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73 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 9h \ parent \ on: We think it's a conspiracy, it's much worse. It's a consensus! West got it wrong Politics_And_Law
In the context of political parties, lets hope they stick to the constitution.
I do think that you're confusing support for the government with national identity, similarly to the video. People will not volunteer into a meat grinder for some politician that got 30% support just because they are the least worst option. I think that the more danger is perceived, the better these numbers will look like. AfD is not championing the alternative for Germany to merge with France; on the contrary.
The problem is the same everywhere: politicians don't have much authority in a connected world because they cannot narrate falsehoods all the time anymore, like they have for millennia, because they'll get fact checked and destroyed - even if they are right; someone will just make up a viral lie. This is why in authoritarian regimes you have the firewall; rulers won't survive without it, the same like democratic governments are a mess now. Blame the internet.
I get the difference between government(political party) and nation(cultural identity) but unless the current government falls to one a plurality supports the outcome seems the same. I had the same problem in the US. I have always loved the nation but there was no way I was going to sign up to do what Clinton, Bush, or Obama would tell me to do.
In the US there isn't such a separation of nation(people) and government. Most more liberal and libertarians are not flag wavers and many seem to despise traditional American values. Not sure how it is in Germany. For all his flaws Trump has attracted the support of most of the people that are proud of America.
I disagree with Reno on several things but I think his predictions are directionally correct. I'm totally for free markets and zero state but I do not see that happening in my lifetimes and maybe never.
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