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Elon Musk’s bid to propel Germany’s far-right party to victory has failed (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

They doubled their share of votes, that’s hardly a failure. They also have enough votes to be a pain in the butt. The seats come with offices, employees, discretionary spending etc. The AfD will be able to further build their networks and base.

AfD and the Linke (Left socialist party) together habe more than 1/3 of the seats. That means no changes to the constitution or flexible spending without the approval of either.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Isn't that how Le Pen's party was able to cause havoc in France? By gaining a large enough minority to be a contender for coalition-building and then exploiting it to exert control?

I'm not too up to speed, but I feel like I remember them causing significant fuckage with exactly that mechanism.

Edit: And, presumably, the left will inevitably feel it needs to stomp its feet and scream that the center isn't left enough, so no way we can cooperate with those guys, leaving the center to appease the Nazis if they want to get anything done.