. They come here to live, not to hide, no idea where you got this info from.

[@Luis-ps6ek]

It also helps Germany fight the shrinking of its population (Demographic changes) and therefore provides economic growth and stability in the long run

[@8MunchenBayern8]

How does bringing in third worlders that have conflicting cultures, most with zero skills, and many potential sleeper cells help Germany? Believe me it’s a massive negative and they will be a complete dump of a country by end of century if they don’t stop

[@Bluefire42156]

Heat pumps arre not just expensive, they are also loud, it sounds like a giant aquarium pump and you don't want to hear that all day

[@Andrew-ob5ij]

Easy to be popular in opposition when it’s all going wrong, Labour in the uk have done nothing but still massively popular

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Pretty stark contrast to Japan tho, which the "Liberal Democratic Party" has ruled for like 68 of 70 years.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

who are you and where did you get that information??? Labour do well in polls because of the way the questions are asked, Labour are doing terribly because Starmer is just a Tory and not in opposition to anything the Tories have suggested, except that he didn't suggest it first.

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

​@@TheOmegaXicor CHEGA PORTUGAL rigth-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL right-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JollyOldCanuck]

@@TheOmegaXicor Starmer at least wears his corporatist views on his sleeve, in Canada our major left wing parties preach about social programs and affordable housing while providing billions in corporate welfare to large multinational entities and hiring slumlords and property investors to run the housing ministry.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@JollyOldCanuck that sucks, it should be illegal but they make the rules so it benefits them :(

[@doktorquanton4069]

Things that need to be mentioned: The motives of AfD voters are 1. immigration and 2. climate and Energie policies according to polls. I feel like immigration problem has not been addressed properly in this video. Immigration for much needed workers and asylum are to completely different things but are treated as one and the same. Germany has become the largest migration destination after the US but is much smaller and has a drastically different welfare system. 40% of immigrants live of welfare. The infrastructure just isn’t there to take up hundreds of thousands of refugees every year, a shortage of teachers, housing and medical facilities made drastically worse by asylum seekers which most of the time (over 90%) are not even allowed to be granted asylum according to the Dublin agreement and GG Articel 16a (2) which have been ignored since Merkel opened the borders in 2015. Immigrants from North Africa, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa are according to the BKA over represented in violent crimes and the justice system has been way to soft in general in the last decades. Not only that but 2nd or 3rd Generation migrants even tho there parents are fairly well integrated like Turks or maroccans that came in the 1960-70 (although some of them still don’t even speak German) are more likely to commit crimes then European 3rd generation immigrants, this is due to the forming of subcultures due to cultural differences. This has become a problem in every country in Europe that has been open to multiculturalism. On top of all of this the current government decided to lower the years of living in Germany to apply for a citizenship from 8 years to 4 and in some cases even 3. These problems are not addressed or made worse with every passing year and are seem to be boiling over.

[@DerZerSchlachterator]

Hey do you have a source for "40% of Immigrants live of Welfare" ? because that sound quiet insane + who even counts as an immigrant ? the number I found was ~24 miilion people who migrated or have parents who migrated to germany, assuming 40% live of welfare that would be almost 10million people. There are only like 3-4 million people who receive "Bürgergeld" (unemployment subsidies), and that's the total, not only immigrants. So a source for that claim would be nice

[@pedropalotes7638]

Until now for Germany and Northern Europe things with inmigration were too well, as was "the limes" (Spain, Italy, Greece) Who has the problem, was really funny see Sweden or Danmark get mad for 30.000 inmigrants when we easily have to deal with 60-70.000 each year and they blamed us 😂😂😂

[@Mark-xd5up]

Multiculturalism has simply failed, every country needs a dominant culture. The people who come here need to assimilate, if they don’t migration will lead to bad things.

[@raimohoft1236]

It's +90% welfare... and not just the new migrants. Same with crime. >90% crimes in Germany are commited by non Germans, most of them not eating pork and claiming not to drink alcohol! 😑

[@Keksdich]

40 percent of welfare receivers are immigrants with No German Passport. There. Fixed it for ya 🎉😊

[@yoyo-lf3ld]

The problem with these videos and political commentary in general, is that everything is about economics. Believe it or not people care about their national identity and culture and whether you like or not, social and cultural issues are intertwined with economic issues.

[@fragileomniscience7647]

It's all about growth and survival.

[@basedchad6035]

exactly no one cares about the dollars. The german people are getting erodet and destroyed. Our legacy is thrown down the drain. WHO TF CARES about the economy?

[@lamptrollbourandas3867]

Stupid people care about national identity issues and culture wars. Smart people care only about economics.

[@Doyourbest4245]

Exactly! But hey, the more they ignore our concerns, the more they fan the flames.

[@stevlikesbeef7319]

problem with these is, they are purely subjectiv and emotional, they must be heard but often people tend to move into extreme scenarios where either all immigirants are bad or all afd voters are nazis. People seem to be not able to find the middle ground and i wonder, left and right, it seems like nobody cares aobut the immigrants.

[@JasonParmenter]

When you concede the issue of immigration to the far-right and it becomes an issue, don't be surprised that they turn to the far-right for that issue. What is needed is a sensible plan that isn't oscillating from a more-or-less open door policy or completely expelling immigrants. Something where we have a respectable system of integration that takes into account various individual considerations, while also making sure that the group isn't ostracized into various neighborhoods which leads to otherification and a sense of anger at society at large. Essentially what is needed is a humane policy that understands true humane policy comes at a middle way, not just open door everything.

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

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[@NIKOLAP7]

That is why you should pick and choose which immigrants are acceptable and which are not.

