Er habe sich innerlich immer dagegen gewehrt, aus der Mitte des Bundestages heraus Verbotsverfahren zu betreiben. “Das riecht mir zu sehr nach politischer Konkurrentenbeseitigung”, so Merz.
Maske weg-Moment. Merz gibt zu dass CDU und AfD direkt politisch konkurrieren. Bin mir sicher wie er es eigentlich gemeint hat, aber die Formulierung ist trotzdem interessant.
Merz is in power today because Germans feared the AfD gaining power if they voted for more extreme parties capable of change so they voted for safe choices. The catch is voting for the CDU guarantees things get worse, which then further cultivates the AfD.
Merz wants the AfD to exist because it helps keep him in power. People most vote progressive, must vote to tackle wealth inequality, or the AfD is inevitable. We either fix the root problems or we decline into fascism. The CDU are incapable of fixing the root causes because that is where they thrive.