People need to organize measures to have public SERVANTS who issue mandates like rulers to be put in stockades & flogged for undemocratic oppressive acts.
It's already been thoroughly explained in a famous Austrian's book exactly why you can never rely on a parliamentary democratic system except to choose these sad excuses of human refuse who are readily pushed about by oligarchical and international financial interests. Many political theorists besides make the case well enough, but his remains the most erudite and grounded in practice rather than theory.
Are you hiding memes under the floorboards? "Democracy" means shut up and obey the "experts". "German Political Insanity Update" sounds fun until it's not...
That's really the issue, isn't it? Our "elites" are no longer any such thing. The long march through the institutions and the attacks on tradition and morals have produced a ruling class that's too stupid to do its job competently, and too corrupt to care. We are living in Bizarro World.
As the unofficial spokesman and gatekeeper of the worldwide inner web, I am pleased to announce you have won the internet to. Day, you also receive bonus points for introducing a new word into the lexicon. absolutely love it, Job well done sir.
The German state was constructed with censorship, including prison terms, as its backbone. All the freedoms in the 1947-49 Basic Law can be overridden by the state without recourse using the “threat to democracy” dodge that is now spreading out of Germany all across what we refer to as “the West”. The US at least in theory has constitutional protections that limit the scope of state action, but these are under attack in academe and by the organs of state security, who knows if they will stand.
yes. exactly this. there is no stronger motivator on earth than the fear of losing something. the fear of losing power is more powerful than a thousand suns.
these commies and the mockingbirds are trying to wrap all this up into seemingly complicated arguments about "misinformation" and the twisting of reality, but at the end of the day, they want control.
they're just pouting because they no longer control the flow of information and curating it to fit their preferred narratives so they can dictate their preferred political outcomes.
I'm old enough to remember when politicians were clever enough and spoke well enough to actually influence others to their way of thinking. That was even considered part of the job and one of the ways they kept power.
The crazy continues. Free thinking is dangerous and must be abolished by the coercive power of the state! Certain images must be banned before they shape ideas in the mind! Your ideas are a public good that must be regulated for the betterment of society! You may only think approved thoughts and have approved feelings. It is against the law to dislike a member of the ruling Party!
But how prevalent is all this stuff in the daily lives of people in Germany?
Are the desperate politicans panicking in their own echo-chambers, or is this hysteria infecting everyday life?
Given this hysteria, I have to wonder how many people are planning to vote AfD and not disclosing to pollsters?
And after next Monday, the attacks will have to be against the new US administration. Will that happen? What impact to see Musk et al now part of a US government and not just some rich maverick?
Polling shows that around three quarters of Germans are afraid to express opinions openly, so I'd say, yes, everyday life has been affected in "our democracy."
Have to wonder then, if the current establishment panic (I think that is a justifiable description from what Eugyppius reports) is a reaction to inside knowledge that the AfD vote could be significantly higher than 20%? A bit like in the US where the general view was that the elections was SO CLOSE, and it turned out to be anything but. Interesting times ahead!
You can remain mostly unmolested if you keep your head down and your mouth shut. The same was true for the GDR, which this mess resembles more and more every day.
It's starting to sound like your 'democracy' really is in danger. This is how government leaders talk before the political crackdowns and martial law begin.
When the German people decide that it is time for the establishment to go, will it go quietly?
I agree with WEF influence here. Same playbook every where in the west. It’s as if the set of billionaires (WEF) thought they were getting close to controlling the west when 1 (Musk) now 2 (Zuckie who shoulda stood up to the bullies before) social media billionaires said ‘not having it’. So 2 billionaires vs nn? WEF billionaires?
"These lunatics would like nothing so much as to shut down the entire internet, which is an enormous thorn in their side – not because Musk has occasional conversations with blacklisted German political personalities on Twitter, but because it has given millions of ordinary people a voice. We’re not supposed to have a voice, we’re supposed to shut up."
We have always been supposed to shut up. That’s why civilization was invented. Them damned Neanderthal cave memers, drawing anything they wanted on public property. That had to stop!
that is most certainly true, but in the past at least tyrants didn’t pretend to be anything else. Tyrants masquerading as defenders of rights and freedoms make me extremely uneasy.
My brain is still boggled that Germany has an "Unword of the Year" - taxpayers funding a committee of finger-wagging schoolmarms to tell us what naughty word we mustn't say now.
the thing is, that most tax payers have no idea what their money is used for. I recently read the outrageous things the US govt spent money on (I think it was in Musk's list).
