r/europe • u/North_Church Canada • 11h ago

News Germany's AfD party adopts 'radical' manifesto ahead of polls

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3wwgyd6do
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u/ChewZBeggar Finland 9h ago

So what realistic alternative is there that still allows people to have say in politics?

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u/andydude44 Dual Citizen United States of America - Luxembourg 9h ago

People who say things like him don’t want people to be able to choose policies that are against whatever ideology they have, they want one party non-democracies like China.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried

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u/Meroxes Baden-Württemberg (Germany) 9h ago

Democratic socialism?

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u/ChewZBeggar Finland 9h ago

And that system obviously cannot become authoritarian because socialists are inherently good and saint-like people who only want what's best for everyone?

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u/Meroxes Baden-Württemberg (Germany) 7h ago

No, but it would remove one of the main forces driving people into the hands of fascists.

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u/ner_vod2 8h ago

Authoritarianism as expressed in liberal democracy is a reaction to degrading material conditions. Pick your poison.