[@user-qz6zo4qn6u]

The problem is you think Muslims and Africans are able to be integrated. They aren't. Other Europeans migrating are able to integrate because you share the same values traditions and culture and religion more or less you're the same. You have common ground with other Europeans. You have nothing in common with a Muslim or an African and all studies show they're drain on the system and contribute nothing at all.

[@MS-ii1sv]

Germany doesn't need any immigrants. Nobody they bring in will be better than a German at science, engineering etc. Not even at cleaning a toilet.

[@Dotcando]

Finally coverage about this. I've been looking for coverage of this in english since the last polls were released, showing that they've become the 2nd/3rd biggest party in Gernany.

[@monopalle5768]

Last election they were doing good.... More muslims = more afd voters.... Linear scaling correlation.

[@functhefucc5798]

@@monopalle5768 Not true. They lost votes between 2017 and 2021.

[@juliarichter6987]

@ mono pale I always thought it was more people voting against their own interests (aka stupid people) = more AFD voters. Saxony isn't exactly a muslim stronghold, is it?

[@la7dfa]

@@juliarichter6987 Yes this is just as many Trump/GOP voters in the USA. They actually vote against better healthcare and a better society for the poor and middle class. On the other hand, I can understand why immigration and "foreign" people are easy to use to create unrest. It is basically what Hitler used in the 1930s when he refused Jews basic rights.

[@benzo___]

​@@monopalle5768then why do they poll the highest in those parts of Germany with a very small Muslim community? it's obviously xenophobes and less educated people that give them their vote

[@benjaminkurilla3943]

The traditional right wing parties slowly gave up their views and ideas, and moved towards the left. And many people are tired with that.

[@cubix015]

exactly and for some reason the german media never really adresses it like this. the only thing I hear is "the afd is against everything" or "the cdu uses afd rhetoric and that's why people from the cdu are moving to the afd" and then the stupid n*zi argument...

[@Intel-i7-9700k]

Exactly. Most of Europe has always thrived under mainly traditional right wing ideas, and it's still sorely needed today in 2023. If progressivism is too strong, bad ideas will become too entrenched to call off.

[@Minyeti18]

But moving left on the political spectrum is quite a normal trend in history. For example 200 years ago you would have been a left wing radicalist to just ask for democracy while conservative policies would include maintaining a monarchy.

[@thorstenmarquardt7274]

the words left and right are outdated and have no meaning anymore

[@Intel-i7-9700k]

@@AW-oh4qm Europe has quite a lot of centuries, let's say 15 after the Roman Empire. There's much more history than just the 1940s.

[@WhatTheScoots]

the most prominent/popular topics of the AfD are: -Immigration and refugee crisis -Gender-debate and anti Political Correctness -Energy(Russian gas pipelines, renewable energy vs nuclear power) -euro and EU-skepticism -Violence from the extreme left -corruption

[@gerharddeusser9103]

As of today in August 2023 the AfD has 23 %. Potential estimated at 29 %.

[@johnlavender7062]

Due to the existence of the AfD, neither the traditional centre-right nor the centre-left bloc have a majority in most elections. Due to the cordon sanitaire imposed on them, this means that cross-bloc coalitions have to be formed, which are often less stable, which can benefit the AfD. This will continue until the CDU/CSU are willing to break the cordon sanitaire, which is not going to happen soon, but will eventually happen I believe, if doing so presents them a path to power.

[@oltihajdaraj8682]

Now it depends if AFD can keep this popularity up and if the current government with also continue downward but mainstream parties are gonna have to adopted some AfD talking points to win over them. Mainly anti-immigration.

[@TgfkaTrichter]

@@oltihajdaraj8682 no, quite the opposite is true. Extreme right wingers allways benefit when moderate conservatives are trying to emulate their talking points. You can see that in the USA and the UK as well. Trump and his Maga movement, did only become so poweful, cause the normal Republicans tried to use their talking points to get power.

[@eddiemcboss7080]

Maybe Germany is in a pretty similar position Sweden was back a few years with the Sweden democrats being cordon sanitaire until it just wasn’t feasible anymore and now their not isolated

[@chrisgeyer4002]

Good assessment. The CDU faces a difficult choice between forming a broad coalition (more unstable than the current ruling coalition) just to keep the AfD out of power or come hat in hand and form a coalition with the AfD

[@chrisgeyer4002]

​@@eddiemcboss7080 yes that Is a very comparable dynamic

[@gaborsiegl]

not just in Germany popular is AfD but also many other countries as well ;)

[@nickkraw1]

Because they are beginning to wake up.

[@theconqueringram5295]

Everyone supports the opposition until they become the establishment.

[@jamesabestos2800]

That’s why you stay the course no matter what

[@andy.8444]

@@jamesabestos2800 yes, let‘s vote support the same parties even tough they completely ignore what the majority thinks!

[@Minyeti18]

​@@andy.8444the biggest problem is, parties like the Afd cannot and will never be able to enforce everything the majority wants, especially because the majority opinion changes quickly which is why the Afd was quite confused on how to deal with Corona because their "Government bad, we good" policies were not able to comprehend quickly changing opinions which is why they went from pro lockdown to anti lockdown in a matter of weeks.

[@RandomGuy9]

They said they would vote them but a lot won't. They want the established parties to change their policy. I agree with AfD about migration but I oppose their friendship towards Russia. Right now the most important issue for me is support for Ukraine. Them winning the war has the highest priority to me personally right now.

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

​@@RandomGuy9 It's not actually the Ukraine fighting it's all in interest of the US. Ya'all are blind. Also what did the Foreigners do to you?

[@HaenflingNiedertracht]

good news. look at criminal statistics in Sweden, Germany, France etc one can see a pattern there

[@ef888]

Sweden remains one of the safest countries in the world, and the Swedish right-wing government is already miles behind in the polls.

