Is that what happened in Germany? Weren't the key takeaways that the neo-Nazi AfD had its best ever showing and the classically liberal (=conservative though non-authoritarian) Union toppled the Social Democrats to become the main party in the Bundestag? Yes, Die Linke also gained, but they are pro-Russian far leftists who are successors to the SeD that used to rule East Germany.
Is that what happened in Germany? Weren't the key takeaways that the neo-Nazi AfD had its best ever showing and the classically liberal (=conservative though non-authoritarian) Union toppled the Social Democrats to become the main party in the Bundestag? Yes, Die Linke also gained, but they are pro-Russian far leftists who are successors to the SeD that used to rule East Germany.
Basically, BSW (Wagenknecht's party) did serve as what amounted to the pro-Russia party, though it's officially economically leftist.
That helped Die Linke, as it shed some of the stigma of being the East Germany nostalgist party and gained some more mainstream support from leftists disappointed with the Social Dems/Greens.
Die Linke did well because their pro-Ruasian faction left, allowing them to present a more coherent platform. The pro Russian faction missed the 5% cutoff.
You all are wrong. The major difference between Wagenknecht's party and Die Linke is that Die Linke is the most pro-immigration party in Germany, whereas the Wagenknecht party is demogagically xenophobic. Their pro-Russian policies are identical. Look up their platforms.
Reading into it a little more, I would say that Die Linke has a nuanced (or inconstant) position on Russia, while BSW is unabashedly pro-Ruasian, but you're right that Linke is less anti-Russia than I thought.
Calling for Europe to be in an alliance with Russia and cutting off any support for Ukraine as it fights against a murderous aggressor is pro-Russian. I sincerely hope those are not positions you share, because support for a kleptocracratic imperialist despotism is not at all socialist or genuinely leftist.
The left-right distinction only matters within governments that are at least somewhat democratic and accountable. It's meaningless within gangster governments.
Is that what happened in Germany? Weren't the key takeaways that the neo-Nazi AfD had its best ever showing and the classically liberal (=conservative though non-authoritarian) Union toppled the Social Democrats to become the main party in the Bundestag? Yes, Die Linke also gained, but they are pro-Russian far leftists who are successors to the SeD that used to rule East Germany.
Is Die Linke still pro-Russia? I thought Sahra Wagenknecht took most of the pro-Russia faction of the party with her when she left?
Yeah, didn't the pro-Russian outcasts form their own party (which narrowly fell short of the threshold)?
Basically, BSW (Wagenknecht's party) did serve as what amounted to the pro-Russia party, though it's officially economically leftist.
That helped Die Linke, as it shed some of the stigma of being the East Germany nostalgist party and gained some more mainstream support from leftists disappointed with the Social Dems/Greens.
Die Linke did well because their pro-Ruasian faction left, allowing them to present a more coherent platform. The pro Russian faction missed the 5% cutoff.
You all are wrong. The major difference between Wagenknecht's party and Die Linke is that Die Linke is the most pro-immigration party in Germany, whereas the Wagenknecht party is demogagically xenophobic. Their pro-Russian policies are identical. Look up their platforms.
Reading into it a little more, I would say that Die Linke has a nuanced (or inconstant) position on Russia, while BSW is unabashedly pro-Ruasian, but you're right that Linke is less anti-Russia than I thought.
Anti-Russia? They want a European alliance that includes Russia! And they would of course cut off support for Ukraine.
BSW also is more conservative on some social issues. Calling for a peaceful resolution with Russia doesnтАЩt necessarily make them тАЬpro-Russian.тАЭ
Calling for Europe to be in an alliance with Russia and cutting off any support for Ukraine as it fights against a murderous aggressor is pro-Russian. I sincerely hope those are not positions you share, because support for a kleptocracratic imperialist despotism is not at all socialist or genuinely leftist.
The left-right distinction only matters within governments that are at least somewhat democratic and accountable. It's meaningless within gangster governments.