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Small lesson on populism.
Populism: "They do nothing."
Not populism:
Populism is just being a lazy fuck and don't even start to search for any solutions. And being a lazy fuck is the primary problem with all those nazi fans in Germany.
Populism is simple explanations meant for simple people.
Same reason why Religion got so popular and it's still so popular: it gives people the simple did it explanation for things which would be way harder for one to feel they understood if they got the Scientific explanation.
It's amazing how many people have an strong emotional rejection of anything even in the slightest way complex, especially as they age - I suspect they're not even aware that their anger at being given complex explanations is not about the contents of the explanation but about the unpleasant feeling when one has difficulty following something.
If I remember it correctly there are studies showing that people who fall for Rightwing Populist tend to be less intelligent and/or less educated.
Have the other parties been offering more concrete solutions to the immigration issue?
Have you read about their views or asked them?
I'm not a German, I was thinking you'd know.
But if they don't advertise their solutions to the voters and rely on them asking or seeking that information out, then that seems like a really bad way to do it. Most voters aren't going around asking parties their policies but rather rely on parties advertising it.
Right wing parties like AfD want to get rid of everyone who is not a perfect German. Many people who have citizenship have a mixed origin. These are not "true Germans".
Other parties are careful. They respect the constitution. And they know that without foreigners, German economy in all sectors would become difficult to handle. Many companies and services rely on foreign workers. So it's not that easy as it seems. Foreigners don't choose Germany as much, as they think. And this is even more a problem.
Also AfD says lots of bullshit. They lie that Germany does not already expel criminals. No one cares to look at facts. For many it's easier to believe those fucks from AfD than to actually check what they say.