I agree, we don't really have that same us vs. them mentality that you all do and the party we vote for represents our believes a lot more closely. Biden and AOC would definitely not be in the same party here lol
One Fact about the CDU: The CDU has an minor Sister Party in Bavaria called CSU. If you want to vote for the CDU in Bavaria you have to vote for the CSU
Thats not quite right. The CSU is a Party, that only exist in Bavaria, the CDU exist in whole Gemany, exept of Bavaria. They are Sister Parties, but independent from each other. In State Level Bavaria the CSU Compete alone, in Federal Level both Parties join together to the CDU/CSU fraction, also named "Union" .
How to imagine the CSU Imagine the Republican Party forms the TRP (Texas Republican Party) which is literally the same with the difference being that they replace the RP in Texas
Note that it‘s „Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands“ = “socialist unity party of Germany“. Not to let anyone think “party“ would be some word beginning with “D“.
@@kartonrad Not the only party, the "unity" party - the forced fusion of the KPD and SPD, the "worker's parties". They were in fact not the only party - East Germany had four other parties, the CDU (same as in video, though hijacked by the SED), the LDPD (basically a proto-FDP hijacked by the SED) the DBD (farmers party basically), and the NDPD (kinda sus org to put the non-irredeemable nazis in). The last two were established under SED supervision. Additionally, there were all kinds of mass organisations, trade unions, farmers' orgs, cultural associations, etc, with seats in parliament. In theory, the SED didn't even hold a majority in the East German parliament, the Volkskammer (House of the People). However, all three of these parties and all of these associations were essentially puppets of the SED, voting in lockstep with them on everything and being unable to express any real dissent other than through SED or government complaint channels. There were some rare moments of tolerated dissent, like CDU members voting against legalising abortion, but in general they remained puppets until 1989, when they quickly took the opportunity to break with the SED. The NDPD ended up largely fusing into the FDP, ditto the LDPD, the CDU into... well, the CDU, and the DBD also into the CDU.
I really enjoyed the little caricatures representing different party factions. If its your art you have a talent for drawing as well as political video making!
@@LucasBenderChannel yeah they were honestly really well done! If the rest of your content is of similar content/quality I will definitely be a regular viewer of this stuff. Great job!
@@f3tsch906 Polandball certainly made that kind of style popular. I think it's just really useful to illustrate ideas! Those blobs with two eyes are both very neutral looking and really versatile! So I like using them.
for any Brits who may be confused: - The SDP is like New Labour - The CDU is like the Tories - The FDP is like the Lib Dems - The Greens are like the Green Party - Die Linke is like Old Labour - AfD is like Reform UK
@@supfaathebestI would have honestly liked if the Linke was more voted for and not the FDP so the Ampel would not be a thing here, but beside from that you would not want a paty that openly sugestet to "shot all rich man" to have any power in your country besides from Notfall Situationen
I agree with everything that has been said, I also think your presentation was good... but I would have liked it better if you had worn something green when talking about the green party. ... but overall, it was good.
You noted how the SED became the PDS completely left out how the PDS rebranded for a second time and became Die Linke. If I recall correctly the PDS actually cleaned up some of the SED baggage (or pretended to depending on who you ask) and then merged with a bunch of people from the left wing of the SPD who thought their old party had become too centrist.
They merged with the WASG which was founded in 2004 by former left leaning members of the SPD who left the party because of the massive changes to the welfare state by the government (led by Gerhard Schröder)
I take it the PDS is also where the violent ANTIFA thugs in Germany come from? how does that not hurt them politically? i get the entirety of Germany politics is would be counted as left-wing compared to most other western nations but you would think they would have some explaining to do?
Yeah, at this point, claiming that Die Linke has SED baggage is about as reasonable as claiming the CDU has NSDAP baggage. Just because some politicians moved from one party to another, that doesn't mean their new party condones their former one's actions.
A bit more context on Die Linke. Its worth pointing out that even before the wall fell, The SED had a "reformist" faction, inspired by the likes of Gorbachev, that was more open to things like democratic reform and freedom of movement. And after the Wall fell it was this faction that took over the remnants of the SED, changing it to PDS. Thats not to say that there are not members and leaders within the party with connections to the Stasi and other shady shit, but I think this helps explain part of why the PDS survived the end of the DDR. The other thing I want to bring up about Die Linke is it's technically a merger of two parties. The aforementioned PDS and a West Germam splinter party from the SPD called Labour and Social Justice-the Electoral Alternative. (Catchy name). This party was formed by left wingers angry about the third way reforms of the SPD leader and chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Labour and Social Justice-The Electoral Alternative, would go on to merge into the PDS, forming Die Linke. I know that you had limited time, and therefore couldn't include all this in your (very good!) Video, so I thought I'd mention these things in the comments. :)
Yeah, while I did like this video it did seem kind of biased against Die Linke. Making it sound like they're the "communist dictator" party. Not to mention there are many prominent members of the other parties like the CDU who were just as complacent with East German politics as the more iffy members of Die Linke. Maybe I'm just biased though because I kinda like them.
*Stasi not Stazi, because of Staatssicherheit, though I get why people would want to attach a z to dictatorial governments in germany ^^ (also thanks for clearing up that part of obscure leftist party history)
@@frocco7125 I just thought the dictatorship aspect would be more interesting to most foreigners, so I really leaned in on that. //Edit: Also I did film a bunch more stuff e.g. the merger with the WASG, and a lot more about the concrete plans and policy goals of each party. But the video would've turned into a 30+ minute documentary. 😅 I didn't want that and I always aimed for around 12 minutes. So there was a lot of stuff that ended up in the bin.
@@LucasBenderChannel - While I agree that the dictatorship information is interesting, to get a correct picture of a situation, you should not leave such importent information out of the video, including information, that other parties - such as the eastern CDU were part of the Blockpartei and they took over many of the members from the eastern version, without questioning their past.
@@batteriebrettchen6761 Thuringia and (would have) Saxony, yet the vote system on AfDs side had a "malfunction" which cost them that 1%, 1% more and they would have full control over the state of Saxony.
Thank you so much for this upload! I'm a New Zealander studying European and European Union studies, so seeing these sorts of videos leads me down wonderful rabbit holes. The quality of this video is amazing, and I really love your style. Hope to see more videos in the future : )
For anyone watching this today, the Left/Die Linke split into Die Linke and Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht (BSW), with the BSW being far more populist, conservative culturally and russian apologetic.
I wouldn't say that they split... More like one of the most known politicians from Die Linke Sahra Wagenknecht created her own party (called Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht) and some politicians form Die Linke decided to follow her...
@@PakBallandSami nah, read his columns in the Washington Post or watch his old Sun News stuff. He's definetly on the Conservative side of things :D And @Rocco Anders, I don't identify as a Social Democrat. ;)
We'll see. 🤷♂️ I don't expect them to become a formal member of government after any of this year's state elections, although their gains will be massive once again.
With this description of Die Linke I feel like I have to point out that East germany typically is where the party is the strongest, with Thuringia now being governed by Die Linke in its second term, with it being the strongest party over there. So yeah. The people of the east, especially the older generation that grew up under socialism, really like Die Linke. Many of its voters see it as the party that tries to bring all the good stuff from the GDR back, while having gotten rid off the dictatorial and oppressive aspects.
@@angryyordle4640 i'm actually a young person lol most of my friends are leftists, in my school Die Linke has around 15 percent. I have friend who's school had them as their strongest party but i have yet to find a lot of old people voting left. This might be subjective though but in my experience old people are more likely conservative or right wing or both
@@corvus_kay6755 it is very subjective. Statistics show that FDP and Green Party are both at over 20% with young voters with the other parties lacking behind. The one party that is very unpopular with young voters is the CDU.
Does that come out of a general hate and distate towards the US? Everyone knows the entire Russian government is totally corrupt and basically a dictatorship. But there goes Germany building a gas pipeline to them, pumping billions and billions of euros every year into Russia ...all whist having to pay for NATO to defend against Russia!! So you pay to protect yourself from a country, into which you pump all your energy money. How the hell does that make sense? What kind of a weird mindset do you have to be to end up in a political situation like that, thinking that's the way to go?
