Did my usual voting day routine. Show up at 8 right when they open and then go for a run. I hope we get a strong Germany (and Europe) to tackle our short- and mid-term geopolitical challenges and economic issues, while also staying on track on longer-term climate goals. And no more right-wing nonsense, please.
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Just don't shit post online or you'll be raided by the thought police...
No need to be dramatic.
U didn't see the headline of the 64 year old pensioner who got raided by police for calling Green Minister an imbecile?
Or the 60 minute piece where they talk about all the people they raid for posting racist memes/cartoons?
Maybe take a closer look. The raid was already planned a month before Habeck talked to the police. The old guy had also posted some nasty Nazi content. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/schwachkopf-beleidigung-razzia-bei-rentner-war-vor-habecks-anzeige-geplant-a-c3f0062f-5d9e-49b5-b02e-53693cf4036a
And you know, freedom of speech has to be weighed against the rights of others and responsibility towards society. The internet is a public place. Yelling at people on the sidewalk, trying to mislead them with made-up nonsense, etc is problematic. Why should it be OK online? Cool to do that in private places (online or offline), but public places deserve a bit more respect. So maybe some people should get in trouble for being nasty.
It's obviously a very tricky balance that requires continuous vigilance and negotiation. But I do think we're in a decent place in this regard in Germany.
Maybe I also just don't understand the attraction of shit-posting. Seems pretty pointless to me.
Yeah, because the leftism is going great in Germany (and everywhere else).
Not sure what you mean, the center parties are still the strongest. Not everything follows this caricature of left/right that seems to be so prevalent online these days.
It is rather clear from the outside that the policies in Germany are not centrist at all, but rather, quite leftist.
This easily explains why the "far" right is gaining momentum, things skewed left so hard for so long, equilibrium is trying to reassert itself.
It’s more so been center-left. Interestingly, the far left party also almost doubled their results (to 8.8%).
I suppose that depends on what you consider the center to be. But that is almost entirely subjective of course.
For my sensibilities (and I have visited many times and have many German friends) it doesn't feel centrish at all, but evidently for you it does, it is what it is, difference of opinion/perspective.