Because Europeans are just as racist, if not more racist than Americans. They see trump and say, "Wow nobody would vote for someone so stupid here." and then turn around and start saying how muslims are causing problems or w/e.

Frustration at an imperfect democracy where "no one listens to me" - and then that's turned outward and manipulated just enough by rightwong interests (who have a tailwind, with corporations and Capitalism often leaning right in function and lobbying).

Voters think this is an easier way to get attention than actually participating, and some of these voters will be voting this way to "scare the major parties" who they consider out of touch/corrupt (hence the whole system is broken).

...and some of the major parties being out of touch is because class consciousness only extends so far. Wealthy politicians can't realistically understand how difficult and inconvenient life is becoming for a lot of people.

Most people just want to see public services be improved, and better laws against scams and unfairness. Zoran Mamdani is right.

Far right group are great at Fear mongering

Idk, I've been told, very insistently, that only Americans could do this because we're uniquely spineless and evil.

System is dysfunctional and no longer processes the struggles of the masses in a productive way, so people vote for the sledgehammer with the best branding. And Europeans are racist (as are people everywhere), so the racist branding of far-right sledgehammers works on a good chunk of them. Same story as in America.

The next German federal election isn't until 2029, and plenty of European countries have guns. They're just more restricted than in the USA (and guns aren't solving the problems there either).

Aren't you all stockpiling weapons to protect yourself and the "security of the free state"? So, you've got ICE on your streets in unmarked vans taking people, where's that protecting? Those guns aren't helping you there either as it seems.