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[fazerscotty]

When you were living in Germany, did AfD exist? Or did they still remember the lessons of WWII and were determined not to repeat them?

AfD? Never heard of it. 

You should keep up with the news:  Elon Musk congratulates AfD’s Alice Weidel on far-right gains in German election

Groups like that need someone to blame, someone to create fear about, someone to make a scapegoat for all of society's ills.

You're absolutely right about this country making the same mistakes...

I very rarely follow any news anymore, for quite a few reasons. Most of the news items are not news, but biased speculation from the broadcaster/publisher. Social media is another source of non-news. Remember when we used to say "well, I read it in the Sun, so it must be true". I don't believe anything from any source unless it can be verified easily. This also means that I do not become wound up and angry at something or someone who I have nothing to do with. Let's face it - as a nation, we cannot even influence our own political leaders on the best way to be popular.