I definitely believe most of our problems are caused by capitalism and the ruling class working to keep things as they are (we in Germany have a similarly extreme wealth disparity between the extremely rich and everyone else as the United States for example).

Obvious from the leftist phrasing I am using, also not an afd voter. We need immigration to keep our societies functional, but we can’t keep doing it they way it happens now. It endangers the European project and stirs social unrest, in addition to the economic effects they have on the native lower class.

My suggestion would be a dual strategy of expanded border security with consequent repatriation of illegal immigrants, paired with the creation of large scale immigration preparation and processing centers in their countries of origin to facilitate a means of legal immigration that also prepares them for a life in a pluralist, socially liberal western society.

They should also provide dignified living standards and safety according to western standards. These centers could also provide access to language education, cultural introduction, or even teach/certify applicable skills that will make entrance into the new job market more successful.

Now I’m not saying I have all the answers or that my idea is necessarily the best, but I would draw a direct line from our decades of non negotiable open door policy to people secretly unhappy about this suddenly clamoring to vote for the one party that wants the opposite, now that the political climate has shifted far enough.

Immigration is an issue people care about emotionally, if it’s ultra rich assholes who also want to give themselves more money in the process, that matters only as an afterthought at best. Unless there is a non far right political option that is reconsidering their stance on immigration, it is essentially impossible to retrieve those angry single issue voters, even if there is plenty of proof that they are shooting themselves in the foot (just yesterday I saw a summary of AfD votes, where they voted against everything but tax cuts for the rich and welfare cuts for the poor).