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Societal collapse?

www.theguardian.com

Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse

Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in polls
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I missed this tbh, but they're saying this morning that a coalition government looks likely to be formed between the parties that finished 2nd and 3rd, locking Austrian Reform out of government after failed coalition talks.

Obviously, less far-right inclusion the better (especially when it comes to Austrian fascists!), but a good chunk of me is pretty uncomfortable with it as a democratic outcome. Polling since the election shows the share increasing still further

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Del Woppio said:
www.theguardian.com

Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse

Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in polls
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

I missed this tbh, but they're saying this morning that a coalition government looks likely to be formed between the parties that finished 2nd and 3rd, locking Austrian Reform out of government after failed coalition talks.

Obviously, less far-right inclusion the better (especially when it comes to Austrian fascists!), but a good chunk of me is pretty uncomfortable with it as a democratic outcome. Polling since the election shows the share increasing still further

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Democracy presents itself in many ways and arguably securing power on less that 1/3 of those who voted is not paticularly democratic either. They stood on a platform that is disagreeable to potential coalition partners knowing that they would likely only be part of a government in a coalition, that's on them.

Won't be a problem in this country, the Tories will happily join in with a Reform led coalition.
 
Voters in Germany were exposed to a significant amount of far-right narratives online during the federal election, driven by AI-generated content and Russian disinformation campaigns, research has shown.
The findings come amid calls for the Government to acknowledge the impact it had on delivering a record result for the far right. Alternative for Germany (AfD) — which opposes sending weapons to Ukraine and has called for an end to sanctions on Moscow — secured a historic second-place finish on Sunday with almost 21%.

Konstantin von Notz, a Green member of parliament who chairs the committee that oversees the German intelligence services, told the Financial Times that it was impossible to say exactly how many votes were swayed by the content.

bylinetimes.com

How the German Elections Were 'Successfully Manipulated' By Foreign Actors and AI-Generated Content

Social media posts using generative AI were widely circulated by far-right supporters and the AfD
bylinetimes.com bylinetimes.com
 
leedswolf said:
Voters in Germany were exposed to a significant amount of far-right narratives online during the federal election, driven by AI-generated content and Russian disinformation campaigns, research has shown.
The findings come amid calls for the Government to acknowledge the impact it had on delivering a record result for the far right. Alternative for Germany (AfD) — which opposes sending weapons to Ukraine and has called for an end to sanctions on Moscow — secured a historic second-place finish on Sunday with almost 21%.

Konstantin von Notz, a Green member of parliament who chairs the committee that oversees the German intelligence services, told the Financial Times that it was impossible to say exactly how many votes were swayed by the content.

bylinetimes.com

How the German Elections Were 'Successfully Manipulated' By Foreign Actors and AI-Generated Content

Social media posts using generative AI were widely circulated by far-right supporters and the AfD
bylinetimes.com bylinetimes.com
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However, the German state media DW, says Die Linke, the left wing party, which had the most 18-24 year old votes, as we have previously discussed, had "a savvy social media campaign."

www.dw.com

How Germany's Left Party made its big election comeback – DW – 02/25/2025

The shooting star of the 2025 election was undoubtedly the Left Party. Its resurgence appeared to hinge on progressive economic policies, liberal social values and a savvy social media campaign.
www.dw.com www.dw.com

My own conclusion about the whole situation, is people have no problem with propaganda , when it helps their cause and disagree with propaganda, when they are opposed to it's cause.
 
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Del Woppio said:
www.theguardian.com

Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse

Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in polls
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

I missed this tbh, but they're saying this morning that a coalition government looks likely to be formed between the parties that finished 2nd and 3rd, locking Austrian Reform out of government after failed coalition talks.

Obviously, less far-right inclusion the better (especially when it comes to Austrian fascists!), but a good chunk of me is pretty uncomfortable with it as a democratic outcome. Polling since the election shows the share increasing still further

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Nah, there's nothing wrong with that - coming "first" in a multi-party election means absolutely nothing unless you also win a majority of all votes.

Governments should be reflective of public consent, and it's only weird because FPTP means we're used to parties getting near-total power on relatively low vote shares. Sure, it's (mostly) stable, but it's really more just a relic of how democracy in the UK evolved from a patrician, aristocratic political system which has only begrudingly accepted incremental reforms in favour of the popular vote since 1832.
 
Templeton Peck said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1899902969530708002

Posted here rather than Starmer as all 3 parties have been in charge during this time. 17 years on, and not one of them has any intention of doing anything about it.
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One-fifth of EU citizens at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Including 13 million Italians

In Europe, 94.6 million people live on the poverty line and suffer significant material and social deprivation. The groups most at risk are women, young adults, the poorly educated, and the unemployed
www.eunews.it www.eunews.it
 
I've been following Gary for a while too. The way he explains who the richest are and how money moved to them during COVID makes total sense.
 
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Owen Jones 🌹🏳️‍🌈🍉 on Instagram: "Unbelievable. And just 10 months ago this man wrote a column headlined ‘It’s immoral to push children into poverty, but that’s what the benefits cap does’. These hacks really will discard any principle in the pursuit

13K likes, 426 comments - owenjonesjourno on March 19, 2025: "Unbelievable. And just 10 months ago this man wrote a column headlined ‘It’s immoral to push children into poverty, but that’s what the benefits cap does’. These hacks really will discard any principle in the pursuit of power.".
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M25 closed in both directions J10 to 11 again this weekend and now the Heathrow shut down.

Putin flexing with our infrastructure apparently although strong suggestions Millipede is behind this being puppeted by Greta. News that the diesel backup generators were ditched in the pursuit of net zero giving credence to those claims, although I’m inclined to believe it was Michael Caine dressed as Charlie Crocker lobbing a bike over the fence that did it.

Going to hell in a handcart don’t you know.
 
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