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>and the country hasn’t devolved into authoritarian groupthink doubt

• throw-the-towel 2y ago
  Care to elaborate?
  • hoseja 2y ago
    just look at the germans At least OP seems like a good fit for Berlin. Happy for them.
  • sebst 2y ago
    Not OP but I see two points: First there are some societal standards just settled. Universal healthcare as an example which is mentioned in the article, but also the broader spectrum of social democratic policies as mentioned in other comments. While that gives you some stability in society, it could be seen as “groupthink” Second, there is a tendency to (informally) label right-leaning policies, libertarian ideas and patriotism as Nazism. That’s not a problem of the “far right” but also the “far left” as criticism on Israel’s current policies could be labeled antisemitic. The slippery slope here is that outlawing one thing (nazism) is socially accepted but assigning the label of what actually constitutes “nazism” is the actual problem.