It's the neoliberal mindset and everyone is falling for it. Pretty much every party in Germany is neoliberal. The irony is that a lot of neoliberal thinking is self defeating.

Honestly, after I learned about neoliberalism I came to peace with the world because I know everyone deserves their suffering and there is no injustice. All those republican voters are voting for their own doom. It's fantastic. I no longer need to feel bad about their suffering because there is no contradiction, no conspiracy theory, no trick, no evil cartoon villain behind the scenes.