#news on #AfD: “#Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country’s federal office for the protection of the constitution [Verfassungsschutz]. “The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order,” the domestic intelligence agency said in a statement.” I think that’s a nice capsule summary of what the problem was with the Nazis. It wasn’t their use of ancient Hindu religious symbols or their industrial policy; it’s that they were incompatible with the free democratic order because of the ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party. #politics
on 02025-05-02#Elmu is actually a neo-Nazi now, endorsing #AfD in #Germany #politics. “Musk (...) was met with roars of applause from the more than 4,000 attendees gathered in the German city of Halle as he appeared on screen at a rally for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party.
“I think you really are the best hope for Germany,” Musk told them.
Alice Weidel, parliamentary group leader, party chair and candidate for chancellor of Germany’s AfD, prepares for a live X interview with U.S. billionaire Elon Musk in her office in the Jakob Kaiser House in Berlin, on Thursday.
Musk was introduced by party co-leader and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel, whom he endorsed and praised effusively during a more than hour-long conversation live-streamed earlier this month on X, the social media platform he owns.”
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