It’s an old propaganda trick. Just tell people the same lie over and over again, at some point they will believe it. The echo chambers created by social media are ideal for facilitating this effect.

She likes the “tech” industry, not “tech” (whatever “tech” is supposed to mean).

Exactly what we need, more A"I" generated bullshit, because there isn’t enough of that already.

The feelings resulting from hearing and agreeing to the phrase “fuck Nazis”:

• Normal people: *righteous anger, vengeful rage*
• CDU politicians: *sexual arousal, raging boner*

Which is why they do support that kind of leadership and tolerate(d) vile individuals like the Guy of the original post and the founders of the AfD and the Werteunion in their mids.

They are somewhat split, their Bavarian branch is calling themselves “CSU” - “Christian Social Union”, yet one more irony.

Also in the recent years, the more open Nazi supporters split off and formed two separate parties, first the AfD, and later, the “Werteunion” - “Values Union”. You can guess what their “values” are.

A prime example of the so-called “conservative” CDU. Don’t ever delude yourselves that they are a democratic party with democratic values.

If there are no contingency plans ready to be enacted for that idiot becoming US President again, then shame on every EU country that didn’t prepare any. This Problem was foreseeable well before the first time he got elected, at latest, when he took office for the first time.

You don’t need any hindsight to know what the FDP is going to do when you invite them into government. They will do what they have always done: Maximally corrupt clientele policy for the 1%. That’s what they did the last time they had the chance. And the time before. Whenever they do that, they’ll of course lose popularity, but that won’t hurt them, because the “donations” from their rich clients will keep flowing. They will simply lay low for a few election periods until the public has forgotten what they did and run a flashy campaign specifically targeting dumb first time voters to get back.

Droughts will make flash floods worse, because soil that has dried out completely won’t take in as much water as quickly, as slightly moist soil.

Yes, because they should know best what kind of help they need and where.

Just sending random help that isn’t asked for can even make the situation worse, because the disaster region needs to somehow accommodate the people and equipment being sent.

Isn’t it a bit too late for fears to resurface now? Those fears should have surfaced well before the first time he got elected and shouldn’t have gone away. And they should have been put to good use by taking preparations to prevent any too negative impact of such an election result.

Feel free to steal ours then.

That number is going to rise further, as the clean-up progresses and people so far counted as missing are found (either dead or alive). Also they will certainly find bodies of people nobody has reported as missing yet.

The people behind those talking heads full of nonsense are the clever ones. Just look who is going to profit from one of those deranged fascists running amok. Follow the Money trail, who is bankrolling them? Big businesses don’t give a shit about democracy, but they do love lack of regulation and government control, to maximally exploit their workforce.

If you see a politician licking a toilet, you can at least hope for him to catch some nasty germ. That’s positive, I guess?

There is a German word for people like that: Backpfeifengesicht. (meaning a face made for being slapped)

I’m wondering if there is a Dutch equivalent to this word.

That’s an important realisation. The people who fall for them and do their bidding might be dumb, but the people pulling the strings are anything but dumb. They are just plenty of evil and very skilled at manipulating dumb people. This is what makes the far right so dangerous.

It’s a misconception to take them for dumb, the FDP is very calculating. In 2 or 3 election periods, the public will have forgotten what they did this time, just as the public had forgotten until the last election what they had done the time before. Then they will return and do some more corrupt shit once more.

He belongs to the FDP, the German corruption party that will try to trick dumb first-time voters into voting for them, and then, when they eventually succeed every 3 or so election periods, implement maximally corrupt clientele policy for the ultra-rich, only to sit tight and wait out until the public forgets what they have done to rinse and repeat that very pattern. They have been doing this for decades.

This guy doing some cringeworthy TikTok video is no surprise, and since they are currently in the governing coalition, and on the usual downwards part of their popularity curve, which always happens when they do their thing, he is free to experiment with new ways to trick the next generation of first time-voters, as failure in doing so won’t really hurt the party anyway.