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.

Yeah, but they aren’t Canadian.

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.

And cowboys

Probably not me. Most of the recorded incidents are against Chinese families that have emigrated.

I complain about the CCP here and there, but not likely enough for any attention to be warranted.

Except that there are credible reports of the CCP running police operations on foreign soil.

I was going to comain until I realized that the fprmat is the one that I prefer.

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

F u man… It’s 2AM and I just finished cleaning my kitchen. Ech, I forgot the sink, brb.

That was yesterday. It doubled since then IIRC

Americans have a history of the most insidious manipulations in the politics of other nations - did you see their Sec. of state try commemorate the CIA backed coup of Cuba.

About “crying” over foreign interference, you are wrong. In the last 4 years France, Canada, Germany, Romania, Sri-Lanka, Australia, all of the Baltic nations andore have a had credible complaints of attempts from foreign nations trying to use propaganda and more to influence elections.

Let’s not try to convince ourselves than only the Americans are misbehaving.

Can we not bother deciding who was the biggest nightmare, and instead focus on finding models for the best countries.

I am so sick of the “at least the USSR had…” or “at least China does…” conversation. Can’t we have a “Finland has high happiness, broad socialist protections, and a fast moving economy” kind of conversations.

When you’ve lost the Aussie travelers, you know yer in trouble. Who will keep the ski and surf towns running?