• Onsotumenh@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 hours ago

      Yeah, they have to be. Else the media propping up a tiny party of the rich as party of the small man wouldn’t work half as good.

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        8 hours ago

        I meant they’re polling at 20% of a Bundestag. They’re more represented than some of the more traditional parties. They have supporters.

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          6 hours ago

          That is the result of the media propping them up as a real threat and people taking them too serious. Like I said, they have the voters but not the manpower to back it up at leat not yet. (And polls tend to be higher for protest vote parties, as many decide to not follow through).

          More concerning is the influence all the misinformation that is bombarding the next generation will have. The next far right party might have more fertile ground.