They are supposed to use immigration for that, bit they also use it to keep population growth, because the long term economy growth need it.

Are the Afd voters pedophiles?

If you have large part to f the population moving to support fascism, them they need to be addressed. Their real issues need to be addressed. It doesn’t just go away.

I never thought that I’d be impressed by soap

Here is the kind of comment I was referring to. General distrust leads to propaganda like targeting connecting general incompetence to anger inducing “enemy” targeting.

All of the 1st world rely on immigration to keep population growth - but in Germany it has created an enemy? Here is how the ADD garners support.

I think that is the global phenomenon

I don’t live in Germany, so won’t disagree. I think that propaganda wouldn’t work if people weren’t already looking for someone to blame.

It’s likely to blow-back domestically. Like other countries around the world, Germany’s far right nationalist party has strong domestic support right now. This may silence some politicians, bit t doesn’t address the underlying issues, nor the reasons that ppl are wandering towards fascism.

My opinion is that general failures of liberal parties to actually make life better, and reduce corruption. People have lost faith.

I can’t really answer your question, as I’m don’t have that strong an understanding of how Governments work.

I can say that minority governments are meant to be less successful by design. It’s meant to sort of limit the damage that can be done without majority confidence from the electorate.

The tend to make agreements on cooperation as a part of the partnership. A smaller party can trade up, gaining roles in the government, or concessions on certain policies.

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Which “this”. Kalas saying the the EU will never agree to annexation may have low impact, but it isn’t capitulation.

This is up there with “the Libya model”

At this point a comete takeover of Ukraine is possible but not likely.

There are other boots waiting in line; we need to transition in a way that prevents dominating empires.

Is a Russian invasion of the Baltics on your card? Or do you think that is unlikely?

US standing up to China in the SCS is the only thing that I think is still at play for the US. The military positioning was already set up, and the ego harm would be too great. Maybe they negotiate it away instead.

Taiwan making any cooperative military action not coordinated by the US would likely kick off some serious shit. China’s not about to let that happen.

EU tariffs alone would not be that painful on their own, but add in Asian tarrifs and perhaps some South American numbers… maybe bring the penguins in too.

I thought that there were no tarrifa added to Russia in the recent wave?

There are plenty of economic and demographic problems to solve.