Re:Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky
by luckylion on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:10AM
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> But for the German political landscape, where political parties are publicly funded to ensure a somewhat level playing field (at least in theory) this is a complete perversion.
Public funding is only a part (about ~30%), donations and member fees contribute far more.
As for that being totally new, I don't think so. The AfD is the only new addition in recent years which changed a lot and still takes adjustments (though I don't know if it's actually that different from the Greens way back when - only they aren't conservative, so they wouldn't have used the patriotism angle and websites weren't a thing).
Public funding is only a part (about ~30%), donations and member fees contribute far more.
As for that being totally new, I don't think so. The AfD is the only new addition in recent years which changed a lot and still takes adjustments (though I don't know if it's actually that different from the Greens way back when - only they aren't conservative, so they wouldn't have used the patriotism angle and websites weren't a thing).