I mean if the German government loves Russia and the Russian people that much, the least they could do is just leave NATO. That way, they would show real SOLIDARITY with Russia. What's all this half-assedness? 'We like Russia so much that we give them all this money every year, but at the same time we have to protect ourselves from them or else they will kill us all!'. It's like the definition of the ultimate butt licker.
@@marioluigi9599 the german government doesn't really like russia, but the gas is cheap and the alternatives are Azerbaijan, which is basically a dynasty of the rulings family, the gulf states which are littaly absolutic kingdoms that fund Islamic fundamentalist groups or the US which ist far more expensive and the fracking process needend for that gas is a lot more harmful to the environment than the russian gas. Furthermore russia is dependent on german gas money and germany alone has a bigger military budget than Russia. So a military strike would be catastrophic for Russia and in Germany russia isn't really seen as a threat. This is very different to the states between russia and Germany they wanted to join eu and nato for the protection against russia.
It's not only curious that you don't own anything green, but also that there are no plants in the background when you talked about the green party! Could have added some cacti :) Jokes aside, loved the video, great work!!
Okay, Problemé: You did mess up in your part about "Die Linke" a bit. It actually went down like this: 1. Iron curtain falls 2. Reunion of Germany/ SED is dissolved 3.The PDS is founded. Its basically consisting out of the people that used to run the SED. They are successful, since in the people in the East feel betrayed after Western Germany tor down all their facilities and stripped from all their former glory. 4. The Greens and the SPD get a majority. But they mess up (HartzIV). There starts this rivalry between Schroeder and La Fontaine and then the party splits in two and the WASG is founded. The SPD got stripped of its old rooted left wing. 5. WASG gets a lot of voters in the West, while the PDS gets a lot in the East, so they decide to team up and that way "Die Linke" is founded. 6. Ongoing conflict: This history explains a lot of what is going on today. The SPD didn't really take the hit well. The split kinda took the opportunity away from them to have a say about anything for the next 4 governmental periods. That's the era of Merkel and the Union. It was kinda like the CDU laughed at the SPD about their split until it happened to themselves. The AfD derived initially from former CDU members and is a protest party against the CDU in some ways. This is why these days everyone looks with fascination as the two biggest parties crash. They used to have 100 % of the votes between them. Now their combined votes barely get over 50% and both of them split up and can't access big amounts of votes, that used to be theirs.
This comment contains two mistakes. First the split between the SPD and the WASG is in many ways similar to the split between the SPD and the USPD in Weimar Germany, it even ended the same way with the SPD joining a coaltion with it's conservative opponent later, just to remain in power. The other mistake is the claim that the AfD Party was originally made of former CDU members and is a protest party against the CDU, when the truh is that the original AfD Party had most of it's members from the SPD and was a protest party against the European Union.
As a German I really hoped to get a video to explain German politics to my many American friends and I am truly thankful that you made such an accurate movie about the German parties. You made great mention about their history and their relationship with each other. The only little things that could I even call missing was how the PDS became Die Linke and that the AFD is a lot more popular in the east of Germany. (By mention that the greens are more popular in cities.)
Thanks! I hope your friends enjoy it! Yeah... I did mention all of that but the video became so long (especially the part about Die Linke). So I decided to cut it out. 😅 But you're right!
@Shaker42 I meant the CSU of course. Americas political system is mono-culture right wing. Basically both major parties are the same soup in 2 pots. Most Democrats would be considered right wing conservative here. The Afd is an error of history, a result of the regular parties missing to reach 10 % of people. Their leader A. Weidel is a sad figure and she alone would be already reason enough to not vote for them.
Sure thing! :) I know that in a lot of countries the difference doesn't matter or the two terms are used interchangably. So I thought it was important to note, that in Germany, the two are seen as very different and not necessarily as natural allies. At least by your average citizen.
Australia has a very similar party setup, with a couple of subtle differences, but much the same results. Thank you for a clear, concise and entertaining explanation.
But do we? The Labor and Liberal parties are similar to the SPD and the CDU, but that's about it. The Australian Greens are more left wing than the German Greens, although the Australian Greens recently had a faction fight and purged many of their overtly Marxist members. Then Australia has the National Party which represents farmers and people in small towns. It used to be called the Country Party which seems like a more sensible name to me. There used to be a centrist party, the Australian Democrats but they dissolved in a huge faction fight at the turn of the century. Australia doesn't have a political party representing the far left, the socialists and communists keep splintering into a hundred warring factions. Finally the far right can't get it together in Australia. We have the middle class religious right represented by people like Cory Bernardi, the working class far right One Nation party led by Pauline Hanson and the populist far right, (the wannabe Trumps) of Clive Palmer. If those three groups could ever get together, they would be a genuine threat, but they are too different to ever cooperate.
@@Dave_Sisson Similar does not mean identical. But two parties on the right, and two parties on the left, who usually work either in coalition or at least in partnership, along with other minor parties (lunatic right, sensible centre, splintered socialists) is more similar than when compared to the USA, Canada, France, Ireland, and even more similar than the UK or New Zealand. Yes, we have no vestiges from merging with a former communist dictatorship, (our communist party disintegrated early into the Cold War), and our ‘farmers’ party is more conservative than centrist (for the most part). But the long dominance of the Australian Liberal Party and the German CDU, despite the Labor Party/SDU being larger is an interesting comparison. Germany and Australia have very different, but strangely aligned ‘mirror-image’ histories and cultures. It’s interesting that our political systems have turned out to be so similar when compared to other nations that you’d think might be historically and culturally more alike.
@@peterjerman7549 It could be argued that at various stages in Australian history, the National/Country Party, the Democratic Labor Party, the Australian Democrats, and the Greens have had a significant effect on government policy and legislation. Even if you discount the National/Country Party (despite going into coalition with Labor in Victoria early in its history), the DLP, Democrats and Greens have all had decisive effects on government policy - and not just blocking or allowing legislation. There have been several other small parties that have had the balance of power in the Senate (and occasionally in the House of Representatives) who have affected many individual pieces of legislation, apart from the four ‘big’ minor parties. Yes, like Germany, the UK, and many other countries, Australia has a basically left/right two-bloc system, but the smaller voices often have a powerful influence on government, and Australians tend to vote for smaller parties in the Senate, specifically to put a brake, or lend nuance to a government’s agenda.
@@noelleggett5368 Germany is much more different than the UK and Australia. Nowadays the Greens and FDP are equals in terms of power and all 4 parties have been in federal governments. Meanwhile most British political systems have 2 very dominant parties and third parties that rarely achieve a double digit number of seats. Rare exceptions are the SNP in the UK and the NDP in Canada.
Can you give us an example for this "vicious antidemocratic tendency"? As far as I know the AfD advocats direct democracy based on the example of switzerland.
True, Nachtmahr! And if direct democracy is the the ultimate form of democratic participation for you, then that's a big plus in favor of the AfD. But the anti-democratic tendency that I described, is as much about tone as it is about action. In a democracy, you should treat your opponents as just that - opponents. Not enemies. The AfD mainly does the latter. At least so far. For instance, when talking about the Greens, AfD partisans regularly speak of banishing them from the country, or worse. They speak of other parties being evil, of lying all the time, of them as a plague. That's dehumanizing. As an upright democratic party, you should accept the others' position as valid, even if you disagree and dislike it. There's no one "real will of the people" as many AfD folks will often state. Instead, there are many different "wills" that should be part of our conversation. It's also well known that some AfD partisans have ties to antidemocratic extremist groups (which is why I only said "tendency). Some of the AfD MPs also smuggled people into parliament, to harrass government officials and other MPs. There's a lot that makes them stand apart and the AfD still has some way to go, before they'll be treated as a democratic party that you can work with. And a lot of that is not down to their values, but down to how they behave.
@@LucasBenderChannel I personally havnt heard of the AfD dehumanizing anyone but I will just trust you on this one. But then it still is a two sided if not a three sided problem since the government and their followers call germans racist rats, potatoes and cancer and sing songs about murdering people that vote for the AfD. Also saying that the other parties are evil and lying isnt just two sided but also not really that bad since they often simply are lying, if they want to force everyone to use their ideological language they should simply say so instead of lying that noone is getting forced and then still forcing everyone to do so. Also whats wrong with seeing other political parties as enemies? In the end most of the parties want Germany and germans to die while the AfD wants Germany to become strong and heatlhy so it pretty much is a life or death situation. When enemies invade your country you also dont want to see them as opponents or even allies because they simply arnt.
