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Originally Posted by Catfish
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This “institute” is like Deutsche Umwelthilfe, for example: formally and on paper politically independent, but actually commissioned and financed by the Bundestag. In other words: an alibi actor, and closely linked to the UN, which is anything but impartial.
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Wessen Brot ich ess, dessen Lied ich sing'...”
This does not necessarily mean that everything that is said against the AfD is wrong. But the basic tone of the argumentation is clear, and is charged with maximum opportunism, actually always. The Nazi club is always immediately swung and slobbered against everything that does not correspond to the politically desired woke-left-red-green standardization.
I myself have repeatedly described the AfD as a "Dreckspartei" and denied it the presence of competent experts at federal level, in addition to its obvious closeness to Russia and its postulate of wanting to leave NATO. No, I haven't forgotten all that! So, I have no illusions. I once called them an
Sturmtruppe - to tear down and destroy the existing party representation; the other parties cannot be trusted to do that. I don't see German politics or the EU being capable of reform anywhere, not even in homeopathic doses.
However, there is cooperation with the AfD in a few local circles, out of necessity. Some of their people seem to be failing - as predicted. Others are doing a good job. Good enough at least that the others at least tolerate them and work together without bickering and bluster. There is also a spectrum of opinion in the AfD, not just one, all-dominant doctrine. And the will to opportunism also corrupts “iron” principles in the AfD. For example, there is a conflict between the demands of some that the family should be viewed as father-mother-child, similar to what I also demand. At the same time, they have a party leader who lives in a lesbian relationship with a partner (from
Sri Lanka...) and has two adopted sons. I guess that's what you call “flexibility”... By the way, I can't stand Weidel for the life of me. So please don't draw the wrong conclusions.
The problem is - the AfD is the only alternative in the party spectrum with a realistic chance of shaking up the far-left, woke, green-red status quo. There is no one else in sight who even has a chance of doing so. Nobody. So if someone says “never with the AfD”, they have codified the woke green-red misery until the end of time - and I will not accept that, ever: because it pisses me off completely, totally, unlimitedly.
In the event of a coalition between the CDU/CSU and AfD, the CDU would (still) be the stronger party, with a ratio of around 3:2. Such a government would force the AfD to put its cards on the table and prove what it is willing and able to do - and what it is not. It would either prove its ability to compromise, or its inability. One of the two. The former would be a gain, the latter a disaster as predicted by many - but no greater disaster than 3 years of energy and economic destruction by the traffic light government and 16 years of Merkel.
The disaster that red-green, and before that Merkel, are responsible for is a historically proven fact, it is beyond doubt, it is stated, certified and proven. In contrast, the claim that the AfD performs in a way that in the end it is just as much to blame for this is less important and is first and foremost an assertion and speculation: just a claim. It remains to be seen what will come of it. If necessary, the CDU could pull the emergency brake and let the coalition collapse prematurely.
Normally, I would not agree to this experiment either. But the situation is as self-destructive as it is desperate. If we continue to practice this left-wing, woke red-green and uncritically EU-friendly mishmash, we really don't stand a chance.
The AfD would probably fail in government, just like everyone else. That's what even
I say! But - it has never been proven by example. The others have all proven their incompetence and unsuitability, not just in their slogans and catchphrases, but in their actions and the tangible consequences.
A disaster. We have practically nothing left to lose that would not get lost without drastic change anyway.
Let them show us whether they can do something - or not. They will probably fulfill our expectations (including mine!!) and fail. Yes, even I assume that! The worst case would be as expected. Or the worst-case scenario will not happen. That would be an unlikely surprise. But a positive one. So what do we have to lose? Just endless red-green politicking, and I don't have a good word to say for that.