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* Naivety: Some protest voters are blind enough not to see that the rise of AfD would damage their own interests. Also, the AfD would worsen Germany's attractiveness for foreign employees. Germany cannot ''regrow'' its ''own'' population fast enough. And there is hard competition for qualified employees in the Western world. | * Naivety: Some protest voters are blind enough not to see that the rise of AfD would damage their own interests. Also, the AfD would worsen Germany's attractiveness for foreign employees. Germany cannot ''regrow'' its ''own'' population fast enough. And there is hard competition for qualified employees in the Western world. | ||
* Amoral opportunism: Some | * Amoral opportunism: Some protest voters risk the rise of AfD (almost) to power to see their goals getting picked up by other parties. When they see their goals have moved closer they say: "AfD wirkt." ("AfD is effective.") An alternative phrase is "Denkzettel" ("a furious / heavy broad hint") and "Selbstverteidigung" which was picked up by members of other parties: "''To vote for AfD is no self-defense.''" | ||
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