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German government seeks to downplay Musk’s backing of far-right party ahead of general election (apnews.com)
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The German government on Monday sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s general election campaign by again endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party.

Musk caused uproar over the weekend after backing the AfD in an opinion piece in a major newspaper, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest.

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[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Good, hopefully it'll get some results. We saw what happened in the US if no one speaks up about it, they're drifting closer and closer to an oligarchy.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Do the "Defensive" part of Defensive Democracy before AfD get in power and do an uno reverse and use the state that they control to ban every other party.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Well, I’ve heard about it 80 times so, they must have some different way inside the country or they are doing a piss poor job.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The German government on Monday sought to cash some cheques from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk****. FTFY