[@hjjjoooo4425]

@@ef888Sweden has the highest murder static in the Eu 🤣

[@ef888]

@@gtr5860 Idek what this is

[@themedbvll1114]

​@@ef888hmm...the last time i checked it was known as the rape capital of Europe Import the turd world become the turd world

[@JPA65]

@@ef888lol, that’s a lie. One Swedish crime statistic I find really interesting is regarding male on male rape and who’s committing these crimes…. Go look it up. It’s enlightening! And the speed in which that number has increased, well….

[@emperorclaudius5499]

Germany is a sovereign nation whose people have a right to chart whatever coarse they see fit regardless if it's right or left.

[@heinzletzte.6385]

Our established "Altparteien" seem to think otherwise.

[@narva5440]

What a meaningless statement. Obviously.. yes. Who said anything different?

[@52Encinoman]

​@narva5440 Germany is everything but a sovereign nation. Just look at how this country reacted to the Nord Stream blow-up. This is painful to watch

[@narva5440]

@@52Encinoman so you think we should have had a stronger response against russia? I agree.

[@emperorclaudius5499]

@@narva5440 this channel clearly pushes the presupposition that right wing politics are inherently wrong.

[@Adidas_der_schwanger_war]

For us germans the migration problems, stupid gourvernment laws regarding covid, climate etc. and the overall hated gouvernment are more than enough reasons to vote for the only opposition in the whole parliament which is the alternative for germany

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

It reminds me of that story about the guy who took a tiger to chase away the wolves, but then found himself in a situation where he didn't know how to chase the Tiger away.

[@Adidas_der_schwanger_war]

@@slavianalbanovich9025 metaphorically correct version of your story, I would be a Tiger and taking other tigers to shase away the wolfs, then live in peace with my tigers

[@yeetjohny]

Fascho

[@CD-kg9by]

Please don't talk about "us germans" when, in reality, you just mean a small, uneducated mass of people, who really think that a right wing extremist propaganda party can somehow be the saviour of Germany... once again.

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

@@Adidas_der_schwanger_war only in your fantasy,

[@latro666]

I cant take a party seriously that basically jumbled up the Aldi, Nike and amazon logos as its logo.

[@CHMichael]

That's funny and you are correct

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

CHEGA PORTUGAL rigth-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL right-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BoliceOccifer]

@@NayibBukelePortugal ?

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@BoliceOccifer a bot, ignore

[@corranhuss]

@@TheOmegaXicor report and ignore it

[@cubix015]

you explained it better than the german media 💀

[@curtisjackson40]

Jaa vorallem so neutral...was man vom örr nicht mehr behaupten kann

[@heinrich6294]

@@curtisjackson40 😂ich habe mich auch schon immer gefragt wie Regierungsmedien neutral sein sollen😂 das ist eigentlich nicht möglich

[@xxdomixx1085]

​@@curtisjackson40 Ich bin immer schon so verärgert, wenn ich unseren Staatsfunk in Österreich schaue, aber Eure ARD setzt dem ganzen ja die Krone auf.

[@bhson95]

But do they speak full german? You wished wrong

[@cubix015]

@@bhson95 what are you trying to say??

[@profiler4772]

Hope the Germans wake up and finally make AfD the largest party. We desperately need some common sense in Europe.

[@K0sm]

Well the 20s and Germany really don't mix well together

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

CHEGA PORTUGAL rigth-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL right-wing CHEGA PORTUGAL ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@danieldelaney1377]

Can't wait for the 2030s

[@kasetoast8354]

@@danieldelaney1377 civil war

[@posticusmaximus1739]

@@danieldelaney1377 2030s will be the decade of the AfD

[@inconnu4961]

When has ANYTHING mixed well with Germany? They have been fairly quarrelsome since the inception of a United Germany.

[@eiranobuachail6919]

people are waking up to the great replacement...

[@Minyeti18]

Problem is there is no great replacement and extremists only repeat the same lie they repeated in '33 but now instead of a jewish replacement, the fascists talk about islamic replacement.

[@captainschaschlik9444]

@@Minyeti18 Statistics in all European countries say something different, and the street scene confirms this.

[@Minyeti18]

@@captainschaschlik9444 No Statistics do not confirm conspiracy theories like that. The Islamic religion is still a minority in western Europe and e.g. in Germany the number of immigrants still has not exceeded towards being a majority of the population. Of course Europe has accepted refugees but it still is nothing special, there have always been refugee crises, Germany caused atleast 3 of them within history for example.

[@gtr5860]

​@@Minyeti18islam hates the jews too apparently.. this is proved when the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem meeting with Hitler.. so i wonder where is those hatred on jews coming from + 600k muslim joining the Nazi 💁

[@miraj5569]

@@Minyeti18 not in the sense that some mastermind made up a great scheme to replace all Europeans, but that doesn't change the fact that, if we continue like this, there won't be any western European countries left where the majority of people were raised with the culture and values currently still associated with it. I don't like the whole replacement-rhetoric either, but I think it's a valid concern that people want to keep the place they call home one that actually resembles it. It's easy to forget that immigrants still have their home countries to return to if they miss home, but people in the receiving countries won't have that luxury if they change for good.

[@cooliod00d]

It's because politicians have failed to address the major concerns of their citizens for a good 20 years or so and continue to do so. While Germany is still one of the more attractive countries to live in, the gap between poor and rich has increased, we're having issues in terms of education and qualified professionals, and most importantly migration politics have been an absolute mess for a long time. Couple that with Covid, Russia's war and our governments' response to the energy crisis and you have a recipe for disaster. If our established parties don't do something and do it quick this could very well get out of hand.

[@oKnuTo]

did any major econmy ever fix the issue of the increasing gap. seem to me only way we ever mangaed to closen the gap was through bombing everythign thus making all prior wealth worthless. without the 2 world wars the gap would be even bigger we pretty much had to kill of all the wealth ot redisripute it.

