Just go the vote, and make sure your family and friends go to give their votes.

I’m not local, I cannot vote over here, but had seen multiple times in modern times voter suppression has been a big deal, it’s easier to make you not to bother to vote than change your mind who to vote.

I had worked brexit UK, where people voted it due they weren’t happy about the PM. As it was good time to vote against him. Without thinking what brexit actually was. So use your voice by voting. What do you wish the future of country will be in this new era.

I know German has issues, as every Europe union contries. If the problems are easy to solve they would have been solved already, don’t belive one tag line promises.

I’m just wanna say, as a fellow user. Just go to vote.

    • aldfin@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      I don’t necessarily see right leaning as bad automatically, but is there something extreme about the CDU or just that they’re right-leaning?

      • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        I don’t necessarily see right leaning as bad automatically

        Eww

        but is there something extreme about the CDU or just that they’re right-leaning?

        Yes, they recently voted together with the Nazi party AfD on the topic of immigrants. Just the most recent example. Also the lead candidate for that party voted against making marital rape illegal.

        • aldfin@lemm.eeEnglish
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          23 minutes ago

          Could you elaborate on what they voted for? I mean yes AFD is certainly not to be supported, but I suppose it depends on what was voted upon as well. And yeah obviously marital rape is a horrible thing to support, so point taken there for sure.

          The eww comment is interesting, I understand if you’re not a fan of conservatism as I’m not a fan of that either, but in Europe generally speaking the problem with the left is that they’re socially liberal which is great but then their economic policies have generally lead to overtaxation and overregulation.

          It would be great to have a truly liberal government with far less government spending and far more individual freedom and also individual responsibility. Militarily the left is also understandably cautious given the history, but right now a militarily strong Germany would be needed by the rest of Europe.

          • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgEnglish
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            10 minutes ago

            Could you elaborate on what they voted for?

            How many immigrants are allowed into the country, basically.

            the problem with the left is that they’re socially liberal which is great but then their economic policies have generally lead to overtaxation and overregulation.

            The proposed tax plans from Die Linke is the only one with a net positive. Not my words but that of multiple economic institutions that looked at the tax plans from all the major parties. Basically, if you make less than 7000€ per month then with Die Linke you will have more after taxes and if you have more than that/if you have a more than a million euros in property you will start paying your fair share. Right now in germany, there is only income tax but no property tax which is highly unfair to the vast majority of people working and living in Germany.

            It would be great to have a truly liberal government with far less government spending and far more individual freedom and also individual responsibility.

            Nah, such a government would have failed hard during Covid. And with the world as it is right now (or from now on) pandemics become more and more likely. A liberal government would be terrible for that.