Sept. 30 (UPI) – Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.

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      It’s the final straw (at this moment in time) yes for a situation which has been brewed for a much longer time

      Saw your edit

      The right took a stance against the war from the very start

      This relates more to the moderate right. The far right was openly supporting Russia and against sanctions even after the Crimean invasion. Only after 2022 mobilization they’ve started to hide this

      As the economy is once again in shambles thanks to how capitalism works, the voters are easy pickings for those with empty promises

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          Yes. It’s a multi-pronged effort. Ops like these really take advantage of working classes in hardship everywhere

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              Let’s fix that

              The hardships that the working class is suffering are direct result of the policies basically all governments in the world have pursued over the past four (or even more?) decades.

              And thus the landscape to gain support for reactionaries is ripe for picking.

              Europe isn’t alone. Capitalism slowly races wages down, the North America Trump play bolstered manipulating voters in places where voting is even possible, and then there’s the places where elections have been a bigger sham already.

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      Nah they were gaining a lot even before the war. Do people have such short memories?