Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Why the Far Left Is Surging in Germany" video.

  1. I'm not a German citizen, so I can't really say what people think about this, but I don't see anything "left" there on what was described. So saying it's "far left" in some way made close no sense to me. It sounds more like the bog standard definition of far right, with perhaps some socialist leaning policies on the economy? Which weren't talked about on the video, so I dunno what they are. Is this party proposing to tax the rich? Solve or work on economic inequality? Spend lots of taxpayer money on free public services for the most disadvantaged? What justifies putting "left" on the title? So, what I'd personally call "far left"? There is a single thing cited there that I think would fit a far left ideology that I sometimes see in my own nation, but even at that the connection wasn't very well made - because it's citing an economic incentive, not an ideological one. It's about defending communist dictatorships abroad, solely because of ideology or anti-establishment anti-colonial sentiments. Basically, the enemy of US and UK is my friend. That's what I'd personally consider a far left point, but it can't work for Germany, because Germany is considered an ally of those today. It's part of the EU, which radical socialists groups together with the establishment. I know some radical leftists myself, they tend to pick nations that self proclaim their governments as communist or socialist and find all sorts of excuses for them being actual dictatorships. From Russia, to China, to Venezuela, to Cuba and other nations, there is an apologetic if not outright glorification tone coming directly out of these countries' government propaganda that they use to say that what we see in international news coverage is unfair, is actually western propaganda, or that it somehow doesn't count against these nations because they are the poor poor victims of sanctions, of constant attacks by dominant powers, and stuff like that. Most people who says stuff like these are extremely ill informed or just went down the indoctrination rabbit hole. China in particular there are several types of denial that enters these realms. People always talk about the incredible rate of the country's growth, but never mentions that it's because the country became the industry of the world getting money from developed nations for it. In more direct terms, it's exactly because a global and insatiable capitalistic economy that China grew, it has zero to do with socialist or communist ideals. People always talk about the modernity of the nation, never talking about censorship, great firewall, or level of control that the government imposes on the population. They talk about modern capitals, but forget about the 80% ultra poor rest of the country. They talk about positive economic numbers, but don't talk about the unsustainability of it. They don't talk about religious persecution, limited freedoms, zero power of the people in political discussions, etc etc etc. And they sure as heck never talk about the huge damages and destruction of the environment that happened and still happens there, because it goes against environmentalist ideals. Other reasons for a far left denomination would be the extremes they are willing to go, so you have people in movements like say, antifa or ecoterrorists, that are willing to forego rule of law, appeal to violence, and use other tactics if it goes the way of their ideology. The "far" denomination indicating the level of ideological extremism and action. That's what I personally imagine when someone says far left. While it's true that being pro immigrant and being pro environment has to do more with a progressive agenda rather than a left agenda, and trying to appeal to masses on anti-immigration stance and nationalistic interests has to do more with a populist movement, it still doesn't feel right to me to conflate those policies with a term like "far left". And perhaps I'm wrong here, but all major proposals listed on the video are core far right stuff. You have far too many conservative talking points there. In fact, the video doesn't inform of anything that would make that party left wing in any sense. To me, it just sounds like bog standard far right party. That it's gaining popularity is a bad sign just like any other far right party gaining popularity is.
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