On the human logical side think about this: your country (east germany) finally is free. You think things will finally go up! Then the west neglects you, trests you as second class citicen, buys up all the industry there and closed them down. Now you and all your friends are out of a job. Oh and look at that also all your state leaders are from the west too, that you have been taught to hate. Woow 2000s! A guy promises to fix stuff…he doesnt, everything gets more expensive and OH NO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER JUST GOT IT! “Back then this would have never made it to the news!” You start to think back at how easy it seemed. Hey a leader from your are rules german! Merkel surely will fix it. Scandal scandal scandal scandal. Now its 2008 and the market crashes! OH NO! Economy is even worse! Now you are told your money goes to greece because they are in debt? What gives? The Imigrants get a job but you dont? Wtf?
Then come people that say are from your area and tell you exactly what you want to hear. That everything has been going to shit and all other parties arent doing shit! They grow more and more populare and with you also more and more radical. You start to hate and despise this thing called democracy, harder romantication. Then…lock down…everything is getting even worse it seems to you. You fall into a rabbit hole of conspiricy theory. “Yes” you tell yourself. “We need a strong leader again! This is all getting out of hand! Back then it was still orderly and safe!”
And here we are today.
Ofc this doesnt justify their voting. But if you look at it from their perspective…you kinda can understand. They are right that things have gone to shit for the last 30 years.
People want a way out they want better lifes. Perfering easy solutions. And if only one party seems like they arent like the others or evil leftwings surely they are a good choice right? These people clearly are desperate. Ofc some of them are just full nazis and fascists, we cant denie that. The AfD is full of fascists.
On the human logical side think about this: your country (east germany) finally is free. You think things will finally go up! Then the west neglects you, trests you as second class citicen, buys up all the industry there and closed them down. Now you and all your friends are out of a job. Oh and look at that also all your state leaders are from the west too, that you have been taught to hate. Woow 2000s! A guy promises to fix stuff…he doesnt, everything gets more expensive and OH NO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER JUST GOT IT! “Back then this would have never made it to the news!” You start to think back at how easy it seemed. Hey a leader from your are rules german! Merkel surely will fix it. Scandal scandal scandal scandal. Now its 2008 and the market crashes! OH NO! Economy is even worse! Now you are told your money goes to greece because they are in debt? What gives? The Imigrants get a job but you dont? Wtf?
Then come people that say are from your area and tell you exactly what you want to hear. That everything has been going to shit and all other parties arent doing shit! They grow more and more populare and with you also more and more radical. You start to hate and despise this thing called democracy, harder romantication. Then…lock down…everything is getting even worse it seems to you. You fall into a rabbit hole of conspiricy theory. “Yes” you tell yourself. “We need a strong leader again! This is all getting out of hand! Back then it was still orderly and safe!”
And here we are today. Ofc this doesnt justify their voting. But if you look at it from their perspective…you kinda can understand. They are right that things have gone to shit for the last 30 years.
People want a way out they want better lifes. Perfering easy solutions. And if only one party seems like they arent like the others or evil leftwings surely they are a good choice right? These people clearly are desperate. Ofc some of them are just full nazis and fascists, we cant denie that. The AfD is full of fascists.