The real irony is the National Socialists were never as tyrannical as any post-war democracy. They understood nothing could be more tyrannical and devoid of virtue than rule by parliamentary vote, where no individual has either authority or responsibility and can readily shift blame on others for whatever decisions made. Even during the war they were no more tyrannical than any of the Allied powers, even arguably much less so.
"Social cohesion," "consensus," "faith in institutions" -- all are platitudinous appeals that help those making those appeals stay in power and do the things they are convinced are "right" for society.
Democracy, in this configuration, is less an expression of the will of the people, or an imperfect consideration of interests and fundamental rights, but deference to people with the right credentials, the right politics, and the right intentions that invariably keep them in perpetual power. It sacrifices messy freedom for an ideology that, if not redolent of condescension, aspires to some flawed idea of social harmony.
Un-effing-believable! Have these politicians not learned anything in school? Did they miss 1989 and what went on before? I don't think those Friday school strikes were already 'a thing' when they went to school!
But yeah, let them forbid X and Facebook and the whole internet - why not, it's not as if e-commerce is important for the economy! Gawd, the thought of having a Merz-Habeck combo as next government makes me shudder ...
Love your work!!!! You’re saying that the AfD is at 20%. Does that include the estimated “silent voters” who make all the right noises, but will vote for the AfD?
polls historically have been pretty accurate when it comes to predicting AfD support in federal elections. Some of them understate it slightly, but only by maybe one percentage point. looking at different polls and trends, I suspect they’re at about 21-22% rn.
i gotta say, if it were not you, E, posting this stuff, i wouldn't believe it. it's unreal.
The reality is they're all narcissist.
There are three things a narcissist despises:
1. To be ignored
2. To be questioned
3. To be mocked.
Fuck em', mock them until they cry...and then mock them for crying...
People need to organize measures to have public SERVANTS who issue mandates like rulers to be put in stockades & flogged for undemocratic oppressive acts.
tar and feather them
It's already been thoroughly explained in a famous Austrian's book exactly why you can never rely on a parliamentary democratic system except to choose these sad excuses of human refuse who are readily pushed about by oligarchical and international financial interests. Many political theorists besides make the case well enough, but his remains the most erudite and grounded in practice rather than theory.
Springtime for Hitler may be real... and not the way Hollywood imagined it.
The book sounds like it's worth reading. What is it called? Thank you.
Mein Kampf ?
Thanks Kerry. (I don't think Germans are allowed to read that book...they have to buy a government version, i think it has historians comments.)
I read 'historians' as 'thought police'.
Exactly. We have no choice but to resist. What I find amazing (and a little discouraging) is that so many have been brainwashed by so few.
Actually no one likes these three things it is the reaction that makes the difference
Are you hiding memes under the floorboards? "Democracy" means shut up and obey the "experts". "German Political Insanity Update" sounds fun until it's not...
it's almost as if the verwy, verwy scarwy memes have entered their blood brain barrier causing irreversible subtardism
Sub-tardism. Oh my word. Is this an inferior form of liberal-tardism? Is this possible?
I offer Mr David Whammy-Lammy KC MP, Foreign Minister of the UK, as an example of sub-par performance.
it's retard on a precipitous decline into "benjamin buttons stupid".
i'm not sure what happens when you breach a zero IQ.
but we're in fuck-around-find-out territory.
Oh I can predict zero IQ.... try these:
Chancellor Rachel Reeeves.
Foreign Minister D Lammy KC
Prime Minister Sir KR Starmer KC
Minister Tulip Siddiq, removed for implications in family grift while remaining an MP.
We have more than enough moronsters on this side of the pond as well
(OMG the hearings have been hysterical)
I must remember that one "moronsters" - what a brilliant description.... thanks for that one
That's really the issue, isn't it? Our "elites" are no longer any such thing. The long march through the institutions and the attacks on tradition and morals have produced a ruling class that's too stupid to do its job competently, and too corrupt to care. We are living in Bizarro World.
Here you go - Pramila Jayapal. Just listen to any thing she has said in Congress.
There are no dumber females on earth than a Democrat senator.
Nothing like a female D senator stalking off to high dungeon.
Bunch of stupid harridans
Mr. Gardner.
As the unofficial spokesman and gatekeeper of the worldwide inner web, I am pleased to announce you have won the internet to. Day, you also receive bonus points for introducing a new word into the lexicon. absolutely love it, Job well done sir.
