• zephyrvs@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      With AfD polling at the same popularity as the SPD, that could get ugly. And everyone is still aware of the disgrace that came to light when they tried to ban the way less popular NPD. I guess some secret services would hate to lose their assets in the AfD.

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        The “way less popular NPD” ban failed, because the NPD was way less popular. Cite from DW article (2017): “Although the party’s attitude to the constitution has been deemed hostile, it does not have the potential to upend democracy in Germany, the court said.”

        Same popularity as the SPD (aka 20%) means that the party is not irrelevant like the NPD. So if the party’s attitude to the constitution has been deemed hostile and it does indeed have the potential to upend democracy in Germany this should be the perfect time to ban this party.

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          So if the party’s attitude to the constitution has been deemed hostile and it does indeed have the potential to upend democracy in Germany this should be the perfect time to ban this party.

          Problem being, when one voter every 5 supports a party, it’s not that simple as you’re basically saying 20% of your entire population is unfit according to the constitution.

          It’s a suicide, politically speaking

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            Problem being, when one voter every 5 supports a party, it’s not that simple as you’re basically saying 20% of your entire population is unfit according to the constitution.

            But it’s true! Which make’s the whole thing fucking dangerous. That’s exactly the reason the constitution does have articles in it meant to combat this very thing.

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              1 year ago

              It may be a cynical argument but… People who wrote Grundgesetz doesn’t need to be elected anymore, people who does politics today, instead, needs to.

              We live in a democracy, at the very end, the electorate is the true final judge.

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            1 year ago

            There are many more citizens than voters. Only around 72% of those, who are allowed to, vote and this also leaves out the people who are not allowed to.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately you let it become too big and relevant to be dissolved.

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        I mean, the last time they tried to ban a party, it failed because it was not relevant enough to be a significant threat to democracy.

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      1 year ago

      We could not ban NPD, which are literal Nazis. So no chance, Nazis that pretend to be just very conservative, will be banned.

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        We didn’t ban them because they were a tiny minority that didnt get any votes. The AFD is a party of fascists with a chance of disrupting our democracy. I’m sure there is a way.

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          Not really, we tried really hard but it turned out that to many people involved were “informants” working for Verfassungsschutz. But I also don’t really see a point in forbidding a Party that has 20% support, those people won’t just change their opinion. They are the actual problem and needed to be reached.

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      Thats the fun thing. They can, but they will not get the same amount of support.

      • Syndic@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        And actually such a ban also includes new parties of the same group. A simple name change won’t be enough if the ringleaders are on watch.

        It also destroys the whole support network such as bank accounts.