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Germany's far-left star quits post-Communists to found populist party
(www.reuters.com)
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Weird headline. What are post-communists?
And is Wagenknecht really far-left? A lot of her positions suggest otherwise.
The party 'die Linke' used to be 'die Linkspartei'. Die Linkspartei was a Union of the West German party WSAG and the PDS. The PDS is the direct successor of the SED, which was THE communist party in the GDR. Since the successor parties no longer explicitly described themselves as communist, the article probably calls them post-communist
Still a bad attempt at framing this party as something the average German shouldn’t vote for.
This is at the moment the only party that actually tries to enact some „left“ policies. And yes, there are some crazy people there… but which party hasn’t?
Germans definitly shouldn't vote for a party that wants to disband NATO and form an alliance with Russia.
I just answered their question
Wikipedia seems to imply that post-communist = capitalist
Post communist refers to the party succession. Die Linke is the successor of the PDS (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus), which fused with the WASG (Arbeit & soziale Gerechtigkeit – Die Wahlalternative) to form Die Linke. And the PDS itself was the successor of the SED (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus), which in turn was formed in East Germany by fusing the local SPD & KPD (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands).
But yes, Wagenknecht is an odd one, because she also holds a lot of the far right positions, very similar to the AfD. But to show more of her character, one has to also realize her party name: BSW - Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
She literally uses her own name for it, which I find highly narcissistic.