Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left

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The German elections show we don’t need to moderate fascism, we need to oppose it.

Germany’s election results may at first seem like just another success for conservative and far-right forces. The Christian Democrats won the most votes of any party with 28.52 percent. Their leader, Friedrich Merz, who has pushed the party significantly rightward during his tenure, will likely be the next chancellor. The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD – Elon Musk’s cause célèbre – came second, winning just over 20 percent, or around one in five votes. The AfD will remain outside of any ruling coalition in the parliament, thanks only to an enduring postwar commitment from Germany’s other major parties to never form a coalition with an explicitly far-right entity.

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/25/german-election-die-linke-democrats-left/?

ps:Interesting article!!