How Russia is influencing the 2025 German election

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1. And it begins.

   Germany trying to blame far-right success in their country on Russia.

   I am no fan of JDance, but he had a point when he said “if your elections can be swayed by a few hundred thousand dollars from a foreign adversary, then your democracy isn’t that strong to begin with.”

   The same is true for Germany. It’s such a cop out to claim the rise in popularity of a far-right party is the result of Russian interference.

   It isn’t. AfD’s rise is the result of incompetence by the politicians in power.

   Their rise is due to the decisions that have been made by the current coalition.

   Even if there was no AfD at all and no BSW, the current coalition would still be wiped out.

   Scholz has a popularity rating of just **18%**.

   Is that really because Russia is paying some anonymous groups to post “disinformation” online?

   Or is it because he sucks as Chancellor and people don’t like him?

   If he was a good chancellor and if the coalition actually changed lives, no one would care about some Russian disinformation, which has become the equivalent of “fake news” for liberals.

2. It should be noted that both Russian and American actors are actively engaging in election interference on behalf of the far-right AfD. This shouldn’t be a surprise, as Putin’s regime consistently meddles in support of far-right elements to divide Europe and the US.

   Installing the MAGA camp in the White House is his crown achievement, and is paying dividens now by advancing his agenda.

3. Is this all happening because white men are afraid of being a minority looking into the future? Every country’s far right movement is a direct result of being afraid of immigration?

   Does my stupid monkey brain have that right?

4. I’d argue that Musk who has a large following and far greater influence actively campaigning for AfD has a far greater impact than anything RU could hope to muster

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