There's only one political party in German history who banned other political parties. Just because you call a different party a fascist, doesn't mean you get a pass to act like a fascist.
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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Blue is the new brown.
And the afd gaining power just a symptom of the younger generation getting targeted by the camouflaged propaganda media.
Yea, we all are from all sudes always, though the younger gens are far more susceptible.
Banning the AfD is just not enough - right-wing extremism doesn't disappear if you ban the party. We need policies that improve the populations state of living to avoid them falling for another populist party.
It's a start though. As long as they can't legally get elected, they can't change the system from the inside. The NSDAP was a legally elected party.
Sure, but it's a bandaid, not a long-term solution.
The other way around, banning AfD is a very harmful thing to do.
The good thing to do would be to put its important figures in jail for mafia activity, which would also lead to many people outside of AfD, be a non-conditional improvement for the society and kill that party very quickly.
There is that mafia activity and it will be found if it's looked for.
Germanst will ban every group protesting against genocide before they ban the people doing a Nazi salute.
Ban the shit out of these fascists mfers.
That's what we needed to do with MAGA.
Fuck no!
They're self-identifying.
We needed to execute Trump for treason, then everyone with a Maga had should have been tracked for life as potential security threats.
Trump should serve as a warning. Get the fascists before they get you. These far-right parties will all be looking to emulate Trump's actions if they get a sniff of power.
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That’s what we needed to do with the Republican Party. They’re one and the same at this point.
While I don't disagree with you in principle, the reality of having only 1 political party after this also doesn't look particularly good.
Ideally if it happened the dems would just become the right wing party and other actually left wing parties would appear. But with how screwed up the election system is in America we'd just end up in same place 😭
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2025: AfD is banned
2026: New party is forned, Germans for an Alternative, or Deutsch für eine Alternative (DfA)
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(You know what this means: The only good nazi is a dead one)
If they are banned they cant form a party or join another party again, this is by law
It still sucks up a lot of their money and disables funding through taxes for a time
Any follow up organization is also banned. So if a new organization forms it will be much easier to see if they are a follow up organization and dissolve it right away.
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Exactly this happened with the extreme right in Flanders (Belgium). They were convicted for racism and promptly refounded themselves under a new name.
Ineffectual regulation doesn't work. There needs to be more resolve.
And where are they now?
Still being kept out of government roles, still being dangerously big. Last municipal election they got an absolute majority in one town and got included in one or two coalitions. Last Flemish elections, they were tied as the biggest party with about 25%. While the other big party is also right wing Flemish nationalist btw
The problem I see is people accepting to form coalitions with them. That is centrist (read: milder fascist) behavior.
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