Re:Footage of life in Nazi Austria, thanks to a new video ar...
by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:26PM
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Far right by european standards. Austria's most rightwing party would still not be any more right than the GOP.
Re:Footage of life in Nazi Austria, thanks to a new video ar...
by aselzer on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:29PM
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I'm guessing more "right" in the sense of being nationalist, racist, aggressive, and having the largest amount of neo-nazis.
Economically they are probably not as much right. They are rather opportunistically interventionist, corrupt, and just plain stupid.
Re:Footage of life in Nazi Austria, thanks to a new video ar...
by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:32PM
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They are populist and without concepts. However they attract lots of voters because the traditional parties are failing at governing. This topic however is way more complex than that and I think has very little to do with Austria in the second world war or afterwards.
> and having the largest amount of neo-nazis
Most likely, but I doubt we have more neo nazis in general than other countries. But I would love to see statistics on that. We're one of the few countries that have strong punishments on this sort of stuff.
Re:Footage of life in Nazi Austria, thanks to a new video ar...
by aselzer on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:46PM
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I meant neo-nazis / party
> Most likely, but I doubt we have more neo nazis in general than other countries.
Yes, probably not. I'm just guessing, but it looks like the former DDR has the most issues. Then there's also Greece.
while 30% of the population vote far right, there is also a strong left tradition in Austria, as exemplified by Red Vienna (Das Rote Wien), with its revolutionary social housing and socialist Mayor (re-elected, again).