I have never heard so many people talking as passionately about an election like this.
Welcome to the revolution. This is how it happened in Cuba, Venezuela, Russia and China. They win from within because the established order gets too distracted with the good life. They put all of their ducks in place over years and years (this all started in the 1960’s). Then, when it starts, nobody can believe their eyes. They feel powerless and helpless as their world collapses around them. After the takeover, the greedy and self interested sell out for jobs, power, etc in the new regime and the old fashion “conservatives” end up dead or in poverty. You join the party and you have a house, job, car and vacation. You complain about the state and you disappear.
My sister in law was raised in East Germany, the stories she tells are unbelievable.