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Pretty much - we have the same thing in New Zealand, but one of the dynamics we see here (I don't know if you get the same in Germany) is a huge hostility from
by rodgerd 10y ago
Pretty much - we have the same thing in New Zealand, but one of the dynamics we see here (I don't know if you get the same in Germany) is a huge hostility from the old left parties to the new left parties - there's an arrogant assumption that those voters "belong" to the old left, and a lot of derision directed at them (I guess a not dissimilar dynamic to the Clinton/Sanders split).
- eru 10y agoIt's a bit more complicated in Germany, because Die Linke is in some sense a continuation of the former East German ruling party. So the accusations are not so much that `these voters belong to us'. But: no self-respecting party should form a coalition with these dictators ever. That taboo has been broken on the state level in East German a long time ago. But it still holds some power on the federal level, and in West German states.