Subtard might be the ultimate insult 🤣
I like that one. Subtards - kind of hidden meaning of libtards
Ryan, Did you see? Someone called you Mr. Gardner. hehehe
What a hoot this thread has been, as always, thank you for the laugh. Subtard.
My dog woke from her unending nap to make sure I was okay before she sighed and went back to sleep. :)
Lolol. I've had that happen...but i have two dogs and cat, Jana!...:)
I think Pfizer has a new vaccine for that.
We could follow 'Theee Science'....
Hold on.
That's been totally discredited. Woops.
>sounds fun until it's not...
have to agree - this is getting borderline frightening.
I look forward to GPIU posts weekly!
I find this and the proposal for a 'Pub Banter Law' in the UK to be clear signs of desperation on the part of the authorities.
“The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
Censorship gives them power. No politician ever wants to give up or lose his power.
The German state was constructed with censorship, including prison terms, as its backbone. All the freedoms in the 1947-49 Basic Law can be overridden by the state without recourse using the “threat to democracy” dodge that is now spreading out of Germany all across what we refer to as “the West”. The US at least in theory has constitutional protections that limit the scope of state action, but these are under attack in academe and by the organs of state security, who knows if they will stand.
There are J6ers in the DC Gulag who (presumably) once believed in the Eighth Amendment guarantee of a fair and speedy trial.
“The US at least in theory has constitutional protections that limit…”
Precisely the controversy in the USA.
Never forget how wrong the censors were during Covid
yes. exactly this. there is no stronger motivator on earth than the fear of losing something. the fear of losing power is more powerful than a thousand suns.
these commies and the mockingbirds are trying to wrap all this up into seemingly complicated arguments about "misinformation" and the twisting of reality, but at the end of the day, they want control.
they're just pouting because they no longer control the flow of information and curating it to fit their preferred narratives so they can dictate their preferred political outcomes.
I'm old enough to remember when politicians were clever enough and spoke well enough to actually influence others to their way of thinking. That was even considered part of the job and one of the ways they kept power.
Reagan comes to mind. The last great one. We've been in the desert, so to speak, for a piece now.
exactly. Thatcher was a great one too.
"unfiltered opinions"- oh the horror!
The crazy continues. Free thinking is dangerous and must be abolished by the coercive power of the state! Certain images must be banned before they shape ideas in the mind! Your ideas are a public good that must be regulated for the betterment of society! You may only think approved thoughts and have approved feelings. It is against the law to dislike a member of the ruling Party!
Filters are good for coffee. Not ideas.
But how prevalent is all this stuff in the daily lives of people in Germany?
Are the desperate politicans panicking in their own echo-chambers, or is this hysteria infecting everyday life?
Given this hysteria, I have to wonder how many people are planning to vote AfD and not disclosing to pollsters?
And after next Monday, the attacks will have to be against the new US administration. Will that happen? What impact to see Musk et al now part of a US government and not just some rich maverick?
Polling shows that around three quarters of Germans are afraid to express opinions openly, so I'd say, yes, everyday life has been affected in "our democracy."
Have to wonder then, if the current establishment panic (I think that is a justifiable description from what Eugyppius reports) is a reaction to inside knowledge that the AfD vote could be significantly higher than 20%? A bit like in the US where the general view was that the elections was SO CLOSE, and it turned out to be anything but. Interesting times ahead!
"A bit like in the US where the general view was that the elections was SO CLOSE,"
Germany has First World election procedures, so the pathologies that plague our own here in the US are either inconsequential or nonexistent.
That said, I think the people running the two campaigns had the real data, even if our Mockingbird Media didn't reveal it to us.
Perhaps not. Polling is more difficult than it used to be. Look up "People's Pundit" for an alternative view from a polling expert.
Mockingbird media. Love it. :) Gonna steal it and will do my best to give you credit, Tamenund.
No credit due, Jana.
The allegations surrounding Operation Mockingbird have been widely-known for years.
You can remain mostly unmolested if you keep your head down and your mouth shut. The same was true for the GDR, which this mess resembles more and more every day.
[This comment censored. For your own good, of course.]
lolol. winner.
wow...you must be a whistleblower!
i hope you get your security clearance revoked for not [redacting] this comment in the interest of national security...
I'm hoping your censored comment is at rest with my censored view.
Now.
When can we run for office in Canada, USA, UK, France, Germany.... Syria?
It's starting to sound like your 'democracy' really is in danger. This is how government leaders talk before the political crackdowns and martial law begin.