@@LucasBenderChannel A lot if not everything you've said also and even more implies to other parties, especially the greens. It goes so far as reverting legitimate elections just because a candidate (that wasn't even from the AfD) that was elected with the votes of the AfD. Even in matters where political opinions overlap do other parties vote against proposals of the AfD, not because they were bad proposals, but only because they came from the AfD. Furthermore, left parties openly support left extreme organizations, behave undemocratically and call themselves left extreme, often on social media. And there's a lot of it, like Timon Dzienus from the Green youth writing "of course we know fatherland love, we know it and despise it", Annka Esser from the Greens posting on Twitter a picture of herself with a sign where "#i am left extreme" is standing on it, interviews where prominent politicians like Robert Habeck from the Greens saying "There is no folk, therefore there is no betrayal against the folk" or "anal s*x for death of the folk" posted on Twitter by the Green youth, even the "anti-discriminatory" minister wrote "potatoe expert" on her bio. Everything left of the CDU is highly racist against their own folk, and even the parties left of the AfD are very green centric. Would the AfD even come close to such behaviour, they would have been long part of history. If the AfD is undemocratic, then at least call the entire German political system undemocratic, which many Germans agree on. I know you are biased on propaganda and knowledge you though was real, but I would revaluate your stand on German parties.
What a coincidence I have just began studying German and today the day when I had my first lesson you put out your first video in a really long time which happens to be about Deutschland.
I don’t know if this is true, but I think The Left and Afd appear to be for those who think the SPD isn’t progressive enough and the CDU isn’t conservative enough respectively.
@@LucasBenderChannel That is why I personally think that extremism of any kind regardless of ideology is almost never a good thing. That is what a I love and respect about German politics. Politicians would prefer to cooperate, even people that they might disagree with and not just shut them out.
@@leftistadvocate9718 With the difference that the AfD has a concept for direct democracy after the Swiss model. What he said about the AFD that it is anti-democratic was simply a lie.
Wonderful guide, as a german i absolutely agree with basically everything you said. Even though i would say the political landscape has changed quite a bit, especially with the BSW and the late rise of the AfD which has gotten much more relevant. Also, I feel like you could have named some of the minor but not too minor parties, like volt and freie wähler, which are also a bit relevant in some cases
As a german i am stunned at how accurate you described everything in english. I obviously know everything already, but i was just curious at how an english youtuber would handle the topic.
@@LucasBenderChannel Aha. Dafür ist dein englischer Wortschatz wirklich beeindruckend. Habe deinen Kanal erst gerade gefunden, weshalb ich durch deine guten Sprachkenntnisse einfach mal an einen Briten oder einen Amerikaner dachte. Trotzdem Danke für dieses äußerst informative Video!
Democratic Socialism is Socialism , there is two main branches revolutionary and Democratic Socialism, historically Social democracy was Democratic Socialism but it split in to with the more moderate reform keeping the name Social democracy and the more radical still get rid of capitalism still through reform took on the name Democratic Socialism
A very well-made video! As someone who studies political science, I really admired the detail you put into this video, while also keeping it simple for those who are new to German politics. Excited for the upcoming election!
Naja,nicht wirklich neutral was über die AfD gesagt wurde. Aber wundert mich auch nicht. Die anderen Parteien wurden aber immerhin gut objektiv dargestellt 👍
Danke. :) Naja, bei der AfD dachte ich mir halt, solange offene Extremisten und Antidemokraten in der Partei toleriert werden, muss ich das ansprechen... Es auszulassen oder abzuschwächen hätte sich falsch angefühlt. Allerdings war mir auch wichtig zu betonen, dass es solche und solche Strömungen in der Partei gibt. Mal sehen, was die Zukunft für die AfD bereithält.
@@LucasBenderChannel Okay. Ich finde man häte noch mehr darauf eingehen können dass sie vorallem sehr stark im Osten sind und stark davon profitieren dass Menschen einfach unzufrieden sind mit der aktuellen Politik in Deutschland. Über 16 Direktmandate und stärkste Kraft in 2 Bundesländern schafft halt sonst auch nur CDU und SPD,aber im Video wird so getan als sei die AfD halt eine kleine Partei mit ein paar Neo-Nazis. Bei mir im Ort lebt kein einziger Nazi,aber trotzdem haben über 20% diese Partei gewählt,also liegt das Problem wohl tiefer,aber auch klar dass man das in so einem Video nicht in aller Breite thematisieren kann
@@LucasBenderChannel Wieso hast du es dann nicht bei den Grünen angesprochen? Die Grünen wurden von Kommunisten und echten Nazis wie Werner Vogel gegründet...
@@mtra5812 Weil dir Grünen mittlerweile weit weg von ihrer Position/Mitgliedern der Gründungszeit weg sind, und die AfD noch sehr jung ist, und die Extremisten und Nazis immernoch in der AfD toleriert werden
this was the best thing I’ve watched in a long time. as a 14 year old who’s really (and I mean really) into history, politics and geography but could never exactly comprehend how political parties worked, this video explained it perfectly. I know it’s almost 2 years old, but I really needed to express my happiness. thank you, it helped me a lot!
I'm so glad you liked it! 🥰 And please be careful around the political Internet. You may not believe it now, but at 14, you're really susceptible to other opinions. Much more so than you will ever be in the future. So remember to evaluate everything you've heard carefully. :)
What a very well constructed video with information that are easy and simple to navigate, good narrator plus a colorful lovely art style This video was a big overhaul from the previous one by alot in terms of quality, this channel has a wonderful opportunity to grow with such well crafted content and my optimism is high aswell :) 👍 I hope one day you can cover up French politics and make foreigners and the confused more aware of how the system in France operates Greeting from your French brothers 🇨🇵💙❤️🇩🇪
@@PatriotMapper Unfortunately they don't play a big enough role anymore. I think it's partly because they became overrun by a few pretty noisy nutcases a few years ago. Would be nice to see a revival.
Also the greens being pro environmentalism and anti nuclear energy is one of the funniest things ever and shoes how much people are misinformed about nuclear energy
No, it's the people looking to nuclear energy to save us who are misinformed. Nuclear energy results in massive environmental damages because of the mining for Uranium (which can also result in the poisoning of drinking water in mining areas) and has a carbon footprint (though not as bad as oil obvs) because it needs to be shipped form the mines to the plants. Also, it doesn't solve the problem of dependency on dictatorial regimes. You know what *does* solve all these problems? Renewables.
@@keskonriks710You forgot how unbelievably expensive it is, yet people still think its cheap because the french government just subsidises it for millions of euros.
JJ sent me, and I was not disappointed. The parties are very similar to the swedish parties, even though afd seems to have made the opposite journey of the swedish right wing populist party. Thanks for this video!
@Baltasar Gutiérrez SD was founded by neonazis (and old nazis) in the 1988 and stayed open for neonon through out the 90s. In the middle of the 90s the guy that's now the leader joined the party. When he became the party leader in 2005 he started to "wash" the party of its brown roots, and in 2010 they got in to the parlament. The "wash" of the party continues to this day, there is this big discussion in Sweden right now if you really can trust that SD have changed? Or have they just changed their brown shirts with nice suits? This discussion led to a split of the right where the big conservative party want to collaborate with SD but the liberal Center was so against this idea that party decided to collaborate with the Social Democrats instead. TL;DR: SD went for being neonazis to begin a right wing poulist party.
@@baltasargutierrez5366 Obviously not saying that Afd is neonon though. They have just gone in the opposite direction, from being just conservative to a more dodgy party
I have an unpopular opinion: The AfD IS a mirror image of DieLINKE. Neither of the two has explicit plans to abolish democracy, BOTH consider anti democratic tendencies a peccadillo offense so long as it comes from their own side of the political spectrum. But once again, that’s just my opinion. The mainstream is more lenient, in my opinion too lenient, towards DieLINKE.
Yeah, I can see that argument. As I said, jury is still out and I wonder how both parties will develop in the coming decade... Will Die Linke even make it into the Bundestag at the next election?
@@David-qq9bk sort of like how HDP (political party in Turkey with connections to terrorism) is short for hijo de puta in spanish which means son of a bitch
i didn't know anything that resembled the sort of """american style""" libertarian-ism was a thing in Germany or really any European country,probably due to stereotypes i have about Europe's politics
It's not common. Here in Spain the Libertarian Party is sooo small and never been to Parliament. I don't have a problem with that as I'm a social-liberal, but libertarians in Spain have a hard time. They don't have options.
