Eh. Germany weren't the colossal dickheads in WWI that they were in WWII. Frankly most of Europe had a part to play in sparking the first one.

I mean, third time's the charm..... Reich?

How the hell do you think it starts‽ In the 20s with complete idiot nazis

"democracy doesn't let me be racist enough, we should get rid of it"
~average AfD voter

Who should I vote for after unhinged leoliberal capitalism made my life worse?

• Socialists: Vote for me, so I can tax the rich and spend money on programs to help workers like you
• Fascist: Vote for me, I promise to deport some brown people (but in reality I will just cut the taxes of rich people and be friendly with Russia)

Just proves again that we should deport AfD voters instead

Yeah, it sucks. A party can't be forbidden in Germany if it's not "relevant enough"... But when they are relevant, it might be too late.

it was a punishment for the Jews killing Jesus

This is peak logic. Glorify Jesus becasue "he died for our sins" but demonize Jews for killing him... Bitch, if they didn't kill him you lack key aspect of your religion!

It doesn't help at all that history is rewritten all the time and is provably inaccurate at least in detail in a lot of cases.

I'm not a holocaust denier or saying the Nazis are any better than what history shows them, but I also can't in good faith say that history is written in stone while southern US states are banning books right and left and making taboo teaching subjects. I've seen pushes in some areas that try to eliminate slavery and push the indentured servant narrative wide enough to cover all slavery.

The thing with Hitler: He still considered himself a patriot, even he didn't solicit financial support from Germany's worst enemies.

The long term strategy is to destabilise the CDU by forcing them into unfavorable coalitions. Which they have probably achieved this time. If the CDU looks bad enough in 5 years the AfD might get enough votes so that no government can be built without them

With how absolutely entrenched the CDU is in our political system, this is about as bad as you could reasonably expect it to be. The CDU is an overall incredibly dominant party and the others are often competing for second place, which the AFD has gotten now. Them actually competing on that level is frankly terrifying.

Uhh, my experience must be different than yours.

I grew up surrounded by hicks who were still furious the North invaded them to take away their freedoms! (to keep slaves)

As a German, I'd very much like to throw the first stone at AFD-voters. And the second... and third.

Nothing will change except more people feeling emboldened by the results. This isn't going to change much for non-whites in the state. If they were treated badly before, they'll continue to be treated badly now. That isn't going to change.

But I bet this party won't achieve much in the next 4 years. Germany is a federation, Thuringia is a state. There's not much AfD can do at that level that wouldn't be rejected at national level, maybe even already by the state court. They can't change the constitution, they can't "ban immigrants" from their state, in short they can't implement their "program".

It'll be a constant fight to get anything through and after 4 years, I bet they'll have very little to show for it. All they'll do is blame the other party for not cooperating.

Lol, sure. Look at the parties will form a coalition there. Wikipedia says CDU is center right (23%), Linke is far left (12% --> 35%)), SPD is supposedly social democratic and progressive (6% --> 41%), and BSW is all over the spectrum (15% -->56%). The only thing they have in common is that they are political parties.

I wouldn't be surprised by AfD + CDU + BSW, honestly. They are politically much closer together than the other possible coalition.