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Maybe they think they need to be a bit more populist to take votes from the Greens and "Die Linke" to bolster up their own vote.
But let us be honest, the next new government will most likely will again be CDU/CSU and SPD because I am not sure Die Linke is government material and I doubt both the greens and the Free democrats can take the CDU/CSU over the top of more than 50% of the seats of the German congress. Because I am not sure many parties will be willing to work with Alternative for Germany.
When did the west ever move right? Reagan was a liberal most of his life and while he talked of conservative values and views at the time of him becoming president his actions as president didn't back it up.
If people really think the west moved away from social democratic policies and views since lets say the early 20th century then I have no idea what they are looking at.
Hm, I don't know that I'd say Bernie is any kind of success story... he's not going to be the nominee.
Well, the Friedman-like dogma of free trade, globalization, privatization and liberalization (especially of the banking sector) has been dominant since the 80s. Thanks to that, the famous 1% saw a huge rise of their assets, while wages and salaries stagnated or even decreased. Never before, the gap between rich and poor increased as heavily as it did since the 80s.
I guess Reagan and Thatcher only look "social democratic" from a perspective that's even to the economic right of Milton Friedman or Friedrich Hayek.
current seat distribution shown.Would have thought the AFD would have at least a few seats, or am i missing something?
current seat distribution shown.
After 2017 AfD's seats will be known, right now they have none.
Come again?:doh seemed to be true,
Would have thought the AFD would have at least a few seats, or am i missing something?
Would have thought the AFD would have at least a few seats, or am i missing something?
Naw they never were popular til now, and one has to question how popular they actually are.
Hm, I don't know that I'd say Bernie is any kind of success story... he's not going to be the nominee.
Forget US labels of what's right and left, this is Germany being talked about. Where even the local conservatives (not counting the right wing populists of AfD) would always have been considered left of Obama of today.
All of that notwithstanding, the equality gap is increasing there as it is everywhere else in the West.
The issue is not really moving more to whichever side of the aisle, it's addressing an economic system that has replaced capitalism or, better said, is breaking it.
Something the current German coalition government prefers not to even think about, let alone address. A failing in which it is not alone in the Western world.
Germany just created 1,000,000 new residents who can complain of 'inequality' in 2015, I'm sure many already are doing just that. The majority of these 1 million people have been granted the right to stay. This is a disaster in the making.
Germany's poverty level stands at roughly 13%. Any significant shift in the economy that creates added unemployment could swing Germany to the right. History will repeat itself, IMO.
Germany just created 1,000,000 new residents who can complain of 'inequality' in 2015, I'm sure many already are doing just that. The majority of these 1 million people have been granted the right to stay. This is a disaster in the making.
Germany's poverty level stands at roughly 13%. Any significant shift in the economy that creates added unemployment could swing Germany to the right. History will repeat itself, IMO.
I assume poverty in this context is relative anyway, as it's measured in comparison to the median or average. So if the median or average increases, it may well happen the percentage of poor people increases too, even when none of them has less than before in total numbers.
Not saying that's what necessarily happening here, just questioning the explanatory power of an abstract poverty number.
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