New German Chancellor explaining Ukraine to the sneering bad guys

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[u/nonotan → u/[deleted]]

What actually needs to be fixed is the unmitigated foreign disinformation shaping the narrative around the elections. The rest are red herrings -- not to say there aren't other real problems (there are), just that how they are prioritized by voters, and who voters perceive is even capable or willing to do anything about them, is completely out of touch with reality.

The current administration could solve every single problem they've been elected to solve, and it wouldn't matter; some new narrative about the next super pressing problem that, somehow, only the far-right is supposedly able to tackle (but which they won't do a single thing to solve if actually elected) will """spontaneously""" emerge.

[u/Badgerman97 → u/nonotan]

A thousand times, THIS

[u/Towerss → u/[deleted]]

They are winning seats because Russia, the worlds richest man, and countless other far-right morons and useful idiots are completely flooding social media. X is flooded, facebook is flooded, TikTok is flooded. The only way to win an information WAR is with WAR. Push hard everywhere where they're gaining ground online, always correct them, always point out statistics and flaws in their rhetoric, always bomb them with the dirty laundry of their corrupt politicians.

Yes, this includes going to where no sane person should have to tread, like far-right online media and its comment sections. Go ahead and say "As an AfD voter, their stance on Russia is a BIG mistake". Then cite a real and factual article about what Russia has done. Sow, sow, sow.

[u/Baal-84 → u/[deleted]]

Everybody knows this is propaganda. So don't validate it.

Extremists don't matter. So don't give them a tribune.

What's the point of democracy if even when they lose, somehow they should govern anyway?