[@cooliod00d]

@@oKnuTo I'd say some of the Nordic countries are doing a good job of at least ensuring a high enough living standard. Having a gap between rich people and "less fortunate" people isn't the issue. The issue is when the gap is so large that the "less fortunate" people become poor, to the point where they can't live a somewhat decent life despite working their ass off.

[@hannes5437]

I have to say, with all the bs that's thrown around in german media, I went into this video with very low expectations. But this was actually the most neutral commenting on anything conservative I've seen in a long time. There were some things I think are biased, but I'm absolutely ok with putting this on me being an AfD supporter as well as/or me being hyper sensitve about "media" talking about conservative actions from years of hearing nothing but bs. Overall a great video and a very neutral political commentary that I very much appreciate.

[@NayibBukelePortugal]

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[@rationallyright4626]

Finally, a video that avoided the term " Far-right ".

[@parrotconservative]

Exactly

[@user-ve9tu5rv6e]

do you prefer fascist, reactionary or miserable divorced dad?

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

​@@user-ve9tu5rv6e I'd like to hear word like far-right, when they start to live up to expectations.

[@multivitaminsaft1997]

They want to gas refugees to death! At least, that´s what AfD-politicians say about themselfes, when they think the mike is muted. So in this case the term "Far-right" would have been justified in my oppinion.

[@vidyagaems4063]

It's the "if they aren't literally uganda, they aren't right-wing" episode again...

[@yeshayaamichai1512]

I must admit, I love TLDR and their presentation of current events, but I watch it just as much for their butchering of various place names as I do for the analysis. I say this with love. Don't @ me. Lol ❤️🤣🙏🏼

[@osheridan]

@

[@toyotaprius79]

Don't spend too much of your time doing that

[@Crudeliciousbops]

That’s partly of what English was designed for and why there’s a thing like Anglicisation. Places that hasn’t been renamed for the sake of English pronounce, tend to get butchered really hard.

[@gavasiarobinssson5108]

deep?😂

[@madeanaccounttospillthebor9568]

"TLDR" and "in depth" do not go together buddy

[@deniseg-hill1730]

Anyone who Is not left is labelled as far right. We are not far right we believe in looking after our own country and citizens first

[@dualfluidreactor]

I like your sober, factual, un-partisan style!

[@midnightflare9879]

Any green who closes down nuclear power plants is no true green.

[@gfrewqpoiu]

That is actually based in the green parties founding history, they have always been at the forfront of the anti-nuclear movement here in Germany. Especially after Fukushima there was a MASSIVE media fear campaign here in Germany to convince the public to pressure the conservative CDU into making a law to stop all nuclear reactors (mostly run by right wing tabloids like BILD) This has led to us replacing it with brown coal. The dirtiest and most dangerous, fuel for power generation there is.

[@DSAK55]

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes"

[@fungo6631]

The greens are the Russian fifth column. Anti nuclear movements have historically been infiltrated by the KGB. Nuclear is bad for Russia. Kazahstan produces more Uranium and isn't a warmongering country, so countries can stop importing Russian gas and drop the ruble to 200 rubles per euro.

[@posticusmaximus1739]

@@DSAK55 Yes, the Germany is ruled by the Sith

[@midnightflare9879]

@@DSAK55 Okay, so obviously, I meant that as a joke, there are legitimate reasons why you want to shut downa nuclear plant. But Germany is now burning more coal because of their stubbornness, it's clearly not one of these examples where you have a good reason.

[@yowifeinmydm1609]

It’s awkward to think about that great chancellors as Helmut Schmidt or Helmut Kohl were members of the SPD being liberal but yet having common sense in topics such as multiculturalism or national identity. While nowadays SPD seems to be completely left and just pushing their own ideology. I'm half German half Brazilian and do hope there will be a significant change in this country. Our leaders are seemingly trying to ruin the country..

[@CD-kg9by]

And the AfD wants to piss on its ashes.

[@ViriatoII]

Tem razäo, amigo!

[@SoNonWoo]

Well, a review of Merkel’s biggest actions shows that she hardly aligns with center-right CDU. “Politically homeless” was mentioned early in the video. She rendered many of the typical CDU base politically homeless with those two moves. There was really only one place for them to go. And with the Voldemort party illegal, there is only one place for those folks to go. Makes for strange bedfellows. And the current coalition is so politically stupid.

[@leafstorm3306]

Noo? Describing the SPD as completely leftist is absurd

[@yowifeinmydm1609]

@@leafstorm3306 Hm I’m not seeing anything else. I don’t mean left in the old real meaning ( because they would he against muslim ). I mean the new left, everything heterosexual + white + privileged + men is evil and the rest are all victims of them and we have to help all victims. Who allowed Ditib to build mosques in Germany and let Erdogan do heavily Propaganda and spread Hate and Racism. It was Olaf Scholz ( back then Major ). Our interior minister ( supposed to make the nation feel safe ) is so left that she ignores every Murder, every rape, every crime committed by Migrants ( and yes they do them statistically way more then Germans ). And yet she is for leaving the borders open and letting more of this enter the country. All the climate talks.. Wym they aren’t left..

[@NKOTCstuggi]

How could it not?

[@ValensBellator]

It’s weird how similar they sound to the Republican Party in the US, with more conventional republicans and MAGA republicans awkwardly sharing the party.

[@greyghost2492]

yeah lol. It underscores well how far to the left European politics is compared to the rest of the world.

[@benshiotsu8553]

The new republicans basically dominate the party. If you oppose trump, you get liz cheny'ed.

