There is an interesting article about the rise of the far right in the former East Germany in today’s NYT. The gist of it is that the factories closed after reunification, the women moved away and took services jobs in the west, and the men who remained are screaming about immigrants and joining the AfD.
Merkel is a particular hate figure among the angry men because, as a successful woman who left the east, she embodies their loss of status.
Sound familiar? If you read yesterday’s post, it should.