The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained ground in three recent state elections, caused an uproar in the Thuringian parliament and triggering another debate on whether to ban the party outright.

  • Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Too little, too late. You can’t ban a 30% party and expect democracy to hold.

    • somenonewho@feddit.org
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      2 hours ago

      The last time they tried to ban a party in Germany was the NPD (another Nazi party) and at the end the Supreme Court decided the reason not to ban them, even though they were clearly unconstitutional , was because they were to few/insignificant (in the end they banned them from receiving party funding which still has a massive effect).

      So you couldnt ban them because they were to small and you can’t ban the AfD because they’re to big? Just because enough people vote for a party doesn’t mean they’re not unconstitutional.

      • RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com
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        9 hours ago

        “Sorry, the Nazis are at 30%, nothing we can do. We’ll just die then.”

        1. What you said.
        2. You really should.
        3. You need to make sure to educate people so that they don’t fall prey to populist assholes.
        4. Politicians need to address people’s needs and fears instead of whatever the hell our current government is doing at the moment.