@@azanulbizar12 it not being common isnt what i thought,i thought it was basically an extinct idea by 99%,but in Germany,their closest equivalent,the FDP got about 10%,which is about the same as there are libertarians in the US,the FDP is probably ALOT more moderate,but it is quite interesting nonetheless.
@@konradsartorius8223 i know,although not completely interchangeable,they are relatively close,and ive learned to know what people mean when using these terms
The FDP is really tiny and seen as weirdly capitalist by most germans, but yeah, it definitely exists. We don't have this cultural "american dream" that exists in america, where everyone (supposedly) can become rich if they just put in more effort, so a party whose main driving force is capitalism is seen as that one weird party which caters almost exclusively to millionaires and business owners.
@@JRexRegis 10% is small,but not actually a much smaller percentage as it is in the US (though republicans that are practically libertarians probably make the number a bit higher),although the FDP is alot more to the left by US libertarian standards,but the general idea exists.
Fantastic video! What a clear guide! German politics doesn't seem so complicated now. Just in time to watch the election results!
Love your videos man! Thanks for recommending this chanel to me.
I'm so happy you liked it! 😍
Thanks for the recommendation, JJ!
Germany needs a cdu/afd coalition in the bundestag
@@fifteen_march last time sth. like that happend it ended in Ruins..
I wish America had more parties, I don't think we'd be so dysfunctional as a nation if there were more.
While the two current parties are in power, there's no incentive to make a real attempt at a 3rd party.
I agree, we don't really have that same us vs. them mentality that you all do and the party we vote for represents our believes a lot more closely. Biden and AOC would definitely not be in the same party here lol
@@shittymcrvids3119 The AOC/Biden thing really struck me. It's actually kind of amazing the Sanders even got into power when you think about it.
@@nomirrors3552 Definitely! I think different Democrats would fit into 5 out of 6 german parties, from the socialist to the conservative party.
Nah, american political system will fucked up like Indonesia
One Fact about the CDU:
The CDU has an minor Sister Party in Bavaria called CSU. If you want to vote for the CDU in Bavaria you have to vote for the CSU
He said at the end the CSU will get an own video.
Thats not quite right. The CSU is a Party, that only exist in Bavaria, the CDU exist in whole Gemany, exept of Bavaria. They are Sister Parties, but independent from each other. In State Level Bavaria the CSU Compete alone, in Federal Level both Parties join together to the CDU/CSU fraction, also named "Union" .
@@coccie sagte ich doch. 🤔
The CSU is the CDU of Bavaria that is more catholic lol
How to imagine the CSU
Imagine the Republican Party forms the TRP (Texas Republican Party) which is literally the same with the difference being that they replace the RP in Texas
When the world needed him most, he returned
Gosh, I'd love to have the Avatar theme being played, whenever I enter a room.
@@LucasBenderChannel On it!
As a German, I've already known the information about the parties. However, I still watched the video, because I absolutely adore the cartoons. 😍
Very sweet :3 Danke
Same here (also why are we talking/writing in english???)
@@urutek8211 Non dobbiamo parlare inglese! Possiamo parlare anche in italiano! Mamma mia. Pizzeria. Tutto bene.
@@LucasBenderChannel También podemos escribir así. Pero yo prefiero el alemán :)
@@lukedzn5665 Ich auch
Note that it‘s „Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands“ = “socialist unity party of Germany“. Not to let anyone think “party“ would be some word beginning with “D“.
I don't get it uff xD
Social Democratic Dick?
@@Gisbert-12843 SED
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
Einheitspartei="unit party"
(The only party)
@@kartonrad Not the only party, the "unity" party - the forced fusion of the KPD and SPD, the "worker's parties".
They were in fact not the only party - East Germany had four other parties, the CDU (same as in video, though hijacked by the SED), the LDPD (basically a proto-FDP hijacked by the SED) the DBD (farmers party basically), and the NDPD (kinda sus org to put the non-irredeemable nazis in). The last two were established under SED supervision. Additionally, there were all kinds of mass organisations, trade unions, farmers' orgs, cultural associations, etc, with seats in parliament. In theory, the SED didn't even hold a majority in the East German parliament, the Volkskammer (House of the People). However, all three of these parties and all of these associations were essentially puppets of the SED, voting in lockstep with them on everything and being unable to express any real dissent other than through SED or government complaint channels. There were some rare moments of tolerated dissent, like CDU members voting against legalising abortion, but in general they remained puppets until 1989, when they quickly took the opportunity to break with the SED. The NDPD ended up largely fusing into the FDP, ditto the LDPD, the CDU into... well, the CDU, and the DBD also into the CDU.
Lucas, this is the best comeback. You’re a star for people like me who are interested in politics :)
That is so sweet of you! 😍
And also completely ridiculous after the one tiny video I've made! 😂
But thank you so much :)
@@LucasBenderChannel There were two of them and so far they were great as well as very objective. Keep it up!
I really enjoyed the little caricatures representing different party factions. If its your art you have a talent for drawing as well as political video making!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked them!^^
@@LucasBenderChannel yeah they were honestly really well done! If the rest of your content is of similar content/quality I will definitely be a regular viewer of this stuff. Great job!
@@LucasBenderChannel are they from polandball?
@@f3tsch906 at the very least, they give me polandball vibes.
@@f3tsch906 Polandball certainly made that kind of style popular. I think it's just really useful to illustrate ideas! Those blobs with two eyes are both very neutral looking and really versatile! So I like using them.
for any Brits who may be confused:
- The SDP is like New Labour
- The CDU is like the Tories
- The FDP is like the Lib Dems
- The Greens are like the Green Party
- Die Linke is like Old Labour
- AfD is like Reform UK
I would say that the CDU is more like the right wing of Labour while the AfD corresponds to UKIP (when it was led by Nigel Farage).
SDP -> Labour
CDU -> Tories
CSU -> DUP
FDP -> LibDems
Greens -> Green Party
Die Linke -> the pro-Corbynite wing of Labour
AfD -> Reform Party
As a Brit I would probably vote for Die Linke!
@@supfaathebestI would have honestly liked if the Linke was more voted for and not the FDP so the Ampel would not be a thing here, but beside from that you would not want a paty that openly sugestet to "shot all rich man" to have any power in your country besides from Notfall Situationen
Actually, these days the SPD has become a newer version of East Germany’s SED… complete with Stasi.
I liked that he spoke freely, showed many pictures and had very little text on his presentation🤓
Yes,
I wanna say the same as Ana said before me...
And that he asked us a question in the beginning...
That was engaging...
And... yes.
I agree with everything that has been said, I also think your presentation was good... but I would have liked it better if you had worn something green when talking about the green party.
... but overall, it was good.
@@junan6183 He was clearly going for a Habeck impression.😁
@@faultier1158 woah🤯 I never saw the grey Shirt that way. But now that you mention it...
@@Ana-pl9hs
Hey!
It's not grey!
...
It's... it's olive. 👀🙊
Multiparty democracy is better: change my mind.
Yes, but the way voting works need to fit, soem voting systems are just bad overall and don't really work, but especially vbad woth many partys
Shocking: democracy is better than dictatorship 😱
americans be like
You wanna know what democracy looks? It looks like Biden falling on the stairs as BLM plans to fix racism with more racism and burn the country down
Well a democracy is supposed to be multiparty
You noted how the SED became the PDS completely left out how the PDS rebranded for a second time and became Die Linke.
If I recall correctly the PDS actually cleaned up some of the SED baggage (or pretended to depending on who you ask) and then merged with a bunch of people from the left wing of the SPD who thought their old party had become too centrist.
They merged with the WASG which was founded in 2004 by former left leaning members of the SPD who left the party because of the massive changes to the welfare state by the government (led by Gerhard Schröder)
I take it the PDS is also where the violent ANTIFA thugs in Germany come from? how does that not hurt them politically? i get the entirety of Germany politics is would be counted as left-wing compared to most other western nations but you would think they would have some explaining to do?
I think it's implied they rebranded for a second time.
Yeah, at this point, claiming that Die Linke has SED baggage is about as reasonable as claiming the CDU has NSDAP baggage. Just because some politicians moved from one party to another, that doesn't mean their new party condones their former one's actions.
