What if the left has been destroying their country through unchecked spending and immigration and the right are the only people awake enough to see it?
"What if the left has been destroying their country through unchecked spending and immigration and the right are the only people awake enough to see it?"
We had no left government in ages ;)
The ÖVP is moderate to right and is part of EVERY government since 1987 (!!!)
But the left wasn't in power the last 7 years. The center-right and the Greens were and are in power. It requires some mental gymnastics to frame this coalition as left.
But to be frank, I'm not following Austrian politics closely. If the FPÖ is anything like the German AfD they are actually a very pro free-market. anti-social and worker-hostile party. I don't know why struggling people would vote for them, but they do.
> I don't know why struggling people would vote for them, but they do.
In stark contrast to many, I know a lot of people voting for the FPÖ, although all my close friends are far more left than right.
I have family that votes for the FPÖ, I have acquaintances and I know them, because I talk to them, uncondescending and am very interested in their motives.
And quite frankly: Most of the time it's simply not logical.
I can point them to laws the FPÖ enacted (because, you know, stuff like that is public), laws that DIRECTLY hurt them and they still vote for them, because "the foreigners, they will take everything we have!"
And even foreigners vote for them. People that are not Austrian citizens but already living
in Austria feel like they belong here but now the gates should be closed.
It all boils down to emotions and the good ol' divide et impera, which has worked for millenia all around the world.
Some have their reasons, e.g. because they like what the FPÖ is doing at local levels.
We had no left government in ages ;)
The ÖVP is moderate to right and is part of EVERY government since 1987 (!!!)
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ministers_of_finance_(...