[@JayForsure]

The US is unfathomably influential to almost every single country on the planet. Their news media spreads like wildfire across the world. Along with their type of ideology. Look at the group of people who claimed the election was stolen and then ran into the capital. Then look at Brazil literally did the same thing lol. Then Pakistan people were yelling rigged too lol. They influence on the world stage is massive.

[@eragonship4929]

And just like Republicans they don't really have any idea of how to govern a country

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

Same establishment, same anti-establishment...

[@VaucluseVanguard]

The thing was most of the 1.5 million people who came were soon found to be mainly economic but not cultural migrants. They want to share Germany's economic wealth but not its culture.

[@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951]

They are not just sharing the wealth, they do produce

[@fungo6631]

That's literally most of all migrants since EVER. Turks and Yugoslavs came to Germany to make money, not to become Germans. But ofc, they did learn the language and all that.

[@dungu8180]

@@fungo6631 Well, the idea in the 60s was that they would come as temporary workers and leave if the contract ended. No one ever thought they would stay permanently and produce offsprings. Even former German chancelor Helmuth Schmidt stated, that it was supposed to be temporarly.

[@soundscape26]

The overwhelming majority of immigrants ever were economical ones, even within the European countries.

[@chrislouis7913]

@@fungo6631 they should’ve been more hardline like Japan for example. This would not be allowed in Japan. Anyone living in Japan is living because of the culture. There is no way anyone can just come for money in Japan. Sure the right might have caused germany to be completely bombed and destroyed, but the left has caused the death of a country without a gunshot being fired

[@supermaximglitchy1]

because right is always right and the left is being annoying

[@alexandredelabuissiere5330]

Anything anti-EU is good to take.

[@RobinLundqvist]

Don't think popular is the right word, most of their voters are probably doing it as a reluctant last attempt at something they want

[@memyselfandI90001]

their program is very good, the only votable one

[@Minyeti18]

​@@memyselfandI90001The only thing the Afd is doing good is pathing their way to being on a watchlist of germanys domestic intelligence service.

[@bhson95]

What's wrong with wanting something normal for the country?

[@hjjjoooo4425]

Ich denke nicht . Genug von der Grün Roten Scheiße

[@meursaultroquentin]

​@@bhson95Racism and f'ing workers over is "normal"? (The AfD proposed insanse tax cuts for the rich) So no, they're just idiotic c'nts trying to enrich their mates while riding on a wave of anti-everything sentiments.

[@anarcho-boulangistllamaent2023]

6:20 No, the AfD are not "clearly" the most Russia-sympathetic party in Germany. Yes, they are Russia-sympathetic, but Die Linke (the far-left) are equally Russia-sympathetic (the prime example of a Putin apologist would be Die Linke member Sahra Wagenknecht).

[@bastian182]

No they are, Die Linke is more devided on the topic but the leadership of them are more against Putin (of which Sahra Wagenknecht is also not part of and she gets often denounced), the Afd is pro-Putin even in the leadership and they disguise their pro-Putin stants as wanting to end the war and make peace like Sahra Wagenknecht (who the Afd really likes). They also have ties to many pro-Russian lobbies.

[@patrickstar5136]

also based on leaks from an AfD internal chat group some of them are also very anti russian because they are still bitter germany lost in WW2.

[@delfinenteddyson9865]

@@patrickstar5136 it's also difficult to support a country that tries to conquer it's neighbours if you genuinely believe in the concept of national sovereignty

[@fives0238]

AFD is the Most russia-sympathetic Party in Germany. Because Not all from Die Linke have this russia stance as Wagenknecht and they want to remove her from the Party. While in The AFD everyone Likes russia

[@Dummigame]

Die Linke is in the moderate regions of the left wing

[@Sam-hm2sx]

The Ampel politic puts whole Europe at risk. They will have to answer some qestions pretty soon.

[@gunjirox7485]

what do aou want? a Tribunal? Bullshit. The AfD has no answeres to anything

[@l0stbergfred]

As a German, I am actually scared right now

[@jorgeckert3162]

You rather should be scared about what’s happening in France.

[@themedbvll1114]

Is that so? Nothing a noose can't fix

[@politicstoday8002]

That's actually good that there is now an AfD-"Bürgermeister"

[@hudsonylin]

Small typo in 3:50 , it would be "Saxony-Anhalt", not Anholt, which is a small town in Nordrhein Westfalen

[@davianthule2035]

Most anglohones don't know how to pronounce the German "alt" phoneme

[@chris-lk4ml]

Like in ALTering? Quite the same. Its just a typo.

[@hudsonylin]

@@davianthule2035 With respect, I don't think that's relevant in this situation though, in light of the fact that this is just an orthographic mistake as opposed to a phonological one.

[@RebeccaChen-nk7vm]

Sachsen Unhold 😂

[@gentleZen]

I am not right wing and i disagree with a lot of AFD's goals, but i can understand people voting for them, because uncontrolled immigration is going on for too long already, punishment of crimes is too soft and none of the other political parties in the Bundestag is doing something about it. Most people "lost" their passports when they arrive here and without one it's hard to impossible to send them back, if there is no proper reason for them to stay (the majority). Germans do feel more and more as foreigners in their own country, me included. I have been absent from Stuttgart city for over a year now and it was bad before, but two days ago i have been to the main central station again and you barely see germans there anymore, only arabs, africans, gipsies from eastern europe (which are begging everywhere, even in trains) and so on. These are even using the surroundings to settle down and make themselves a "home" e.g. in the city park, which was full of trash everywhere. It was a disgrace. With all these people from which a lot of them are muslims and mostly young men which you often find in groups wandering the streets, no wonder people (especially women) do not feel safe anymore. There's currently no alternative to the AFD when it comes to stop immigration and i believe that's why this party is getting so strong. Immigration is good if it's controlled. Get the people into the country which can add some value to society. People that are civilised and respect a countries laws and traditions. People that do respect women's and LGBTQ rights - but this is not happening. Instead we are getting too many people, which just do not fit to what our country is standing for. And too many just coming here to make use of our social system, getting one baby after the other without even thinking about working. And these people are even getting more rights then working immigrants then. Short example: Women that are having babies cannot easily get deported into their home country, therefore babies are some kind of "insurance" for them to be able to stay. A good friend of mine (african girl) was working for several years and started a training to become an elderlies nurse - a position elderly homes are looking for desperately here in germany, because we do not have enough of them. What happened? She got deported! While in her training... I say: fuck the current immigration system and laws of germany. Its about time something is going to change! Too bad it has to be the AFD.

