With the AfD surging, it could soon be the largest party here. But, if he acts now, that dark scenario need not come to pass, says author John Kampfner
This same thing verbatim is exactly what conservatism and neoliberalism have achieved in almost every developed economy over the last 2-5 decades. The media act like some left of center party getting elected is some sort of reversal, when the trend remains undeniable, Overton window has shifted far right, and nothing changes, always reverting to the mean within a few years.
It’s not a coincidence. Capitalism is “starving the beast” in a hundred different ways so it can relegate democracy and governments to absolute subservience. The concept of democracy, and especially socialist democracy, is the only true threat the oligarchy have ever faced. Fascist corporatocracy is the goal. There is no war but class war.
This same thing verbatim is exactly what conservatism and neoliberalism have achieved in almost every developed economy over the last 2-5 decades. The media act like some left of center party getting elected is some sort of reversal, when the trend remains undeniable, Overton window has shifted far right, and nothing changes, always reverting to the mean within a few years.
It’s not a coincidence. Capitalism is “starving the beast” in a hundred different ways so it can relegate democracy and governments to absolute subservience. The concept of democracy, and especially socialist democracy, is the only true threat the oligarchy have ever faced. Fascist corporatocracy is the goal. There is no war but class war.