A bit more context on Die Linke. Its worth pointing out that even before the wall fell, The SED had a "reformist" faction, inspired by the likes of Gorbachev, that was more open to things like democratic reform and freedom of movement. And after the Wall fell it was this faction that took over the remnants of the SED, changing it to PDS. Thats not to say that there are not members and leaders within the party with connections to the Stasi and other shady shit, but I think this helps explain part of why the PDS survived the end of the DDR. The other thing I want to bring up about Die Linke is it's technically a merger of two parties. The aforementioned PDS and a West Germam splinter party from the SPD called Labour and Social Justice-the Electoral Alternative. (Catchy name). This party was formed by left wingers angry about the third way reforms of the SPD leader and chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Labour and Social Justice-The Electoral Alternative, would go on to merge into the PDS, forming Die Linke. I know that you had limited time, and therefore couldn't include all this in your (very good!) Video, so I thought I'd mention these things in the comments. :)
Yeah, while I did like this video it did seem kind of biased against Die Linke. Making it sound like they're the "communist dictator" party.
Not to mention there are many prominent members of the other parties like the CDU who were just as complacent with East German politics as the more iffy members of Die Linke.
Maybe I'm just biased though because I kinda like them.
*Stasi not Stazi, because of Staatssicherheit, though I get why people would want to attach a z to dictatorial governments in germany ^^ (also thanks for clearing up that part of obscure leftist party history)
@@frocco7125 I just thought the dictatorship aspect would be more interesting to most foreigners, so I really leaned in on that.
//Edit: Also I did film a bunch more stuff e.g. the merger with the WASG, and a lot more about the concrete plans and policy goals of each party. But the video would've turned into a 30+ minute documentary. 😅 I didn't want that and I always aimed for around 12 minutes. So there was a lot of stuff that ended up in the bin.
@@LucasBenderChannel The problem with the "dictatorship aspect is", that it's a common trope in German electoral debates, despite being a strawman.
@@LucasBenderChannel - While I agree that the dictatorship information is interesting, to get a correct picture of a situation, you should not leave such importent information out of the video, including information, that other parties - such as the eastern CDU were part of the Blockpartei and they took over many of the members from the eastern version, without questioning their past.
As a South American that just moved to Deutschland in order to work here, I can only say… Dankeschön, ihres Video ist sehr nützlich.
Bitteschön! :)
I'm glad I could help! This video was made exactly for people like you!
¡Bienvenido! / Receber! 🤗
In which city did you move to?
Wilkommen in Deutschland! :3
Herzlich Willkommen :D
Usually it's the other way
Well that comment about the AfD aged like milk
In which german state is the AfD in power?
@@batteriebrettchen6761 Thuringia and (would have) Saxony, yet the vote system on AfDs side had a "malfunction" which cost them that 1%, 1% more and they would have full control over the state of Saxony.
This really gives off a J.J. McCullough vibe, I love it!
That's what I said!! Really like it.
The art literally looks the same to me as well
@@psmonish8735 it's not "the same", just a similar style, and a great style at that!
@@smorcrux426 They look exactly the same to me and it's great!
Like JJ but no without the weird haircut and foreign accent.
Thank you so much for this upload! I'm a New Zealander studying European and European Union studies, so seeing these sorts of videos leads me down wonderful rabbit holes. The quality of this video is amazing, and I really love your style. Hope to see more videos in the future : )
For anyone watching this today, the Left/Die Linke split into Die Linke and Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht (BSW), with the BSW being far more populist, conservative culturally and russian apologetic.
Was besser ist als die woken Linken. Dem BSW geht es wirklich um den kleinen Mann.
@@dabestestgoblin8495 The BSW is mainly about SW, her absense in parliament speaks for itself.
I wouldn't say that they split... More like one of the most known politicians from Die Linke Sahra Wagenknecht created her own party (called Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht) and some politicians form Die Linke decided to follow her...
@@gayapalmer fair enough
Feels very JJ McCullough mixed with your previous style... I like it
agree
exactly, reminded me very much of JJ
JJ Mccollough is a moderate conservative, this guy seems to be the moderate socdem version of that.
Perfectly balanced.
@@frocco7125 how is JJ moderate conservative? he is a progressive liberal IMO
@@PakBallandSami nah, read his columns in the Washington Post or watch his old Sun News stuff. He's definetly on the Conservative side of things :D
And @Rocco Anders, I don't identify as a Social Democrat. ;)
12:10 "Will the AfD actually gain power? Maybe some day but not now." Well I guess that day might've come
We'll see. 🤷♂️ I don't expect them to become a formal member of government after any of this year's state elections, although their gains will be massive once again.
With this description of Die Linke I feel like I have to point out that East germany typically is where the party is the strongest, with Thuringia now being governed by Die Linke in its second term, with it being the strongest party over there.
So yeah. The people of the east, especially the older generation that grew up under socialism, really like Die Linke. Many of its voters see it as the party that tries to bring all the good stuff from the GDR back, while having gotten rid off the dictatorial and oppressive aspects.
Also a lot of young people do!
@@corvus_kay6755 Not as much as the older generations. Young people tend to vote green party or FDP
@@angryyordle4640 i'm actually a young person lol most of my friends are leftists, in my school Die Linke has around 15 percent. I have friend who's school had them as their strongest party but i have yet to find a lot of old people voting left. This might be subjective though but in my experience old people are more likely conservative or right wing or both
@@corvus_kay6755 it is very subjective. Statistics show that FDP and Green Party are both at over 20% with young voters with the other parties lacking behind. The one party that is very unpopular with young voters is the CDU.
Very wrong no one in eastern germany votes for the Linke for US its a joke partei
oh god, it's the best 1-video-channel ever and it's back
About to become a mediocre 2-video-channel, babyyyy! 🤘
You forgot to mention that the SPD also has a weird pro-russian streak.
True. It partially does.
Better than hosting the rellay station for drone strikes
Does that come out of a general hate and distate towards the US?
Everyone knows the entire Russian government is totally corrupt and basically a dictatorship. But there goes Germany building a gas pipeline to them, pumping billions and billions of euros every year into Russia
...all whist having to pay for NATO to defend against Russia!!
So you pay to protect yourself from a country, into which you pump all your energy money. How the hell does that make sense? What kind of a weird mindset do you have to be to end up in a political situation like that, thinking that's the way to go?
I mean if the German government loves Russia and the Russian people that much, the least they could do is just leave NATO. That way, they would show real SOLIDARITY with Russia. What's all this half-assedness?
'We like Russia so much that we give them all this money every year, but at the same time we have to protect ourselves from them or else they will kill us all!'. It's like the definition of the ultimate butt licker.
@@marioluigi9599 the german government doesn't really like russia, but the gas is cheap and the alternatives are Azerbaijan, which is basically a dynasty of the rulings family, the gulf states which are littaly absolutic kingdoms that fund Islamic fundamentalist groups or the US which ist far more expensive and the fracking process needend for that gas is a lot more harmful to the environment than the russian gas. Furthermore russia is dependent on german gas money and germany alone has a bigger military budget than Russia. So a military strike would be catastrophic for Russia and in Germany russia isn't really seen as a threat. This is very different to the states between russia and Germany they wanted to join eu and nato for the protection against russia.
It's not only curious that you don't own anything green, but also that there are no plants in the background when you talked about the green party! Could have added some cacti :)
Jokes aside, loved the video, great work!!
Okay, Problemé: You did mess up in your part about "Die Linke" a bit. It actually went down like this:
1. Iron curtain falls
2. Reunion of Germany/ SED is dissolved
3.The PDS is founded. Its basically consisting out of the people that used to run the SED. They are successful, since in the people in the East feel betrayed after Western Germany tor down all their facilities and stripped from all their former glory.
4. The Greens and the SPD get a majority. But they mess up (HartzIV). There starts this rivalry between Schroeder and La Fontaine and then the party splits in two and the WASG is founded. The SPD got stripped of its old rooted left wing.
5. WASG gets a lot of voters in the West, while the PDS gets a lot in the East, so they decide to team up and that way "Die Linke" is founded.
