• Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 months ago

    Imo, it moreso proves that poverty causes desperation, desperation causes people to be way more susceptible to political extremism.

    I don’t think this has anything to do with the GDR except for the fact that it left east Germany in poverty.

    • rotkehle@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 months ago

      if you’re driving through East German cities you know why they’re voting populist right wing parties. there’s no work, poverty and half of the houses are empty because a lot of the people already left.

      • geissi@feddit.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        5 months ago

        That’s half the explanation.
        The economic and social decline makes people susceptible to populists.

        But the other half is this:
        They’re not the only populists.
        To vote for outright, obvious Neo-Nazis you also have to ok with Neo-Nazis.