When the German people decide that it is time for the establishment to go, will it go quietly?
According to the new definition of democracy, the group think of the establishment is the democracy. Mere citizens just need to stay quiet.
So, yes, this is the WEF / UN / WHO view of democracy in action.
I agree with WEF influence here. Same playbook every where in the west. It’s as if the set of billionaires (WEF) thought they were getting close to controlling the west when 1 (Musk) now 2 (Zuckie who shoulda stood up to the bullies before) social media billionaires said ‘not having it’. So 2 billionaires vs nn? WEF billionaires?
The oligarchs are careful as to who is visible. The real power stays in the shadows.
To be fair, democracy should be in danger. If we've learned anything over the last 100 years, it's that the demon in democracy always rises.
But, then what's next? Indeed.
Let the Demons rise.
The present deserves no less, and less won’t get it done.
Except they’re bluffing pussies
"These lunatics would like nothing so much as to shut down the entire internet, which is an enormous thorn in their side – not because Musk has occasional conversations with blacklisted German political personalities on Twitter, but because it has given millions of ordinary people a voice. We’re not supposed to have a voice, we’re supposed to shut up."
We have always been supposed to shut up. That’s why civilization was invented. Them damned Neanderthal cave memers, drawing anything they wanted on public property. That had to stop!
that is most certainly true, but in the past at least tyrants didn’t pretend to be anything else. Tyrants masquerading as defenders of rights and freedoms make me extremely uneasy.
Well. Didn't tyrants always call themselves the fathers (or occasionally the mothers) of their people? Father knows best 'n all that.
Those tyrants would have no power without the armies of idiots who slavishly obey them. They are even more concerning to me
Deceit masquerades as an angel of light and is a master of trickery & betrayal.
You should be uneasy, E.
Neanderthal 'cave memes' - that had me ROFL!
the comments are always more than worth reading. You can just imagine the meme!
My brain is still boggled that Germany has an "Unword of the Year" - taxpayers funding a committee of finger-wagging schoolmarms to tell us what naughty word we mustn't say now.
Its all part of the 'top down' kommand structure by those stupid enough to think they are better than anyone else. See Libtards.
the thing is, that most tax payers have no idea what their money is used for. I recently read the outrageous things the US govt spent money on (I think it was in Musk's list).
The Germans can't seem to change their spots. The authoritarian national socialists still seem to hold power and want to control the conversation.
The real irony is the National Socialists were never as tyrannical as any post-war democracy. They understood nothing could be more tyrannical and devoid of virtue than rule by parliamentary vote, where no individual has either authority or responsibility and can readily shift blame on others for whatever decisions made. Even during the war they were no more tyrannical than any of the Allied powers, even arguably much less so.
"Social cohesion," "consensus," "faith in institutions" -- all are platitudinous appeals that help those making those appeals stay in power and do the things they are convinced are "right" for society.
Democracy, in this configuration, is less an expression of the will of the people, or an imperfect consideration of interests and fundamental rights, but deference to people with the right credentials, the right politics, and the right intentions that invariably keep them in perpetual power. It sacrifices messy freedom for an ideology that, if not redolent of condescension, aspires to some flawed idea of social harmony.
Once upon a time, normal people in charge allowed Leftists to have freedom of speech.
Once Leftists talked their way into power -- no more free speech for normal people.
Leftists are not normal people: they are the deadly
enemies of all normal people, to be treated as deadly enemies.
Or they win.
Exactly. They never really believed in free speech
By now, we all know that Leftists don't consider normal people to be fully human, so they're "outside the law".
Turnabout is fair play.
I don't know about fair play, but the essential definition of justice is always mutuality. Everybody plays by the same rules, or there ain't no rules.
Spot On...
Your conclusions in the last paragraph are spot on.
Un-effing-believable! Have these politicians not learned anything in school? Did they miss 1989 and what went on before? I don't think those Friday school strikes were already 'a thing' when they went to school!
But yeah, let them forbid X and Facebook and the whole internet - why not, it's not as if e-commerce is important for the economy! Gawd, the thought of having a Merz-Habeck combo as next government makes me shudder ...
Love your work!!!! You’re saying that the AfD is at 20%. Does that include the estimated “silent voters” who make all the right noises, but will vote for the AfD?
polls historically have been pretty accurate when it comes to predicting AfD support in federal elections. Some of them understate it slightly, but only by maybe one percentage point. looking at different polls and trends, I suspect they’re at about 21-22% rn.
Thank you!