6. Ongoing conflict: This history explains a lot of what is going on today. The SPD didn't really take the hit well. The split kinda took the opportunity away from them to have a say about anything for the next 4 governmental periods. That's the era of Merkel and the Union. It was kinda like the CDU laughed at the SPD about their split until it happened to themselves. The AfD derived initially from former CDU members and is a protest party against the CDU in some ways. This is why these days everyone looks with fascination as the two biggest parties crash. They used to have 100 % of the votes between them. Now their combined votes barely get over 50% and both of them split up and can't access big amounts of votes, that used to be theirs.
This comment contains two mistakes. First the split between the SPD and the WASG is in many ways similar to the split between the SPD and the USPD in Weimar Germany, it even ended the same way with the SPD joining a coaltion with it's conservative opponent later, just to remain in power. The other mistake is the claim that the AfD Party was originally made of former CDU members and is a protest party against the CDU, when the truh is that the original AfD Party had most of it's members from the SPD and was a protest party against the European Union.
3:38 I like how you used Thomas Kemmerich there, hehe.
As a German I really hoped to get a video to explain German politics to my many American friends and I am truly thankful that you made such an accurate movie about the German parties. You made great mention about their history and their relationship with each other. The only little things that could I even call missing was how the PDS became Die Linke and that the AFD is a lot more popular in the east of Germany. (By mention that the greens are more popular in cities.)
Thanks! I hope your friends enjoy it!
Yeah... I did mention all of that but the video became so long (especially the part about Die Linke). So I decided to cut it out. 😅 But you're right!
Your friends should also know, that the most right-wing traditional German party, the CSU, would be progressive - center in the US.
I think both Die Linke and the AFD are more popular in the east right? Because usually poverty tends to make you vote more "extreme"
@Shaker42 I meant the CSU of course.
Americas political system is mono-culture right wing. Basically both major parties are the same soup in 2 pots. Most Democrats would be considered right wing conservative here.
The Afd is an error of history, a result of the regular parties missing to reach 10 % of people. Their leader A. Weidel is a sad figure and she alone would be already reason enough to not vote for them.
@@krollpeter so you are ironically ignoring the AfD right? Because if not it would be stupid to call the CSU the most right wing party.
Thanks for specifying the difference between socialism and social democracy, as a social democrat I really appreciate that.
Sure thing! :) I know that in a lot of countries the difference doesn't matter or the two terms are used interchangably. So I thought it was important to note, that in Germany, the two are seen as very different and not necessarily as natural allies. At least by your average citizen.
@@LucasBenderChannel In Canada we're more or less allies but I would probably not vote for a communist over say, a neoliberal. Great video!
You betrayed us 1918! =D
As another social-democrat, I agree!
As a Democratic Socialist, I can confirm
I’m like “oh I wonder what state he’s from” then the outro rolls lol
O-o-oh. That's the thing the Germans were arguing about in the bar when I was there.
Haha cool!
mmm...well this aged..., well, heh, with the AFD at 22%? :I
I really like all the little political caricatures you drew and gave all the parties. Good style.
Thanks^^
I recognized that you wore different colors on your shirt whenever you talked about a different party. Nice little detail.
Australia has a very similar party setup, with a couple of subtle differences, but much the same results. Thank you for a clear, concise and entertaining explanation.
But do we? The Labor and Liberal parties are similar to the SPD and the CDU, but that's about it.
The Australian Greens are more left wing than the German Greens, although the Australian Greens recently had a faction fight and purged many of their overtly Marxist members. Then Australia has the National Party which represents farmers and people in small towns. It used to be called the Country Party which seems like a more sensible name to me. There used to be a centrist party, the Australian Democrats but they dissolved in a huge faction fight at the turn of the century.
Australia doesn't have a political party representing the far left, the socialists and communists keep splintering into a hundred warring factions. Finally the far right can't get it together in Australia. We have the middle class religious right represented by people like Cory Bernardi, the working class far right One Nation party led by Pauline Hanson and the populist far right, (the wannabe Trumps) of Clive Palmer. If those three groups could ever get together, they would be a genuine threat, but they are too different to ever cooperate.
@@Dave_Sisson Similar does not mean identical. But two parties on the right, and two parties on the left, who usually work either in coalition or at least in partnership, along with other minor parties (lunatic right, sensible centre, splintered socialists) is more similar than when compared to the USA, Canada, France, Ireland, and even more similar than the UK or New Zealand. Yes, we have no vestiges from merging with a former communist dictatorship, (our communist party disintegrated early into the Cold War), and our ‘farmers’ party is more conservative than centrist (for the most part). But the long dominance of the Australian Liberal Party and the German CDU, despite the Labor Party/SDU being larger is an interesting comparison. Germany and Australia have very different, but strangely aligned ‘mirror-image’ histories and cultures. It’s interesting that our political systems have turned out to be so similar when compared to other nations that you’d think might be historically and culturally more alike.
Not at all. Australia is stuck in a strong 2 party system. Yes there are third parties, but they have almost no influence.
@@peterjerman7549 It could be argued that at various stages in Australian history, the National/Country Party, the Democratic Labor Party, the Australian Democrats, and the Greens have had a significant effect on government policy and legislation. Even if you discount the National/Country Party (despite going into coalition with Labor in Victoria early in its history), the DLP, Democrats and Greens have all had decisive effects on government policy - and not just blocking or allowing legislation. There have been several other small parties that have had the balance of power in the Senate (and occasionally in the House of Representatives) who have affected many individual pieces of legislation, apart from the four ‘big’ minor parties. Yes, like Germany, the UK, and many other countries, Australia has a basically left/right two-bloc system, but the smaller voices often have a powerful influence on government, and Australians tend to vote for smaller parties in the Senate, specifically to put a brake, or lend nuance to a government’s agenda.
@@noelleggett5368 Germany is much more different than the UK and Australia. Nowadays the Greens and FDP are equals in terms of power and all 4 parties have been in federal governments.
Meanwhile most British political systems have 2 very dominant parties and third parties that rarely achieve a double digit number of seats. Rare exceptions are the SNP in the UK and the NDP in Canada.
Today, AfD is second in the Polls, and rising to overtake the CDU and possibly be the most popular by the next election.
yeah. They even have a chance to get an absolute majority in Saxony and Thuringia this year
@@ermin2248those backwater eastern states mean nothing and contribute nothing to germany
@@tobi2233 this mindset kinda is why they're voting AfD
Wow, you only have *TWO* videos and you're already one of my favorites channels of social-politics.
Thank you!!!
Great video! I didn’t notice the subtle change of wardrobe to match the party color until you go the the FDP. Very clever!
Please don't disappear again into the void I really like your videos just please don't go away please
Really like how the die linke ball holds the EU flag low and gets a Marx beard in contrast to the other balls.
Can you give us an example for this "vicious antidemocratic tendency"?
As far as I know the AfD advocats direct democracy based on the example of switzerland.
The AfD have literal Neo Nazis and Facists in their higher ranks. (Bernd Höcke, Fotze von Storch)
True, Nachtmahr! And if direct democracy is the the ultimate form of democratic participation for you, then that's a big plus in favor of the AfD.
But the anti-democratic tendency that I described, is as much about tone as it is about action. In a democracy, you should treat your opponents as just that - opponents. Not enemies. The AfD mainly does the latter. At least so far.
For instance, when talking about the Greens, AfD partisans regularly speak of banishing them from the country, or worse. They speak of other parties being evil, of lying all the time, of them as a plague. That's dehumanizing. As an upright democratic party, you should accept the others' position as valid, even if you disagree and dislike it. There's no one "real will of the people" as many AfD folks will often state. Instead, there are many different "wills" that should be part of our conversation.
It's also well known that some AfD partisans have ties to antidemocratic extremist groups (which is why I only said "tendency). Some of the AfD MPs also smuggled people into parliament, to harrass government officials and other MPs. There's a lot that makes them stand apart and the AfD still has some way to go, before they'll be treated as a democratic party that you can work with. And a lot of that is not down to their values, but down to how they behave.
@@LucasBenderChannel
I personally havnt heard of the AfD dehumanizing anyone but I will just trust you on this one.
But then it still is a two sided if not a three sided problem since the government and their followers call germans racist rats, potatoes and cancer and sing songs about murdering people that vote for the AfD.
Also saying that the other parties are evil and lying isnt just two sided but also not really that bad since they often simply are lying, if they want to force everyone to use their ideological language they should simply say so instead of lying that noone is getting forced and then still forcing everyone to do so.
