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Elon Musk’s bid to propel Germany’s far-right party to victory has failed (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 hours ago

Yes, but he still only managed to collect around 9% more of the total number of votes compared to 2016. Granted, that may be a lot in a two-party system, but it works differently when you have over a dozen to choose from. The parties are always much closer to cannibalizing each other.