It is a spectacle of political decay that plays out daily on Alice Weidel’s account – the co-chair of a party that no longer presents itself with democratic decency but with calculated escalation. With rhetoric from the poison cabinet of history, with fear instead of arguments, with hate instead of principle. The AfD’s new narrative is not a debate about security or migration – it is a strategy of moral devastation. In a speech she gave in the Bundestag on June 25, Weidel spoke of "consistently deporting foreign agitators" and "harshly punishing anti-Semitic riots." That in itself would not be the problem if her language did not carry a perfidious double message: those who point to problems are declared the cause. Those who are foreign are turned into threats. And those who speak out against far-right narratives are labeled enemies of the nation. Weidel speaks of Germany’s “right to exist” – not as a diplomatic concept, but as a formula of defense against anything that doesn’t fit her ethno-nationalist worldview. The implicit suggestion is that the “right to exist” of the Federal Republic is endangered by migration. That this is utter nonsense is beside the point. What reveals itself here is not ignorance but political intent: the creeping shift in language toward a new authoritarianism.
Two days later, Weidel posts another message: “90% of refugees can still bring their families over.” She speaks of the “family reunification fairy tale” – and accuses the CDU of misleading the public with a supposed stop. That her number is blatantly false has long been proven. In reality, the right to family reunification depends on status, country of origin, security situation, and procedure. But in Weidel’s world, what counts is not what is true – only what sounds good when shouted. From nuanced legislation she makes a blanket lie. What is supposed to be protection becomes, in her telling, a sign of lost control. This method is old – and highly dangerous. Because it works. A poll on the state election in Bavaria shows what this does: 99% of AfD voters say the party understands “that many people no longer feel safe” better than other parties. 92% say they vote AfD because of its asylum policy. And 85% openly admit: “I don’t care that it is considered far-right in parts, as long as it addresses the right issues.” This is the real disaster: a party that thrives on ethno-nationalist exclusion and populist slogans is chosen by the majority of its voters not despite, but because of its radicalism. And all the while, the party leadership basks in a self-made role of victimhood.
“Stasi methods in Bavaria!” reads another AfD sharepic. The CSU allegedly put party members on a list – “next to Al-Qaeda and ISIS.” What is left out: this is a lawful assessment by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution. An assessment based on documented statements, connections, and strategies. But instead of addressing the allegations, the party reacts with defiance: “We will keep fighting,” writes MP Bastian Treuheit. And: “This is no longer a rule-of-law state, this is ideological justice!” It is a transparent game: those who incite people against one another, question press freedom, and defame democratic institutions ultimately portray themselves as the victims. As the last bastion of freedom – even though they are actively working to erode it. The full misery of this party becomes apparent in direct comparison with positions of genuine social policy. The DGB Bavaria makes it clear: while the German Trade Union Confederation stands for minimum wage increases, fair pay, gender equality policy, and social cohesion, the AfD opposes all of it. It does not want to raise the minimum wage. It rejects fair pay. It wants less Europe – and fights gender equality, claiming it would “blur natural differences.” The AfD is neither socially nor economically just – it is simply: cheap. Cheap in analysis. Cheap in solutions. And above all, cheap in its view of humanity. What Alice Weidel represents is not a conservative alternative – it is a calculated provocation. A continuous broadcast of outrage, fear, and resentment. Those who vote for her are not voting for “protest,” but for a future in which democracy itself becomes the target. Where facts are relativized, institutions undermined, and minorities stigmatized. The AfD is not “the voice of the people.” It is the megaphone amplification of mistrust. And Alice Weidel? She stands at the helm of a party that no longer asks what is true – only what is useful.
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