Also whats wrong with seeing other political parties as enemies?
In the end most of the parties want Germany and germans to die while the AfD wants Germany to become strong and heatlhy so it pretty much is a life or death situation.
When enemies invade your country you also dont want to see them as opponents or even allies because they simply arnt.
@@LucasBenderChannel A lot if not everything you've said also and even more implies to other parties, especially the greens. It goes so far as reverting legitimate elections just because a candidate (that wasn't even from the AfD) that was elected with the votes of the AfD. Even in matters where political opinions overlap do other parties vote against proposals of the AfD, not because they were bad proposals, but only because they came from the AfD. Furthermore, left parties openly support left extreme organizations, behave undemocratically and call themselves left extreme, often on social media. And there's a lot of it, like Timon Dzienus from the Green youth writing "of course we know fatherland love, we know it and despise it", Annka Esser from the Greens posting on Twitter a picture of herself with a sign where "#i am left extreme" is standing on it, interviews where prominent politicians like Robert Habeck from the Greens saying "There is no folk, therefore there is no betrayal against the folk" or "anal s*x for death of the folk" posted on Twitter by the Green youth, even the "anti-discriminatory" minister wrote "potatoe expert" on her bio. Everything left of the CDU is highly racist against their own folk, and even the parties left of the AfD are very green centric. Would the AfD even come close to such behaviour, they would have been long part of history. If the AfD is undemocratic, then at least call the entire German political system undemocratic, which many Germans agree on.
I know you are biased on propaganda and knowledge you though was real, but I would revaluate your stand on German parties.
YES! FINALLY A NEW VIDEO!
Edit: I’m wondering if you’re gonna touch on historical political parties as well as modern ones.
Spoilers 🙊
@@LucasBenderChannel Wait- you are gonna cover some history?
@@PatriotMapper Only a little bit, so don't get your hopes up. 😁
@@LucasBenderChannel Weimar Political Parties maybe confirmed
03:16 Curious fact: Here in Brazil, "FDP" is an abreviation for the word "Filho da Puta", which means "Son of a Bitch".
My French-speaking friends also always get a kick out of it for the same reasons. 😂
Honestly an accurate depiction of the party membership
Loved the drawings. Made the video 100 times better
He's back! Another fantastic video, very well explained! Can't wait for the next one!
What a coincidence I have just began studying German and today the day when I had my first lesson you put out your first video in a really long time which happens to be about Deutschland.
Only for you ;*
Just noticed he changed his clothes threw each party to match the colours
This is pretty good video! I like the partyballs, the caricature and the changing outfit for each explanation on the party it corresponds with
Hooray!!!
I'm the United 'Merica guy btw
Howdy!
I don’t know if this is true, but I think The Left and Afd appear to be for those who think the SPD isn’t progressive enough and the CDU isn’t conservative enough respectively.
Maybe a little too oversimplified, but that's definetly not wrong! :)
@@LucasBenderChannel That is why I personally think that extremism of any kind regardless of ideology is almost never a good thing. That is what a I love and respect about German politics. Politicians would prefer to cooperate, even people that they might disagree with and not just shut them out.
This video makes me think a lot about JJ McCullough (which is extremely good) :D
It's a blatant rip-off of J.J.'s style, yes 😉
@@LucasBenderChannel use the word 'inspired' to sound less bad 😂
Sehr nutzlisch Lucas, Danke schoen
Bitte! :)
i feel like every party in Germany except for the greens can be tied back to a party from the weirmar republic
Yeah, definetly! And it's hardly surprising. It's not that often that a unique, brand new political ideology pops up.
Is the AfD tied back to the NSDAP?
@@Nicoder6884 they sound like an amalgamation of the DNVP and the NSDAP. But I’m not German
@@Nicoder6884 They sound more like DNVP, NSDAP was more of a personality cult around Hitler that took things a couple steps further.
@@leftistadvocate9718 With the difference that the AfD has a concept for direct democracy after the Swiss model. What he said about the AFD that it is anti-democratic was simply a lie.
THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING VIDEO LIKE ACTUALLY WHAT MAN I COULD WATCH YEARS OF THAT!
THAT'S SO NICE! THANK YOU!
Some random Austrian dude: *Fails Art Class*
AfD: Guten Tag
*NPD
Though there are similarities, the afd aren't fascist.
AfD is not far right, "der dritte weg" or "NDP/NPD" are what you meant
The AfD is a far right, fascist party.
@@pyro_0074 I'm Fascist, and even I would say AfD aren't Fascists
Wonderful guide, as a german i absolutely agree with basically everything you said. Even though i would say the political landscape has changed quite a bit, especially with the BSW and the late rise of the AfD which has gotten much more relevant. Also, I feel like you could have named some of the minor but not too minor parties, like volt and freie wähler, which are also a bit relevant in some cases
phenomenal video man...I finally feel like I understand it more. More videos please!!!
I'm so glad you liked it! 🥰 Thank you! That means a lot to me.
You have a new election coming up in 2025. Can you cover it in your fun, easy-going way?
Watching this after the european election 24😐
lol
I literally subscribed yesterday so i could know when you came back only for you to come back today! Great to see you again and keep up the good work!
I love the fact that you changed the colour of your clothes for every party.
As a german i am stunned at how accurate you described everything in english. I obviously know everything already, but i was just curious at how an english youtuber would handle the topic.
Danke! Ich bin tatsächlich Deutscher, also musst du weiter nach dem englischen TH-camr suchen ;) Aber danke für das Kompliment!
@@LucasBenderChannel Aha. Dafür ist dein englischer Wortschatz wirklich beeindruckend. Habe deinen Kanal erst gerade gefunden, weshalb ich durch deine guten Sprachkenntnisse einfach mal an einen Briten oder einen Amerikaner dachte. Trotzdem Danke für dieses äußerst informative Video!
@@metro3932 Oh das freut mich! Haha 🥰😂
Socialism, social democracy, and democratic socialism are 3 different notions though (even if socialism is supposed to be democratic socialism)
and within each of those categories are several different variations
This was an explanation how the German parties specifically work. Parties don't really work cleanly along the lines of political theory.
@@swanpride not when he talked about the first two, since at least one is not présent in german politics.
Democratic Socialism is Socialism , there is two main branches revolutionary and Democratic Socialism, historically Social democracy was Democratic Socialism but it split in to with the more moderate reform keeping the name Social democracy and the more radical still get rid of capitalism still through reform took on the name Democratic Socialism
All socialism is evil
A very well-made video! As someone who studies political science, I really admired the detail you put into this video, while also keeping it simple for those who are new to German politics. Excited for the upcoming election!
Naja,nicht wirklich neutral was über die AfD gesagt wurde.
Aber wundert mich auch nicht.
Die anderen Parteien wurden aber immerhin gut objektiv dargestellt 👍
Danke. :)
Naja, bei der AfD dachte ich mir halt, solange offene Extremisten und Antidemokraten in der Partei toleriert werden, muss ich das ansprechen... Es auszulassen oder abzuschwächen hätte sich falsch angefühlt. Allerdings war mir auch wichtig zu betonen, dass es solche und solche Strömungen in der Partei gibt. Mal sehen, was die Zukunft für die AfD bereithält.
@@LucasBenderChannel Okay. Ich finde man häte noch mehr darauf eingehen können dass sie vorallem sehr stark im Osten sind und stark davon profitieren dass Menschen einfach unzufrieden sind mit der aktuellen Politik in Deutschland.
Über 16 Direktmandate und stärkste Kraft in 2 Bundesländern schafft halt sonst auch nur CDU und SPD,aber im Video wird so getan als sei die AfD halt eine kleine Partei mit ein paar Neo-Nazis. Bei mir im Ort lebt kein einziger Nazi,aber trotzdem haben über 20% diese Partei gewählt,also liegt das Problem wohl tiefer,aber auch klar dass man das in so einem Video nicht in aller Breite thematisieren kann
@@LucasBenderChannel Wieso hast du es dann nicht bei den Grünen angesprochen? Die Grünen wurden von Kommunisten und echten Nazis wie Werner Vogel gegründet...
