The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country
The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country
In October 2023, 10 members of the German parliament (Bundestag) left Die Linke (the Left) and declared their intention to form their own party. With their departure, Die Linke’s parliamentary group fell to 28 out of the 736 members of the Bundestag, compared to the 78 members of the far-right Allia...
BSW isn't a left party. Yes, economically they want to tax the rich and increase social security measures.
But regarding immigration they are hard right, and their foreign policy is based on sucking Putins dick.
Basically, they're national socialists who propose a pact with Russia - not a good combination in Germany.I think last couple of years should have taught everyone not to treat immigration in a partisan way because it paves way to magical thinking on both sides of the argument.
Immigration has plenty of benefits but also costs. Does making labour market more competitive for lowest income class really sound like a leftist thing to do? If things like that are not addressed you get Putin worshipping whackos filling the niche.
Their foreign policy isn't fellatio based, it's even simpler: NATO bad, USA evil. Everything else follows from that.
But regarding immigration they are hard right
I guess the neolib definition "hard right" includes Friedrich Engels now, given what he wrote about immigration.
Engels lived 150 years ago. When he wrote about immigration, he didn't write about the situation today, and we as a society have progressed pretty far since then.
"Shakes up" is the overstatement of the century.
Not really, and they aren't actually left, they are the middle point of AFD and Linke, they are just radical idiots.
Neither are they a left party (or is "left" the new definition for parroting conspiracy theories, Kremlin narratives and anti-imigration hate speech and populist talking points?) nor is a new party barely getting enough votes to into parliaments and majorily getting their votes from former none-voters some kind of shake-up.
Die Linke and BSW are both irrelevant parties. This hasn't shaken up anything.