While the Russia-Ukraine war made things worse for Germans, far right has been on the ascend for a while and things weren’t even that bad in Germany! Like lots of issues with the German center-right, but they were doing a good job of extracting wealth from the rest of the EU.
Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably, coupled with the universal alienation that they especially have no vocabulary to grapple with
Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably
I can believe that, particularly the redirected rage where they’d rather punch down on climate refugees than punch up toward the planet burners themselves.
The usual reason: “things are bad? It isn’t our fault, it’s the fault of the marginalized out-group! Destroy them!”
While the Russia-Ukraine war made things worse for Germans, far right has been on the ascend for a while and things weren’t even that bad in Germany! Like lots of issues with the German center-right, but they were doing a good job of extracting wealth from the rest of the EU.
The previous nazi surge rode on post WW1 anguish, grief, and poverty. What the fuck is the excuse now?
Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably, coupled with the universal alienation that they especially have no vocabulary to grapple with
If only there had been some German philosopher they could read to inform them about capitalist alienation. Ah well
ctrl marlson?
I can believe that, particularly the redirected rage where they’d rather punch down on climate refugees than punch up toward the planet burners themselves.
Last time they took it out on mostly white minorities. The excuses don’t even have to be air tight
Love to be in danger eventually by being a marginalized out-group