Also the entire driver of the European far right is racism against immigrants. That’s the entire motivation, which is why they’re turning on their far right now that it’s clear they’re firmly are aligned with the Donald Trump-vladiator Putin axis of Evil. There are nationalists who want to be racist against Muslims they don’t want to be annexed by Russia
Just because Germany has free education, it doesn’t mean everyone still has equal access to it.
And for better or worse, students can stop secondary school at age 16 and go right into a trade school. The route from secondary school to university is much harder than in the US - there’s a huge exit exam and I think a thesis paper. So, if you can make it past that higher bar of academic standards to get into university, you can be educated without going into debt…
Plus they still have that divide between leftists living in the big cities with the population leaning more right wing as you get out to the countryside.
Interesting though the article is from 2022. Germany has free education and a resurgent far right, so IDK what effect the educatioin there has had.
It’s a result of growing inequality. Check out Gary’s economics on YouTube. We need to tax wealth, not work.
Even in Germany, far-right sentiments are pretty strongly related to people’s level of education and economic opportunities.
Also the entire driver of the European far right is racism against immigrants. That’s the entire motivation, which is why they’re turning on their far right now that it’s clear they’re firmly are aligned with the Donald Trump-vladiator Putin axis of Evil. There are nationalists who want to be racist against Muslims they don’t want to be annexed by Russia
Whereas the racists in the US are nationalists who want to be racist against whoever they want AND be annexed by Russia.
Counterpoint: US doesn’t have free education but far right pop up like a mushroom anyway.
Just because Germany has free education, it doesn’t mean everyone still has equal access to it.
And for better or worse, students can stop secondary school at age 16 and go right into a trade school. The route from secondary school to university is much harder than in the US - there’s a huge exit exam and I think a thesis paper. So, if you can make it past that higher bar of academic standards to get into university, you can be educated without going into debt…
Plus they still have that divide between leftists living in the big cities with the population leaning more right wing as you get out to the countryside.
(source: Me, an American who escaped to Europe)