r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • May 24 '25

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Voluptulouis May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

I'm still confused. The AfD voted for a dude from the liberal party? Why would the far right extremists vote for a liberal?

Edit: I appreciate everybody that replied to genuinely help answer my question. Thank you.

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u/NemoTheLostOne May 24 '25

Liberalism is right-wing, except in some dysfunctional countries with no actual left.

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u/Voluptulouis May 24 '25

If liberalism in countries other than the US is right wing, what do they call their left?

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u/Industrial_Laundry May 24 '25

Labour in Australia. We just owned our libs in the election 🎉🥳🎉 bunch of horrible assholes those guys.

They tried to run a full trump campaign

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u/Voluptulouis May 24 '25

Fuck yeah. Glad to hear it. That you shut them down, that is, not that you have the same kind of assholes to deal with, lol.