🧵 If you've been hearing about the AfD and find yourself confused about who this far-right political party is, why the upcoming German election is significant, and why Elon Musk is endorsing them, I gotchu. Let's break it down: 👇👇👇(1/11) - ThreadSky

karlykingsley.bsky.social • 27 days ago

🧵 If you've been hearing about the AfD and find yourself confused about who this far-right political party is, why the upcoming German election is significant, and why Elon Musk is endorsing them, I gotchu. Let's break it down:
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shelleyistired.bsky.social•27 days ago

I hope Germany is not using the vote counting computers that Elon "knows so well".

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

I’m afraid that they will be

shelleyistired.bsky.social•27 days ago

Elon is collecting world leaders to keep in his pocket. He really is trying to take over the world.

russianassesttrump.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thank you. When will investigated reporters start looking into the algorithms that Heil Musk and Putin used to steal election. Germany should start to scrub systems now. Heil Muslims nosing in now so it won’t look suspicious if votes favor the Nazis.

maxdwolf.bsky.social•27 days ago

📌

williamwillyloman.bsky.social•27 days ago

Don’t discount the fact that Putin and his allies are also putting significant weight behind the AfD movement!

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a far-right political party founded in 2013. It started as a Eurosceptic group but shifted focus to hardline anti-immigration policies and nationalist rhetoric. They’re known for being openly anti-Islam and critical of multiculturalism. (🧵2/11)

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

The AfD poses a significant threat to democracy and social cohesion in Germany. Their far-right ideology promotes xenophobia, undermines human rights, and spreads misinformation, fostering division and hatred in society. (🧵3/11)

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

The AfD has grown increasingly influential, polling around 20% ahead of Germany’s snap election (Feb 2025). Immigration, energy policy, and national identity are the key issues driving their platform and their popularity with certain voter bases. (🧵4/11)

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

Enter Elon Musk. In December 2024, Musk publicly endorsed the AfD, calling them the only party that could “save Germany.” He even addressed their campaign launch via video recently, urging Germans to “move on from past guilt” and protect German culture. (🧵5/11)

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

Musk’s endorsement of the AfD has sparked outrage. Critics call it unwelcome foreign interference, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasizing that the country’s democratic process “will not be decided by the owners of social media.” (🧵6/11)

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

Musk’s support for the AfD also aligns with his general criticism of immigration and the EU. He has often used X (formerly Twitter), which he owns, to amplify right-wing narratives, giving the AfD a global platform they wouldn’t have otherwise had. (🧵7/11)

utelllme.bsky.social•27 days ago

anti-ILLEGAL immigration is not xenophobia. What type of DIS-information (that is the malicious spreading of false information vs misinformation spreading wrong information due to ignorance) has AfD spread? You may be victim of a Russian disinformation campaign. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-disinformation-targets-german-election-campaign-says-think-tank-2025-01-20/

anpade.bsky.social•27 days ago

...well... Europe is in a turmoil... Great Britain left the EU... Hungarian government is flirting with Russia, far right party FPÖ may lead the next Government in Austria... a far right party won the Election in the Netherlands... And now Trump... tough times...

mksshadow.bsky.social•27 days ago

Didn't Germany just cut him off?

kris1957.bsky.social•27 days ago

Elon is a Facist. AfD is a Shitler rebirth. Place 5th in Germany politics. With Musk money? Germany needs to arrest Elon. National security risk.

karlykingsley.bsky.social•27 days ago

🎯🎯🎯
And the US needs to deport him

deeperdemocracies.bsky.social•27 days ago

Unfortunately, there are many in Germany who do not see the oncoming danger.

solarman55.bsky.social•27 days ago

Sounds familiar.

utelllme.bsky.social•27 days ago

What's the charge again?

happychappy2b.bsky.social•27 days ago

Where to, who the heck would want him.....wait...Russia perhaps as he could slit right into their existing oligarchy

poudredropoff.bsky.social•26 days ago

Why is X allowed to operate in the EU?

alanerchiagrossa.bsky.social•27 days ago

They are so Nazi that even Marine Le Pen thought it was too much! https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/23/eus-far-right-parties-expel-germanys-afd-from-their-group

notdontrmp.bsky.social•27 days ago

Elon Musk hyping the AfD? OF COURSE he is! The guy’s like a moth to the worst ideas. The AfD is dangerous, backwards, and flat-out unfit for Germany—just like Musk is for democracy. Stay in your lane, Rocket Man, and leave saving civilization to the grown-ups!

tehskwid.bsky.social•27 days ago

“Critics call it unwelcome foreign interference, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasizing that the country’s democratic process “will not be decided by the owners of social media.””

Unfortunately, MANY elections already HAVE been decided by social media.

petczar.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thank you for being informative about this!

rightchildhood76.bsky.social•27 days ago

Definitely very chilling stuff!

frogboiling.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thank you for this break-down -- it's awesome and very helpful.
Question for you: do you think there's a chance that Musk's interference will backfire, that Germans will bridle at his blatant attempts to influence their future and will instead support more centrist (or even left-ish) parties?

chunderstruck.bsky.social•27 days ago

Isn't it a group of people mad that they can't openly celebrate the atrocities committed by the german army during world war two? They want to be able to openly celebrate nazism, in germany. I'm sure they have more sinister plans as well.

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