Speaking with constitutional lawyer and former Federal Minister of Defense Rupert Scholz, he said: “Freedom of opinion enjoys such a high constitutional status that it cannot simply be undermined by an executive decision. A medium can only be banned if it represents a revolutionary position, i.e., calls for the overthrow of the existing order by force. But that would then have to lead to criminal proceedings.”
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80 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinSearch 17 Jul
Ugh, I think that the EU in general is becoming aggressive in its policies because economic collapse is approaching. I think that as the inflationary and devaluation conditions get worse, the greater the attack on freedom of expression will be. For example, has anyone seen the Recent news from Spain? dystopian times are coming for Europe like "1984"
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86 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 18 Jul
What about this magazine people start writing on SN?
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65 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 17 Jul
EU is in the verge of a total collapse, be it economics or in ideology.
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146 sats \ 11 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Jul
While I don't necessarily agree, it's important to point out that this magazine displays racist and anti-Semitic tendencies.
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37 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 17 Jul
Racist tendencies and anti-Semitic tendencies are potentially two very different things. It's a scientific fact that many minorities are less intelligent on average (some groups significantly less). Equally, it's a scientific fact that Ashkenazi Jews are on average smarter than pretty much any other group of humans (just look at the absurd number of Nobel prizes that group wins). Nazi Germany wiped out Jews by the millions, an utterly despicable act targeting the best and brightest of German society, so they're very sensitive to anti-Semitism and have special laws criminalizing it in particular.
Depending on what is actually going on, the German government may be criminalizing the publication of scientific facts. We don't know, because the materials published have been censored.
Indeed, this very post may be considered illegal in Germany...
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko 17 Jul
Agree partially. The Compact magazine was disgusting and will not be missed. BUT in a democracy with freedom of speech and freedom of press such opinions must be tolerated
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @oliverweiss 17 Jul
Not, if such opinions are against the law.
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110 sats \ 7 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
Can you blame them? Any criticism of unfettered migration and the omnipresence of the Israel lobby will be characterized as racism and anti-semitism
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26 sats \ 6 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Jul
No. That's why I said I don't agree, everyone has the right to freedom of expression. But everyone should know, including those targeted by their racist and anti-Semitic attitudes, that they are extremists and do not represent European values.
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13 sats \ 5 replies \ @398ja 17 Jul
I think if you make such grave accusations, you should at least provide some evidence, don't you think so?
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3 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Jul
You can find them in practically all their magazines. Because it's so easy to find, I don't think it's necessary.
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13 sats \ 3 replies \ @398ja 17 Jul
I am not trying to be annoying but I think it is necessary. You've made the claim, so it's on you, not on us, to bring the evidence.
I honestly would like to see. I used to read compact, but a very long time ago, and not regularly, so I'm genuinely interested.
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13 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Jul
I'm not going to waste much time on this because everyone who is even remotely informed knows that this is the case. I'll just leave you with this one.
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24 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 17 Jul
Thanks 0x, for taking the time.
I look at it this way: Considering the magnitude of the failure of the German government on the immigration issue, it's hard for me to blame the actual victims.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
The monthly magazine has a circulation of 40,000
Compact’s editor and CEO, Jürgen Elsässer, a former leftist who lurched to the right and now calls for the “toppling of the regime” in Germany, can appeal against the ban.
He called the raid an “attack on press freedom”, the daily Bild reported. “These are fascist measures by Nancy Faeser. Compact magazine’s funds are all being confiscated. I can no longer pay salaries,” he was quoted as saying.
The far-right AfD made strong gains in elections for the European parliament last month and is in the lead for polls in three east German states in September. Leading AfD officials in Thuringia and Brandenburg states, Stefan Möller and Hans-Christoph Berndt, strongly condemned the government’s Compact ban.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/14/young-germans-afd-european-elections
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/07/east-germany-west-far-right-afd-gdr
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89 sats \ 9 replies \ @TomK 17 Jul
we are living in the European Union and above all in Germany in real time the decline of democratic principles. freedom of opinion, the right to opposition opinion, etc., everything is being trampled underfoot here! this is the failing socialism of the Europeans, which is now moving into the phase of active attack and is acting extremely aggressively
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58 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 17 Jul
This is very alarming. I assume the EU isn't monolithic, though that's the goal. Hungary must be an exception, no?
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144 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
In the most recent EU parliament vote, nationalist parties such as AfD and National Rally made significant gains at the expense of the Green parties
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 17 Jul
yes, but the other communists are now all closer together. i'm still not convinced that this movement will change anything. hopefully i'm wrong about that
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 17 Jul
yes, but the other communists are now all closer together. i'm still not convinced that this movement will change anything. hopefully i'm wrong about that
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68 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 17 Jul
Hungary is indeed a problem for the Eurocrats. A single wolf is not a danger, but if two or three are added, as in the case of Slovakia or possibly almost France, then you have a pack of wolves that could directly attack the nucleus of decentralization.
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45 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
Alternative for Deutschland is gaining momentum in Germany and the EU parliament.
Compact magazine was one vehicle for spreading their message.
Compact magazine monthly circulation was 40,000 according to the Guardian
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13 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK 17 Jul
yes, the strong reaction of the communists to the AFD could give this impression. however, I don't see any great momentum at the moment.
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45 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
Their appeal seems to vary by region. I guess right wing parties are more popular in eastern Germany
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 17 Jul
Oooooh yes.35-40%. Based Germans, not fascists
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67 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 17 Jul
It would be different if they announced they had caught them doing something such as taking money from Russia, organizing anti-Jewish rallies, or mobilizing people to commit crimes but from what I can see none of that is the case.
Giving them the slightest sliver of a doubt it is amazingly poor communication with the public over what the actual legal reasoning was. Instead the German Minister comes across and bragging and celebrating shutting down a rival.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
The police raid and freezing their bank accounts are unwarranted
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 17 Jul
Exactly unless there was some clear violation that the government stated like we did it because they were breaking X law but instead it has been vague statements and really celebratory comments from the govnt.
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65 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 17 Jul
I can foresee an extensive war between both sides. It should be decisive. The left vs the right.
Just thinking, are Germans leftists afraid of the recent results in France?
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57 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 17 Jul
I feel the EU is looking for other problems instead of digging deep and solving the problems they have right now with their economy.
German government is going to get a lot of blowback once their freedoms are taken away, like in WW2.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Enemy_of_the_state 17 Jul
The accelerationist in me sees this as a positive:
#1) it means the statists are losing
#2) people will not revolt until they feel cornered
The more they lash out, the more we win.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @bature_ 17 Jul
Time is what will define the extent of every form of shenanigan in the world today.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul
They can win on appeal but unlikely
This move will backfire because it will only make AfD more popular
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @allmightyrandom 17 Jul
Right wing. Lol
Only if everything that is not left is right.
Maybe you should watch the compact interview with sacharowa. You will find the answer.
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