German elections return a centre-right government

[HoreTore]

What's wrong with the social democrats?

They've stopped being social democrats.

They've given in to the privatization and anti-immigration schemes of the conservatives instead of staying true to their old ideology. Those who want to vote for parties like that will find better options further right, and those who don't want those policies will be scared away. Our social democrats just won the election here. Why? Because they haven't given in to the privatization hype they were on a few years ago, they've stayed social democrats.

[Ice]

What's wrong with the social democrats?

They've stopped being social democrats.

They've given in to the privatization and anti-immigration schemes of the conservatives instead of staying true to their old ideology. Those who want to vote for parties like that will find better options further right, and those who don't want those policies will be scared away. Our social democrats just won the election here. Why? Because they haven't given in to the privatization hype they were on a few years ago, they've stayed social democrats.

How "left" are they? I typically hate parties on either end of the spectrum.

[HoreTore]

How "left" are they? I typically hate parties on either end of the spectrum.

By american standards? Communist baby-killers.

By our standards? Centre-left.