Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk

Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a historic state election victory in Germany, while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.

While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls ⁠showed, putting the far right within reach ​of power at ‌the state level for ‌the first time since the second world war.

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      The good news is last time this happened they warned this time would result in next time being fought with sticks and stones

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          “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Albert Einstein

          I was referencing this quote, not the US nuking anyone.

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            but who says that the ukranians and the germans, polish, italians, romanians wont launch ANOTHHER invasion of Russia and the other Slavic cointries? That can definitely eventually happen. Russia has many nukes right?

            All those former stated countries are taking a turn towards the right… And by right I mean Russophobic right, not necessarily ‘anti-Dark-Skinmed-Peoples’ right©®™

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              I’m not talking about nuking any countries, i’m talking about the AI race destroying the world, because in my opinion that’s likely the great filter that will kill off humanity