Is … extremism really a threat?
Yes, usually it is.
Although there seems to be a stagnation in extremist support/world view, especially the young people/youth seem to have a fair share of it. It might not be a problem now, but it will probably a problem for the future.
this is the same shit newsletters would analyse before the nazi regime: “hitler stopped? the rising fascist tide obscured by hindenburg’s victory” - the time 1933
or when trump was about to become president and newsletters said he doesn’t have a chance. how did that turn out?
how often do newspapers want to make this mistake again? is that some kind of mental illness? democracy isn’t something you put on a shelf to collect dust. it needs to be defended, maintained, polished, improved and never taken for granted. because if you don’t do that you won’t get the luxus to choose non violence. and if someone threatens it, you see them as the enemy and never as to unsignificant to become a threat. learn from mistakes. history echoes and you need to be better, faster, wiser everytime the echoe returns.
and stop balancing that shit. you aren’t neutral and never will get neutral accept that. you side is with democracy. you posted that as your opinion on a public plattform. this isn’t possible in an authoritarian state. newsletters can give “neutral” reports only in democracy. everything else is propaganda.
more people being democratic is a stupid analysis since germany doesn’t have a two party system. if you are far right you vote afd but if you are aginst them there are currently four relevant parties and countless irrelevant to vote. so yes: right wing extremism is a problem, because more people being against them doesn’t mean they don’t get the majority in the election. the afd could win even if far less than 20% of germans support them.
The article calls the current day SPD “center-left”. That’s really all you need to know.