[@jenshep1720]

it doesnt. sorry dude, but you have to know that if the afd get into government (aside from the fact that they probably wont), all wed get is an even worse shitshow than we have right now. we saw what happens when right wing populists get into power with donald trump. they achieve none of their goals but irreversibly damage the few remaining parts of the system that work. there is no way out of the current situation. not with any of the existing parties, including the afd. what wed need is to somehow fire the entire political leadership of every party and replace them with younger people from the base of every party that havent been corrupted yet. thats about the only thing i can imagine that would actually achieve something.

[@friedrichvonhoffmeister3343]

Wieso too bad it has to be the afd was ist denn dein so großes problem mit der Partei?

[@horiabalaban7968]

Then attack those specific issues. Talk to your local, state, federal representatives. You effectivelly support AFD just because they are anti whatever the gov does and make up excuses like immigration or welfare for that.

[@gentleZen]

@@friedrichvonhoffmeister3343 Ich kenne deren komplettes Programm nicht, aber die gewollte Annäherung und der Stop der Waffenlieferungen an Russland z.B. gefällt mir persönlich nicht und Frau Alice Weidel hat bei einer Talkrunde zum Thema auch nicht sonderlich gut argumentiert. Letztendlich gibt es wahrscheinlich keine Partei der man bei allem zu 100% zustimmt, aber das Thema ist dann halt schon wieder zu groß um es zu ignorieren.

[@horiabalaban7968]

​@@friedrichvonhoffmeister3343Was ist mit "never again" in Deutschland passiert? Warum denkt ihr wieder das Nationalismus eine gute Sache sei?

[@mrpain4184]

Weil man die Auswirkungen der linken Politik der letzten 15 Jahre nicht mehr schön reden kann. Soviel zu deiner Frage.

[@LeekowalskiWalker]

Because all vehicles need a brake not just an accelerator.

[@Broniath]

When the migrant crisis started I literally told everyone I know we would probably (regrettably) have an AfD government in 10 years if our immigration policy keeps going like this. No one believed me lol.

[@prossnip42]

But that was in 2015/2016. Germany's immigration policiy has tightened significanlty since then

[@warlord95Sweden]

I said the same as a 14 year old boy in Sweden. Now the far-right has 20% of the vote and I don't think thay will lose it in the next election

[@transylvanian8437]

@@prossnip42 yes it has, unfortunately when the mainstream parties began with Wilkommen, then switched to anti-immigration policies when they realized that Willkommen is not popular is kinda sneaky and easy to see through😅And people seemingly rather flock to the party which was anti-immigration from the start.

[@Gardstyle35]

not regrettably, its necessary now.

[@Gardstyle35]

@@warlord95Sweden which is good for sweden.

[@vulpescana1779]

Like always qualitiy content. A little note: In my opinion you should write the percentages ( like 12%) into the graphics, if you put a focus on showing polls. It helps to also read in addition to hear 😊

[@JenniferA886]

Hmmm… good point, I never was really bothered by this before, however, now I am 👍👍👍

[@RobertJankowski-zq3di]

Quality content? He hasn't even scratched the surface of the problems we are facing at the moment.

[@saljogja]

The rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party can be attributed to a combination of factors, including concerns about immigration, the economy, and dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties. The AfD capitalized on these issues, presenting themselves as a more conservative and nationalist alternative. Their anti-immigrant stance, skepticism of the European Union, and criticism of established political elites resonated with some segments of the population, leading to their increased support and electoral success. It's important to note that political shifts are complex and can't always be attributed to a single cause.

[@ciandoyle3315]

you dont need a 9 and a half minute video to see that immigration is a blatantly ignored issue. people are tired of the prevailing "safe" parties constantly ignoring something that people are upset with.

[@Minyeti18]

Problem is many people are upset over stupid things they mainly do not understand just like a toddler can be upset about not receiving candy for breakfast. Many people have issues with migration because german media mostly covers bad stories with migrants being criminal but if you actually look up the statistics, migrants only commit a minority of crimes and if you compare the number of criminal migrants and the overall migrant population of Germany, you are quickly able to see that the criminals are more then a minority but the Afd quickly manages to turn these facts around

[@sovietunion7643]

as an american i must say that it must feel terrible. my american news sites do have problems definitely, and in fact probably have the opposite problem of overblowing certain issues into bigger than they are, but i never feel as if the government is ignoring a topic that is an issue. maybe topics are mis-represented or talked about in a way that doesn't always help but that's just the nature of america being relatively divided as a culture. I do hope things improve but i hope its not in the way of opposite extremes. the last thing anyone needs is a further right wing party to push to the opposite extreme of the current very centrist beurcracy focused mindset and do something drastic like force immigrants out. I try to pray for western europe in the coming century and not in a pitiful way.

[@xxdomixx1085]

I have a migration background and I am a member of the AfD. My parents came from Eastern Europe and built up their life in Germany, all by themselves. Me and my sister went to school and now I am in nursing-education while my sister is in becoming a physiotherapist. We do NOT want to pay for the illegal bad behaving muslims. And the AfD does not hate all non-ethnicallly Germans. In my city there are a few Chinese-origin German citizens members of the party and everything is great. They also saw the problem with the muslim immigration.

