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There is no irony. The German government is proto-fascist, and has been for a while, as are several other European governments. Apparently the UK now arrests mo
by p-e-w 1mo ago
There is no irony. The German government is proto-fascist, and has been for a while, as are several other European governments. Apparently the UK now arrests more people per capita for online speech than China does.
- zmgsabst 1mo ago[flagged]
- ahartmetz 1mo agoMentioning evil Soros is like a 100% reliable political crackpot indicator, even though this here is a quite original take. He is usually an evil Jewish globalist, i.e. a nefarious leftist. I think he seriously pissed off the right people in Russia who are now throwing whatever shit they can think of at the wall, and some of it sticks. They do not try to be consistent at all, anything that will convince someone is fine.
- zmgsabst 1mo agoI’m American — I just view politics through form rather than propaganda. Eg, the concept of “left vs right” arises from USSR propaganda distancing themselves from fascists, who believed in similar practices. You should also respond to the substance of what I said, rather than engage in ad hominems.
- ahartmetz 1mo agoI would like to see your definition of fascism under which the German government is proto-fascist.
- p-e-w 1mo agoAn authoritarian state that exercises oppressive power through legalistic institutions in league with a corporate oligarchy.
- panarky 1mo agoGermany has its problems, but it's consistently in the top 15 most democratic nations in the world. Calling a solidly democratic nation "fascist" is a rhetorical reversal straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
- antonkochubey 1mo agoGermany’s last officially fascist government was democratically elected
- panarky 1mo agoCitation needed.
- sekh60 1mo agoFor Hitler? He won the most seats of all the parties in the Reichstag in 1932 with 37 or so percent of the vote. That majority would normally have gotten him appointed as Chancellor (by tradition). He used violence and backroom dealing to get from that majority to become Führer, but without a doubt Hitler did get his foot into the door democratically.
- panarky 1mo agoHe was never democratically elected.
- p-e-w 1mo ago> Germany has its problems, but it's consistently in the top 15 most democratic nations in the world. According to what? Some think tank’s “democracy index”, carefully constructed to preserve the illusion that Western countries are free and democratic? That’s begging the question.
- peterfirefly 1mo agoGermany does not look "solidly democratic" from the outside.
- ajjahs 1mo ago[dead]