Comments on: German elections: Interview with Die Linke https://revolting-europe.com/2013/09/22/german-elections-interview-with-die-linke/ On Europe, the left, labour and social movements Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:38:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Maxime https://revolting-europe.com/2013/09/22/german-elections-interview-with-die-linke/#comment-9520 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:16:51 +0000 https://revolting-europe.com/?p=7278#comment-9520 Maybe the appeal of groups like AfD is a bit racist, but frankly it would be preferable to have had them win 10-20% of the vote at Merkel’s expense. The entire German political system has behaved in a racist and fascist manner towards South Europe recently, so there is no need to scapegoat newcomers with no parliamentary seats as the core of the problem. Merkel uses racist appeals to destroy the Greek economy for the benefit of German banks. The AfD and most Germans actually believe the propaganda about the Greeks but want to react in a then-rational manner, by either withdrawing from the euro or kicking out the Greeks, either of which would be better than the status quo. Of course, this is not in the cards since the point of the racist appeals is to appeal to German desires to feel and act superior as a counter-balance to the fact they are asked to spend more tax revenues to bail out … German banks.

The élites in Western countries are often more cosmopolitan and in an way less racist than the people, but they make crude racial appeals to the public when it suits them for more dastardly ends. Your average Westerner with a few racial stereotypes only wishes to feel superior not to see people suffer.

Die Linke has a confusing and fruitless policy on the euro and euro crisis.

]]> By: Peter Rowlands https://revolting-europe.com/2013/09/22/german-elections-interview-with-die-linke/#comment-9459 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:09:09 +0000 https://revolting-europe.com/?p=7278#comment-9459 A fascinating situation seems to have developed in Germany, where according to the BBC the combined seats of the SPD, the Greens and Die Linke are just enough to form a coalition government. ( 319 out of 630, with the CDU on 311). Will the SPD risk electoral oblivion by going into a coalition with the CDU again, or is there a possibility of a left coalition? I am aware that the SPD and the Greens are not in favour of such a coalition, but the figures would seem to suggest it.

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