[@Yilmaister]

Big shout-out to the CDU and the FDP for enabling their rise.

[@TFunk584]

hahahaha your such a tool. go read a book friend

[@Masterchief_Tito]

A rise of nazis

[@Leon-gr2oo]

And spd

[@McHallel]

mainly the greens

[@DasMirror]

Greens*

[@ArmyKiller1000]

I love hearing you pronounce german state names! For a non-german speaker you are nailing it! And as always good video about a difficult topic

[@bhson95]

Just keep focus on german news they will speak right german language

[@ArmyKiller1000]

@@bhson95 That is not what i meant by that. I LOVE listening to his voice and in particular the way he pronounces german words. They are 100% correct but with an interesting accent. No offense meant but a compliment.

[@BlondeQtie]

nah man he butchered Mecklenburg Vorpommern 😂

[@markoredano9141]

The most fair video about the AfD, no salacious "far right" label in the title. REAL journalism. The ONLY issue I might take is that being the least supportive of Ukraine does not necessarily make one "sympathetic towards Russia'.

[@fragfmgill]

i mean go against peoples wishes people will look for an alterantive.

[@berndkemmereit8252]

It is no wonder that all over the EU right wing parties are increasing, Germany is not alone. It seems people forgot how close France came to have a right wing Female President, Spain and Portugal going the same direction. The EU tries now to please people with the new immigration policy they agreed a few days ago. But yes after extrem left people had enough.

[@Qefx]

And we still won't get the people we need (highly qualified) They all will go to Canada, UK, USA etc. Those people are not interested in the quality of life. They just want to earn more money. I think we should cut health care and social services (free school etc) for those people. If they require it, they need to pay for it. Solves two problems: The state makes more money, and more high qualified people will come to Germany.

[@stielimusterman3066]

That new policy is nothing but window dressing, so it won‘t change anything.

[@betelgeux6010]

@@Qefx qualification is a whole different topic though. whats happening in germany has nothing to do with helping the workforce or get much needed workers. people simply hop into boats, come over by the millions and get housing and money here-free. this happens since 2015 and has not been adressed until this spring when the EU started to make small crackdowns on this

[@fotis3v480]

You should see the Greek elections far right or whatever it's called in English came over night and got a healthy %. Most people didn't even know who they were I'd bet an entire years wage they would get like 15% otherwise.

[@user-ol7bt4wp1j]

Italy already has that And Poland and Hungary were the first ones.

[@Noname-pu8js]

Have you seen the countrywide arab clan war? 😂 I can fully understand why a native German would vote for the populist right wing! If I was one, maybe I’d vote the same

[@Crshcourse-qy9zo]

So you say that you are actually stupid and have no clue what you are talking about

[@Crshcourse-qy9zo]

So you say that you are actually stupid and have no clue what you are talking about

[@majedtaleb3944]

Ignorant and racist m 🤡

[@pablito4762]

It's not the only issue. Since 2015 rape crimes and mass rape crimes are very high because many refugees are involved.

[@hjjjoooo4425]

@@pablito4762also murderers are about 50% immigrants

[@dramsaysteele]

An objective account. Thank you.

[@doktorcool3740]

The interesting thing is that the AfD (cleverly) doesn't really offer alternatives - they just say that what the government is doing is bad. So every AfD voter can imagine what the AfD might do different in whichever way that voter would like things to change. Once the AfD would have to actually govern, they would have to provide solutions, and most likely any solution would split their voter base into 50% who thinks it's cool and 50% who think it's even worse than what the previous government did.

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

Well they offer to join them in their hate, nothing else.

[@bobsemple9341]

​@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 hate? Wtf are u talking about. They're pro common sense

[@thepedrothethethe6151]

@@bobsemple9341 (A neboleus concept known as common sense)

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@bobsemple9341 wtf are you talking about? The are agitating against minorities, migrants, people who look different or live different, split, spit hate and have a solution for nothing.

[@bobsemple9341]

@@thepedrothethethe6151 being pro German, anti refugee for now and promoting actions which benefit the German state and it's people

[@stefanmangner7394]

Very intelligent and refreshing objective summary. Great job. Greetings from Germany.

[@johann3029]

4:36 source ?

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

Eventually people would rather to vote someone that listens than someone who knows what best.

[@YungBeezer]

The establishment doesn’t know what’s best

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

@@YungBeezer But it does, you see... For themselves

[@dklimenok]

3:17 Anhalt, not Anholt.

[@Zeitgeist2000]

these guys arent national socialists, dont compare them.

[@kldmonre_]

There is a liberal wing in the AfD that isn't, but there's a far right wing in the party which is comparable to the NSDAP

[@mortyshorty7132]

0:36 welcome to Görlitz

[@fuselpeter5393]

Progressive and conservative ideas are both needed and if there is a space on either of these sides there will be someone who fills that space. AFD wouldn't be a thing if the other parties had done their job and made good politics. Since the AFD first got popular all the media and the other parties just pointed their fingers at them, called them stupid an so on. Now they wonder why the AFD is so popular. They bullied them to the top.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

From what I see AFD is a sh*tty party of radicals with no solutions. But at least they're adressing a real issue while other parties rug it under the carpet (I don't think this saying can be translated to english but who cares).

[@larsbaer3508]

Almost everything that is Common Sense is called right at this Point lol

[@I_am_Raziel]

Absolutely

[@K_-_-_-_K]

exactly. anything that isnt gay race communism is "fascist" lmao npc's

[@mrsentencename7334]

Because left and right is a big lie. It’s about individualism vs collectivism. Let’s not forget Stalin/Lenin/mao (Marxism), Zitler (national socialism), Mussolini (Italian fascism) were all left wing ideologies. Look at the history and what they actually believed.

