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Election in Saxony-Anhalt: Against Reason and Human Decency

Initiative Säkularität, Aufklärung und Humanismus Saarland (ISAH Saarland) · Humanistischer Pressedienst · 2026-09-09 · Source

The AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt is the result of irrational, emotion-driven decisions that rely on division and exclusion and should be understood as a self-harming symptom of psychological stress.

The election in Saxony-Anhalt is an example of self-harming voting behavior. According to prevailing doctrine, self-harming behavior is not an illness but a symptom of psychological stress.

The text comments on the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and describes it as a testament to a lack of political reason. It poses rhetorical questions to the voters, calling into question their support for a party that, according to the text, sympathizes with the Kremlin, wants to leave the EU, and is considered right-wing extremist. The voters are accused of having reacted not to concrete offers but to anger, fear, and dull nationalism. The voting behavior is interpreted as a self-harming symptom of psychological stress that provides only short-term relief. The text warns of division and exclusion that would be promoted by the slogan 'We are taking our country back.' It calls for detaching oneself from emotions and deciding intellectually. The initiative ISAH Saarland positions itself as a defender of reason and human decency against this development.

What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?

Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality; Hostility, hatred, the breakdown of community

Where does the evil reside?

with a named other group

What helps against it?

insight, learning, enlightenment, right understanding

What is human being according to this text?

self-determined, the author of one's own actions

Where is history heading?

it is getting worse, an order is coming to an end

What does the text base its claim on?

on argument, logic, science

To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?

to every human being, regardless of faith (inferred)

Where is the text's criticism directed?

at others, at society, at other groups

• sich fragen, welches konkrete Angebot die AfD gemacht hat (inward)
• sich fragen, welches Verständnis von Patriotismus und Demokratie die Partei hat (inward)
• sich nicht in Schutz nehmen lassen und das Wahlverhalten als selbstschädigend erkennen (social)

Basic stance

-1 from -2 to 2

Insistence

3 of 3

Reach

4 of 5

Concreteness

2 of 3

Boundary

3 of 3, named: Wähler der AfD

Time

past 0, present 3, future 1

Analysed with qwen/qwen3.8-27b, version v3. The same standards apply to every tradition, see Values.