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Is Germany an authoritarian regime when it tries to silence journalists and charge them with treason when they expose mass surveillance covering communications,
by notlukesky 7y ago
Is Germany an authoritarian regime when it tries to silence journalists and charge them with treason when they expose mass surveillance covering communications, Facebook and Twitter chats etc...??
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/10/treason_case_against_german_digi_journos_officially_dropped/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/10/treason_case_agains...
- sveme 7y agoI don't understand your point. What's your argument?
- ameister14 7y agoI think the point is that it isn't just Middle Eastern regimes - perhaps they should feel uncomfortable working with the German government, as well
- Faark 7y agoKind of funny how your link demonstrates a reasonably functioning justice system while you try using it to paint Germany as authoritarian regime. The case was dropped and the prosecutor forced to retired. Sure, would have been better to never have happened, but I don't see any system ever not having some shitty humans.
- rasz 7y agohttps://www.dw.com/en/german-spy-chief-passed-info-to-afd-report/a-45472180 https://www.dw.com/en/german-spy-chief-passed-info-to-afd-re...
- Faark 7y agoWhat point are you trying to make? Its about someone else forced into retirement after doing something unacceptable. I have a hard time considering it an authoritarian regime as long as those "bad apples" have to feel the consequences. Even if there are way more of them than I'd like. In case people here didn't notice... germany, like other countries as well, has recently experienced a surge in alt-right populism. The AfD does get unpleasantly many votes, especially in some regions, but so far it seems to get handled reasonably well by the other parties. I personally are more worried about politics in the US reaching some breaking point.