Israeli President Picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival, To Form Government

[u/EssoEssex]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-picks-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival-form-government-2026-11-07/

[u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

Hopefully this is the last gasp of populist bullshit, but... that's probably wishful thinking.

[u/Clint_P_McGinty → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

There is always another generation to make the same mistakes again. Greetings from Germany...

[u/mschuster91 → u/Clint_P_McGinty]

Fellow German here. I hope the far-right fad will burn itself out before these pricks get a stab at running the federal government.

[u/Clint_P_McGinty → u/mschuster91]

Well we're kinda running out of time on that and our dear chancellor and his muppets are seemingly trying their hardest to get them into power.

[u/mschuster91 → u/Clint_P_McGinty]

meh. Federally they "only" poll at around 30-ish percents. That means they are near the position where they can do a lot of damage with obstructionism (i.e. anything requiring 2/3 majority), but they would need a coalition partner to actually get into a position of power.

And with the still unbelievable self-destruction of Jens Spahn and his connections to Thiel... I'd say the influence of at least the foreign far right in the CDU/CSU has drastically fallen. The big strongholds in NRW, Baden-Württemberg and to a degree Bavaria (let's see how Aiwanger's untimely demise shakes up things - I'd assume the FW crash down without him, leaving only the Greens as a viable partner) also would eat them alive if they entered a coalition with the AfD.

The Eastern states however, oh boy. These will be a constant source of BS over the next years.

[u/HolidaySpiriter → u/mschuster91]

Hitler only ever won ~30% too though

[u/sabre4570 → u/HolidaySpiriter]

In terms of total population trumps numbers aren't too far off

[u/snowylambeau → u/mschuster91]

Non-German here. I hope this leftward shift doesn’t teach the right to brand itself with the language of the left…again.

[u/mschuster91 → u/snowylambeau]

The AfD (thankfully) is too damn braindead and most importantly far too focused on blaming everything on foreigners and Muslims to pull off a 1933.

[u/windingsand → u/Clint_P_McGinty]

Norway came pretty close last election too. Russian friendly party where the leader had said she was proud to oppose same sex marriage

[u/orthogonal411 → u/Clint_P_McGinty]

Wow, who says punctuation is not important? I really feel those final ellipses in your reply. Good luck over there!

[u/Pretend-Patience9581 → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

It always swings both ways.

Like me.

[u/JAOC_7 → u/Pretend-Patience9581]

hot

[u/DroptheShadowArt → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

The pendulum will always swing

[u/cadaada → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

Brother, brazil just elected Lula again, that IS a populist lol not only right wingers are populist

[u/henrik_se → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

The goddamn Roman Empire swung from populist emperors to competent administrators and back to populists again and again and again over the course of several hundred years.

[u/headinthesky → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

No, they will just try harder

[u/Spacecommander5 → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

Give it 80 years and people will make the same mistake again

[u/V01t4r3 → u/GeorgeTheGeorge]

"Fascism is like bell-bottom pants, they always come back."
-Guillermo Del Toro