what do all of these countries you just listed have in common? They were all under the rule of the Soviet Union. This was not european socialism, this was soviet socialism, european socialism means a mixture of both socialist welfare and capitalistic markets, aka social-democracies

In either case it’s concerning that when the Conservatives fielded their most far-right leader so far, their share of the seats went up.

It’s not surprising at all, the 2 conservative parties in Germany are the most far-right and second most far-right parties. They host politicians who are grandsons and granddaughters of real Nazi SS officers (like the leader of the AfD: Alice Weidel, her grandpa was directly responsible for thousands of civilian deaths as military judge and prosecuter and later chief military judge for Adolf fucking Hitler. They copy their talking points one to one and would love to see people dissappear, who are not looking like them. Conservatives, for the most part, are atrociously far-right.

rooting for you aussies. Love and strength from Germany <3

my brother in christ, all western european countries are socialist welfare states with a capitalistic market. Media wants you to believe that, what we have is communism, but socialism is so far off Marxism / Communism, as Turbo-capitalism is off of socialism. Beat the red scare and don’t carry on their dumb talking points. Socialism is the way to go

got permed for suggesting that the time to protest is now, before protesting becomes illegal and prosucetable und law lol

wait, which attack was orchestrated on 4chan?

I got permed on r*ddit for suggesting using the 2nd ammendment for once lol

let me give you a counter argument as a german citizen:

The EU is still a union of a multitude of countries, all pretty different in their approach on geopolitics, economy and security. But we are a union that has brought peace for the longest time Europe ever had uninterupted. We aren’t totally homogenous when it comes to values, but we align each other pretty well. Hungary, Slovakia, at times Poland (although since 2020 their rhetoric has been largely overlooked) are doing their best blocking progress, but they aren’t really in a position to do so for much longer. Among european unionists and federalists there has also been talk about a multi-level EU model, where you don’t have to 100% commit to EU regulations and laws, and still enjoy the benefit of the european singlemarket, possibly Schengen-Access, or at least visa free.

So, never say never ;)

but it might pick up US nationalists, who used to vote for Trump

oh no, imagine the horror! Americans will never break our strong employee protection laws in the EU and europe in general. Keep your autocracy to your GDP-loving-self ;)

yeah let’s be real, people fell for Trump’s brazen rhetoric, even if it was all an empty facade that you could see miles away if you just looked at his CV objectively

time to flee to the old world from prosecution and religious pressure lol

the only I thing I am still shocked about is how little courts seem to care