The weekend win by Alternative for Germany in the state of Saxony-Anhalt has sent shivers across the continent, and could embolden the right across Europe.

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    who could’ve seen this coming /s

    Politicians all of a sudden calling this a serious moment have had their heads in the sand for the last 2 decades.

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      Voters who think far right parties will fix anything are ignorant of history. 100 years after Mussolini, Italians will tell you “he made the trains run on time”. The reform of train management was put into place by the government before Mussolini.

      People think government can improve their lives in a few months, all they can do is make things much worse quickly, see USA.

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        Ignorant of history, sure, but centre parties cutting back on education did not help. The PISA scores are obvious enough.

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        This is true. Unfortunately education should be one of the primary interests of any government. Though it’s often one of the last for a reason.

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        Similarly in Chile, some talk about the economic miracle under Pinochet. Yet it happened after he left power in 1990.