There really is no news story here other than a wild right-wing conspiracy theory.
There are tens of thousands candidates in this election with 17 known deaths among the candidates, 7 of which are AfD candidates. This might seem high at first glance, but since there is no central institution keeping track of this, there might be more deaths for the other parties that are just not known. Also, as others have pointed out, many AfD candidates are older men. One of the dead was 80, two others around 70.
I wish these conspiracy theories weren’t just casually echoed in headlines and social media.
going along social lines would suggest a more unhealthy lifestyle for afd politicians imo. I.e. „nobody touches my schnitzel“
Don’t forget “I’m not taking the vaccine because Bill Gates wants to implant a chip in my brain!”
Ah ja, forgot about that one. My favorite at family functions.
Hey everyone, the nazis (AFD) are taking over Germany. They should have been banned under their laws, but the government chickened out. Huge funding from nazi billionaires and Russian nazis are helping them to overthrow all rationality, and install nazis everywhere. Nazis need to be dealt with harshly and quickly, lest they take over your government from the inside.
No, not enough is being done.
This story is just sensationist bullshit, but can be used to spread awareness of German Nazis.
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Peter Thiel said that democracy isn’t compatible with capitalism and we need to get rid of democracy in order to protect capitalism.
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Not in 🇺🇲. He is safest there, as the country is full of temporary embarrassed trillionaires. One quick look at the 🇺🇲 replies I get when I tell them to insurrect, answers their quo.
Hope Germans continues making strange disappearance until they are all gone.🫡
"I keep telling these people who are being crushed with an oppressive boot to stop being crushed with an oppressive boot, but they just won’t listen. "
Listen, what you’re saying has no nuance and is easy to say without having to take any action yourself. Even if you’re well meaning, only actions matter here and trying to have an understanding and context of actual life in America. It’s easy to be on the outside looking in on the trainwreck here.
You clearly have no idea how many protests and riots we’ve had in response, but it gets swiftly stomped out. You don’t seem to understand how the strength of one of (if not the) strongest military power can be used against its own people to end a peaceful protest with force. If the police won’t do it, they send in the National Guard.
I’m not proud of my country. I don’t make excuses for my country. In many ways I hate my country. But your words are tone deaf and frankly pathetic.
“I don’t make excuses for my country but here’s a shitload of excuses.”
I mean, you’re right if giving any facts is just an excuse now. This isn’t a list of reasons why we shouldn’t do something, it’s a list of reasons why it hasn’t worked at all yet, because people are trying, but you’d like to assume we all sit on our fat asses and do nothing I’m sure.
What is this “it” you think has been tried that “hasn’t worked yet”?
Do you think parades with cute little signs are “doing something”? What am I thinking, of course you do.
“People are trying.” 😅 Nobody is trying. Going to a protest in a Saturday is less than nothing. If I’m wrong, show your work.
There is no louder screeching than that from white American liberals insisting that they’ve done all they can and calling you a keyboard warrior. The US is absolutely fucked and at this point it’s mostly the fault of the do-nothing, complacent “resistance.”
Always fascinating to look at this (black = CxU, light blue = AfD):
BTW, All Hail Leipzig!
I can do one better:
% of foreigners in population
Source: https://service.destatis.de/DE/karten/migration_integration_regionen.html#ANT_AI
% of votes cast for AfD in 2025
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany
If you’re only running angry, old, white men…
I’m genuinely curious, does he believe himself to be a human? Or a capitalist? Is his goal to better the lives of humans or capitalists? He talks like he would gladly exterminate the entire human race so that finally the markets could be fully FREE.
Like… Somehow these people managed to avoid being locked up for violent delusions and then were given EVERY RESOURCE ON THE PLANET TO MEET OUT THEIR DELUSIONS ON THE REST OF US.
Free. Free to cut out real competition. Modern capitalism doesn’t want a free market. The just want to call it a free market. After all if they can’t cut out real competition. They would have to keep up with those that do a better job and make better/cheaper products.
They want a market free from antitrust enforcement.
Preferably one with barriers to entry for new players.
Luckily for them that is exactly what they have. Or exactly as they have engineered I should say.
