• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    16 days ago

    what are they even turning fascist for?

    The usual reason: "things are bad? It isn't our fault, it's the fault of the marginalized out-group! Destroy them!" capitalist-laugh

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      While the Russia-Ukraine war made things worse for Germans, far right has been on the ascend for a while and things weren't even that bad in Germany! Like lots of issues with the German center-right, but they were doing a good job of extracting wealth from the rest of the EU.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        16 days ago

        The previous nazi surge rode on post WW1 anguish, grief, and poverty. What the fuck is the excuse now?

        • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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          16 days ago

          Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably, coupled with the universal alienation that they especially have no vocabulary to grapple with

          • BobDole [none/use name]
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            16 days ago

            If only there had been some German philosopher they could read to inform them about capitalist alienation. Ah well

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            16 days ago

            Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably

            I can believe that, particularly the redirected rage where they'd rather punch down on climate refugees than punch up toward the planet burners themselves.

        • gueybana [any]
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          16 days ago

          Last time they took it out on mostly white minorities. The excuses don’t even have to be air tight