[@Platzhalterxy]

one word: greens

[@zacharydurocher4085]

Save Europe

[@dariusdaguerre3535]

It isn't racist to want to put your own people's and your own country's welfare not just first, but _way_ ahead of that of others. Wanting to keep Germany German is _not_ racist, just fucking common sense.

[@HeroInTheSun]

It’s all about the rxping, knife wielding intruders. Nothing else!

[@osheridan]

That's not fair, not everyone in AfD has knives

[@hamlet557]

@@osheridan Way to pretend you don't see what's happening with rapes. I guess you are a man?

[@phoenixoflight224]

@@osheridan hahaha

[@phoenixoflight224]

Not every immigrant is bad you mf. Ofc there are many bad ones who won't abide to the law but there are also many civilised immigrants who want to work and contribute to society. It isn't fair for them to get thrown into the same drawer with the bad ones.

[@Minyeti18]

Sounds quite like what the Wehrmacht did in 1943 but for the Afd that would have been heroes. Anyways, the wrong statement about criminal migrants is nothing more than bullshit and if people would actually be able to look at statistics they would realize that a) a mere minority of crimes is being committed by migrants and b) that only a minority of migrants even become criminal in the first place

[@objetivista686]

why they became so popular?? Mysteriousssss ... "En masse immigration"??

[@user-xz4du3es5p]

Oh no. Scary non-white people. What ever shall we do?

[@parrotconservative]

😭🤣

[@hamlet557]

@@user-xz4du3es5p Nice straw man argument. But if you want to make immigrants more likeable how about teach them not to rape?

[@raphaelriat8165]

Because Migration is maybe Germany largest problem.

[@S88532]

The answer is very easy , 90% of immigrants are Muslims because of bad location of Europe near of Muslim countries and look what Muslims did to France recently , Muslims hate democracy and they hate European society , Muslims are against Equality and they're against all other religions and they believe that Islam should dominate the whole world to be ruled by Islamic sharia law as Afghanistan and Pakistan 🕋👹 Note that i am an Arab from an Islamic country and i have tried the Islamic Law and my whole life was in Islamic sharia law country , it's the hell on earth 🔥👹 Never listen to Muslims they always lying and they are Zombies they are blinds and they don't have Brain to think because they are blind by Islam 👨‍🦯👩‍🦯🧑‍🦯 with my respect to blind people 💐

[@S88532]

The answer is very easy , 90% of immigrants are Muslims because of bad location of Europe near of Muslim countries and look what Muslims did to France recently , Muslims hate democracy and they hate European society , Muslims are against Equality and they're against all other religions and they believe that Islam should dominate the whole world to be ruled by Islamic sharia law as Afghanistan and Pakistan 🕋👹 Note that i am an Arab from an Islamic country and i have tried the Islamic Law and my whole life was in Islamic sharia law country , it's the hell on earth 🔥👹 Never listen to Muslims they always lying and they are Zombies they are blinds and they don't have Brain to think because they are blind by Islam 👨‍🦯👩‍🦯🧑‍🦯 with my respect to blind people 💐

[@sven7736]

I think you guys nailed it here. This is one of the few channels capable of providing an unbiased, objective overview of the situation and letting viewers think for themselves. Chapeau, keep it going.

[@javierinDeutschland4155]

Refreshing to watch a video about these topics without big words like ultra right or extreme populist etc etc. subscribed.

[@1425363878]

100% agree.

[@phiizzurp1200]

In deutschland einfach kein bericht in dem nicht mehrmals rechtsextremismus und vom Verfassungsschutz beobachtet gesagt wird😂

[@hjjjoooo4425]

@@phiizzurp1200peinlich der Typ von Verfassungsschutz ist Faesers Handlanger

[@DarkHarlequin]

These types of parties always remind me of that Heath Ledger Joker Quote about a Dog chasing cars, who wouldn't know what to do if he ever caught one. These types of parties want power to have power and they'll pick their support up whatever way they can. They tend to not have a coherent plan for when they would be in government because governing isn't on their agenda. They don't want to change or improve anything as a party, they just want to have influence and be seen as important. And that allows them to cobble together a mish-mash of ideologies and frustrated people from vastly different spectrums. Cause they are not planning on streamlining their policies thus don't have to deal with their base wanting vastly different things.

[@prateekbhurkay9376]

This describes Brexit perfectly

[@SamFromItalia]

@@prateekbhurkay9376 it also explains the labor party perfectly. Edit becaused I'm stupid: Brexit should have worked at least to an extent but the awful prime ministers and general lack of good leadership lead to the botched Brexit that we have today

[@prateekbhurkay9376]

@@SamFromItalia in retrospect, could also be Biden because he wasn't Trump.

[@geraldfreibrun3041]

There is something tangible forming, however it is in the embryonic stages of political development, this being National Conservatism, a sort-of right-wing populism which the state decides to directly intervene in strengthening "national-cohesion."

[@pancakes3250]

I mostly agree, however they are willing to take draconian actions, and will want to govern when in power, just least competent at it. So if one hates different ethnic groups, or propping up others they dont like, if the party wont do anything too crazy, like defund or overtax anything crucial, whatever they will be bad at, to their base, it will likely look compensated for by their extremist policies that base desperate for. Technically, if they leave almost everything as is, and be economic and borders extreme conservatives, they will make their base, and almost anyone, in anyway right wing, very happy. Don't be corrupt and this will seal it shut.

[@juztnlast953]

the AfD is a very well named party. The name doesn't tie it to any specific political position, so it has flexibility in its platform. The word "Alternative" does suggest to voters they are the party to look to when unhappy with the status quo.