The party of Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, CDU, is projected to win the NRW municipal vote, with the far-right AfD making major gains.

The party of Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, CDU, is projected to win the NRW municipal vote, with the far-right AfD making major gains. -- DW News

@GottaLaff So poor people are happy to keep exceedingly rich people excessively rich by voting for the lies of the #FarRight?! #facepalm

@alex_p_roe Canada is edging into it too. Way too fast.

@GottaLaff
Just about the whole world is. The disgust of capitalism is expertly weaponized and we're poised to slide through fascism into 21st century feudalism. And the media are along for the ride.
@alex_p_roe

@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff That the media is along for the ride is a major problem about which nothing is being done. A certain Silvio Berlusconi used his control of the media to paint the pictures he wanted. Same recipe has spread beyond Italy and it’s pretty clear the #FarRight are very well coordinated.

@alex_p_roe
Yep. It's really blatantly obvious once you start to see it. What frightens me is that everything seems so perfectly meshed.
@GottaLaff

@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff And extremely well funded too. Very hard, if not impossible, to counter this kind of power. Seems politicians have been bought off or blind sided by what is happening too.

@alex_p_roe
It takes a while to realize it's a huge steam roller coming at you. And once you realize, you have precious little time to work out a plan. Although I refuse to give up hope that it can be done.
@GottaLaff

@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff Well, first you’ve got to wake people up and politicians could do this though no longer through much of the media. And the message needs to be coordinated. It’d be good to back things up with facts but even they don’t tend to work so well today.

@alex_p_roe
Yes, that's what I mean by well-meshed. It's hard to drown out a few hundred megaphones blaring out a propaganda message in unison, especially with the way the opposition is (being kept) divided.
@GottaLaff

@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff Well meshed because it’s very well funded! It’s not easy to overcome so many megaphones. Nobody has managed it so far.

@alex_p_roe
That's the whole point, isn't it? The stakeholders in this obscene scheme are already so rich that they control all the megaphones. And whoever manages opposition strong enough to be noticed is immediately crushed. Litigation against moguls of this caliber is, to all intents and purposes, impossible.
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@alex_p_roe
Just saw this.
@GottaLaff

We have fewer police on the roads
We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
Well have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Weaker policing (uk)
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have “working poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff I’ve been compiling a list - not in order, feel free to add to it - it has a UK bias. Cc @ChrisMayLA6

Thanks to the political #right #neoliberalism and the #farright:
We can no longer afford kids
We no longer have stable employment
We have a polluted earth
University is too expensive for those who could benefit from it
Cars and motorbikes have become too expensive for most people
Housing has become too expensive more most people
Healthcare services are failing… (1/3)

@alex_p_roe
Re. the media: complacent or complicit? More often than not the latter, I fear.
@GottaLaff

We have fewer police on the roads
We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
Well have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Weaker policing (uk)
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have “working poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

We have fewer police on the roads
We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
Well have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Weaker policing (uk)
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have “working poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

@alex_p_roe Public transport is ceasing to exist. Buses and trains are obviously far more efficient than cars but conservatives hate them because they aren't individual, and have made them so much more expensive than they need to be.