Election poster in Germany. AfD is the “alt” right party.

“We protect your children”

Found in: /r/facepalm/comments/1egn7t8/current_election_poster_in_germany/

  • varnia@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Apart from the obvious Hitler salute, all I read is: vote for us for two legislation periods, so we get livelong pension payments. AfD is full of opportunists, failures and openly right wing supporters/neonazis. It will be a difficult time ahead for everyone with migration background, progressive movements, culture and artists, ecology groups etc once AfD is voted in the regional elections next month and federal elections next summer.

    I fear that this will plunge Germany in a depression.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      Opportunism and Fascism are very compatible.

      When he wasn’t plotting his ascent to power in Germany and subsequent European domination, Hitler was working on an incredible array of money-making schemes. He surreptitiously pocketed collections from his rallies, channeled millions into personal accounts through government purchases of his book and secured a slew of image-rights deals that put LeBron James to shame.

      It wasn’t only the adoring crowds that had no idea of his profiteering; the German taxman were also kept in the dark. By the time he was chancellor he owed $3 million in taxes, according to a British television documentary. Soon afterwards it was quietly decided that chancellors need not pay tax.

      “He felt that paying taxes was beneath him,” explained Cris Whetton, author of the book Hitler’s Fortune. “He loved money. He just wasn’t prepared to do much work for it.”

      https://www.thedailybeast.com/adolf-hitler-secret-billionaire

      It is, as they call it, a win-win.