@@mtra5812 Weil dir Grünen mittlerweile weit weg von ihrer Position/Mitgliedern der Gründungszeit weg sind, und die AfD noch sehr jung ist, und die Extremisten und Nazis immernoch in der AfD toleriert werden
this was the best thing I’ve watched in a long time. as a 14 year old who’s really (and I mean really) into history, politics and geography but could never exactly comprehend how political parties worked, this video explained it perfectly. I know it’s almost 2 years old, but I really needed to express my happiness. thank you, it helped me a lot!
I'm so glad you liked it! 🥰 And please be careful around the political Internet. You may not believe it now, but at 14, you're really susceptible to other opinions. Much more so than you will ever be in the future. So remember to evaluate everything you've heard carefully. :)
What a very well constructed video with information that are easy and simple to navigate, good narrator plus a colorful lovely art style
This video was a big overhaul from the previous one by alot in terms of quality, this channel has a wonderful opportunity to grow with such well crafted content and my optimism is high aswell :) 👍
I hope one day you can cover up French politics and make foreigners and the confused more aware of how the system in France operates
Greeting from your French brothers 🇨🇵💙❤️🇩🇪
Thank you for the lovely comment! 😇
🇩🇪💜🇨🇵
I forgot to apply to vote from the US. I'm so sad. I hate that I missed an election
“Why are you watching this?” You may ask and I cannot give an answer, “are you interested” *HELL YEAH I AM*
man what the fuck made me write this
The German J.J. McCullough
Can’t wait to hear about the Pirates! Welcome back!
Uhm. Yeah. About that... 😬
@@LucasBenderChannel 🥲 glad to have you back
The Pirates didn't get mentioned...
@@PatriotMapper Unfortunately they don't play a big enough role anymore. I think it's partly because they became overrun by a few pretty noisy nutcases a few years ago. Would be nice to see a revival.
I love how the colour of his hoodie changes depending on the colour of the political party that he talks about.
LUCAS ITS ABOUT TIME
yes
Also the greens being pro environmentalism and anti nuclear energy is one of the funniest things ever and shoes how much people are misinformed about nuclear energy
No, it's the people looking to nuclear energy to save us who are misinformed. Nuclear energy results in massive environmental damages because of the mining for Uranium (which can also result in the poisoning of drinking water in mining areas) and has a carbon footprint (though not as bad as oil obvs) because it needs to be shipped form the mines to the plants. Also, it doesn't solve the problem of dependency on dictatorial regimes. You know what *does* solve all these problems? Renewables.
@@keskonriks710You forgot how unbelievably expensive it is, yet people still think its cheap because the french government just subsidises it for millions of euros.
NSDAP:who are you
AFD:i'm you,but reincarnated
what he said was absolute bullshit and extremely biased, please don't believe
If you're restarded, maybe it can appear that way. Reality isn't so kind to that assertion.
@@av1871facts don't care about Feelings.
@@harrydotter8074 what facts are you talking about? go ahead and compare them to me
@@av1871He isnt gonna give you facts, because there arent any.
You know in Germany we say „Ehrenmann“. Stakes Video, immer sehr objektiv geblieben und alles anschaulich gestaltet.
Wow das freut mich! Danke! :D
naja objektiv würde ich jetzt nicht sagen aber jedem das seine
Lucas, how long we have awaited for your return, without your gracious German balls we have aged so much
"gracious German balls". How... poetic.
Mate it’s half twelve in the morning rn, I have no idea why I’m watching this
10:00 aged like an East German factory
Did he just fall straight down from the ceiling lol
Absolutely. 😂
The colour change of the jackets was a nice touch.
That ending was pure gold
JJ sent me, and I was not disappointed. The parties are very similar to the swedish parties, even though afd seems to have made the opposite journey of the swedish right wing populist party. Thanks for this video!
What was the journey of SD in Sweden?
@Baltasar Gutiérrez SD was founded by neonazis (and old nazis) in the 1988 and stayed open for neonon through out the 90s. In the middle of the 90s the guy that's now the leader joined the party. When he became the party leader in 2005 he started to "wash" the party of its brown roots, and in 2010 they got in to the parlament. The "wash" of the party continues to this day, there is this big discussion in Sweden right now if you really can trust that SD have changed? Or have they just changed their brown shirts with nice suits? This discussion led to a split of the right where the big conservative party want to collaborate with SD but the liberal Center was so against this idea that party decided to collaborate with the Social Democrats instead.
TL;DR: SD went for being neonazis to begin a right wing poulist party.
@@baltasargutierrez5366 Obviously not saying that Afd is neonon though. They have just gone in the opposite direction, from being just conservative to a more dodgy party
I have an unpopular opinion: The AfD IS a mirror image of DieLINKE. Neither of the two has explicit plans to abolish democracy, BOTH consider anti democratic tendencies a peccadillo offense so long as it comes from their own side of the political spectrum.
But once again, that’s just my opinion. The mainstream is more lenient, in my opinion too lenient, towards DieLINKE.
couldnt have said it better myself
Yeah, I can see that argument. As I said, jury is still out and I wonder how both parties will develop in the coming decade... Will Die Linke even make it into the Bundestag at the next election?
Whoa, face reveal!
Happens to a lot of people. 😔✊
hi fredo
@@PakBallandSami hello! 👋
If you are wondering why do you hear boss music in the background, don't worry, it's simply Volt making their entry
I love how confidence all Volt fans are 😂😂😂
You're gonna watch them getting crushed under the 5% threshold. :/
@@LucasBenderChannel a man can dream.
Great video, hope to see another one soon. Great work!
Thank you! I think I should be able to churn one out in the next couple of months. :)
As i french i realy Love the video very éducative and good art !
Merci beaucoup! J'espère que vous passez une bonne journée! (?)
@@LucasBenderChannel oui merci
2:08 "default power party" we have a term for that in Canada, the Liberals like to call themselves the "Natural Governing Party"
Yeah, that's the exact vibe.
American here, a nation where moderation is a path to power Wow that sounds really really appetizing
He is back! Quite a nice video, I especially like the general graphical style.
Anyways, see you all in a year I guess!
It's quite funny that there is a party called FDP for the people who speaks brazilian-portuguese.
What's it mean?
@@marioluigi9599 It stands for: Son of a B!tch
It works in French and in Catalan too
@@marioluigi9599 so "filho da puta" means "son of a bitch" in portuguese and in Portugal (and Brazil) we shorten it to fdp
@@David-qq9bk sort of like how HDP (political party in Turkey with connections to terrorism) is short for hijo de puta in spanish which means son of a bitch
i have yet to see the conservative portion of cdu
4:38 nice detail that crown being the actual crown of the German Emperor!
Oh I just LOVE it, when people notice that kind of stuff! Yes, that's the one! Good job! 😁👑
@@LucasBenderChannel thanks haha!
Amazing! I hope you make more videos like this analysing German politics.
I haven't seen many videos on the subject in English.
So remember this: Vote anyone you want,except AfD....or I am fked up!😂
wow I figured this channel out today and loved it. new subscriber
Wow, you clearly deserve more views AND subscribers! Perfectly simplified, always a tad bit of humour and very well paced. Kudos :D
12:00 well that didnt age well considering current state elections
i didn't know anything that resembled the sort of """american style""" libertarian-ism was a thing in Germany or really any European country,probably due to stereotypes i have about Europe's politics
It's not common. Here in Spain the Libertarian Party is sooo small and never been to Parliament. I don't have a problem with that as I'm a social-liberal, but libertarians in Spain have a hard time. They don't have options.
@@azanulbizar12 it not being common isnt what i thought,i thought it was basically an extinct idea by 99%,but in Germany,their closest equivalent,the FDP got about 10%,which is about the same as there are libertarians in the US,the FDP is probably ALOT more moderate,but it is quite interesting nonetheless.
@@konradsartorius8223 i know,although not completely interchangeable,they are relatively close,and ive learned to know what people mean when using these terms
The FDP is really tiny and seen as weirdly capitalist by most germans, but yeah, it definitely exists. We don't have this cultural "american dream" that exists in america, where everyone (supposedly) can become rich if they just put in more effort, so a party whose main driving force is capitalism is seen as that one weird party which caters almost exclusively to millionaires and business owners.
@@JRexRegis 10% is small,but not actually a much smaller percentage as it is in the US (though republicans that are practically libertarians probably make the number a bit higher),although the FDP is alot more to the left by US libertarian standards,but the general idea exists.
Love the video. Had a kinda JJ vibe
Glad to hear that! It was very intentional ;)