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All eyes on far-right AfD in German election rocked by violence and US interference (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Powderhorn to c/news

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This sort of lurch has not gone well in the past for Germany.

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[–] melp 5 points 1 day ago

Humanity, on whole, is such a disappointment. I'm grateful for the resistance I know but jfc....

[–] jarfil 2 points 1 day ago

calls for “remigration” or mass deportations of foreigners and citizens deemed to be unassimilated, are now commonplace among AfD supporters and leaders

They make assimilation sound so important... meanwhile, people with jobs and families, who lose them for some reason or other, turn to extreme religious excuses to attack people, like this one last week:

Suspected Munich attacker named locally as counter-terrorism police take over investigation

It's almost like the real cause was neither immigration, nor assimilation, nor religion... and more of an attempt at "suicide by cop" caused by insufficient resources for mental health.