> In recent years, he made headlines of a different sort with controversial political statements, criticizing German and Austrian migration policies and opining

> In recent years, he made headlines of a different sort with controversial political statements, criticizing German and Austrian migration policies and opining that a "moderate dictatorship" would be preferable to a democracy, in which "you can't move anything." That's putting it mildly. The full quote [1] is: > Wie weit sind wir bereit unsere Identität und unsere Kultur aufzugeben und sie zu vermischen mit einer völlig anderen Religion und Ideologie? or translated: > How ready are we to give up our identity and culture and to mix it with a completely different religion and ideology? That is 1:1 naked "great replacement" theory, the stuff that the vilest of the vile of the far-right believe in [2]. On top of that, he believed that domestic violence is acceptable in disciplining children [3]. [1] https://www.sn.at/salzburg/chronik/felix-baumgartner-wird-politisch-und-springt-in-den-shitstorm-1788997 https://www.sn.at/salzburg/chronik/felix-baumgartner-wird-po... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement_conspiracy_t... [3] https://www.diepresse.com/1433977/felix-baumgartner-ohrfeige-ist-angemessene-erziehungsmethode https://www.diepresse.com/1433977/felix-baumgartner-ohrfeige...