Summary

Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party founded in 2013, is poised for its strongest national election result yet in Germany.

Initially focused on eurozone bailouts, AfD shifted its focus to migration, gaining significant support and entering parliament in 2017.

The party, now advocating for large-scale deportations and opposing support for Ukraine, has become a significant political force, particularly in eastern Germany, and is under observation for suspected right-wing extremism.

  • SecondaryAnnetagonist
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    15 hours ago

    That or we’d overspec into stem education and neglect humanities until we get a whole generation of genius niche engineers who will sit down and gladly explain the most eugenicist viewpoint you’ve ever head from a living human in your entire life the moment you ask them a single question related to social issues…

    Oh wait.

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      14 hours ago

      There is a little bit of an assumption of the mad scientist here. Most scientists and engineers are very compassionate and caring people, even if many are excentric. We care about a thriving humanities department.

      The psychopath cohort you’re thinking of is the executive branch, or the people who made it to sales manager.

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      14 hours ago

      That’s not exactly what I mean… they should be experts in their respective field or at least something related to their role in the government. Not just everyone’s a tech engineer.