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  • I simply do not believe that refugees or illegal migration are among Germany’s most pressing problems. Nevertheless, this issue dominates the public debate – and in a way that is in fact very harmful. This was already the case in the last federal election and, unfortunately, continues to be the case.

    All this plays into the hands of the right wing, as they construct their usual threat scenarios, which are not only completely exaggerated, but also absolutely counterproductive, because they deliberately ignore essential aspects such as demographic change and the (in parts associated) shortage of skilled workers. Instead, they rail against foreigners with populist slogans such as “German culture is threatened by immigration,” “foreigners are taking jobs away from Germans,” and all that nonsense.

    These people’s billionaire friends, especially the social media moguls, are pushing these fundamentally false illusions out of self-interest.

    As a result, the entire political debate revolves around this one issue, even though Germany has many way more pressing problems: for example, foreign policy, particularly with regard to the regime in the US, the weakening economy, social justice, environmental protection, education, and so on.

    The far-right AfD, which, together with large sections of the conservative camp, is responsible for making the issue of migration so prominent, is not interested in focusing on these much more important issues at all. The reason is simple: The AfD is a neoliberal party that pursues the interests of the upper class (even worse than CDU/CSU). But they hide this fact behind their racist rhetoric. It is exactly the same tactic that MAGA pursues: pretending to stand up for the little guy, but in fact exclusively representing the interests of billionaires, which are of course by no means in the interests of the citizens. To put it polemically: in order to divert attention from rampant lobbying, foreigners are being made the scapegoats.

    If we don’t manage to finally reestablish a meaningful political discourse that addresses the country’s real problems instead of fueling blind hatred, we will end up just like the Americans – with an autocratic regime that is utterly incompetent and corrupt beyond belief, yet at the same time ruthless enough to terrorize its own citizens. We already had such a regime in Germany: namely, the Nazis in the Third Reich.

    So in short, I consider the completely overrepresented debate on migration to be essentially a diversionary tactic. The aim is to obscure the real reasons for Germany’s economic decline and the falling standard of living – foreigners in Germany have nothing to do with either of these issues, but that is what the right wing wants citizens to believe. As I said, you only have to look at the US to see where this leads – a look at Germany’s history would also confirm this, but unfortunately many of my compatriots seem to want to deliberately ignore the horrors of Nazi rule so that they can have a scapegoat for all their problems: foreigners.



  • What I’m getting at is that the shortage of skilled workers in Germany is a significant problem—across many industries. That is simply a fact.

    Another fact is demographic change, which makes it perfectly clear that Germany will be even more dependent on foreign workers in the future.

    Nevertheless, our conservative parties (and the far-right parties anyway) are conducting the migration debate as if there were too many foreigners in Germany. This is extremely counterproductive, because the focus should actually be on how to make it easier to recognize foreign professional qualifications, how to ensure that people are properly trained, and so on and so forth.

    And as for your spurious argument about Merkel: more than 6,500 Syrians work as doctors in Germany, representing a considerable proportion of the medical profession – most of these people came to Germany as asylum seekers and all are making an important contribution to society here. The goddamn Nazis, who think they are better just because they have German citizenship, generally make no contribution to society at all – on the contrary, they are destroying our society with their hateful, stupid bullshit.


  • Well, such measures are necessary when, instead of treating urgently needed foreign workers with respect, you prefer to resort to racism.

    Once again, this is proof of the consequences of the inhumane rhetoric of the CDU, CSU, and AfD: it is completely understandable that no one wants to work in a country where they are treated with hostility.

    But no, the German Government just carries on with their despicable racism and pretends that one of the most important aspects of the migration debate is not that numerous industries urgently need workers from abroad. Since the shortage of skilled workers cannot, of course, be covered by idiotic Nazis, pensioners are now supposed to step in. It’s really unbelievable.





  • As with most authoritarian groups, I think that Maga is primarily driven by fear: on the one hand, fear of the fictional enemies that their demagogues constantly conjure up (foreigners, Antifa, etc.) and, on the other hand, fear of retaliation by their own people or exclusion from the sect if a Maga follower dares to express even the slightest criticism of the leaders of this idiotic movement.

    Only the second threat, i.e., fear of persecution by their own people, is justified, because it actually stems from reality. This allows for the control of both the foot soldiers, whose interests are of course not represented by the leadership at all, and the higher-ranking members, who actually benefit directly from the sellout of the US through nepotism and, in particular, corruption.

    Now that their leader is in office, it is difficult to say what role the fictional enemy images still play. I think the fear of their own people now prevails by a long shot.

    One example that suggests this is the fact that during the election campaign, the MAGA leadership propagated the conspiracy theory of child molesters in influential positions. Now that the election has been won, this topic is being avoided at all costs. The reason is clear: there is some truth to this conspiracy theory—but contrary to what the MAGA leadership has portrayed this ominous group of evil, it is obviously the conservatives themselves who are the child abusers, who are this ominous group of infuencial criminals. This should also have become clear to many MAGA supporters by now, as the administration is, for obvious reasons, doing everything in its power to prevent the announced prosecution of Eppstein’s customers and partners from taking place.

    Now, however, MAGA supporters are too afraid of being targeted by their own people if they demand that the election promise be fulfilled and insist that the influential child abusers finally be stopped, because that would mean making enemies of the MAGA leadership, who are obviously the ones responsible.

    So in short, I think Maga is now mainly operating on the basis of fear of persecution by its own people—as was already the case with the Nazis in the Third Reich. So it’s quite the traditional Nazi strategy really.







  • Until around 2003, Germany was the global market leader in photovoltaic systems. Today, the country plays virtually no role in this industry anymore.

    That’s what happens when you elect lobby-friendly conservatives to government for decades, who refuse to invest in the future and even actively seek to prevent innovation because it harms their powerful business friends.

    That’s what the CDU did back then, and that’s what they are doing today. The only strange thing is that people still don’t seem to understand that it is essentially the CDU whose disastrous policies have caused the German economy to fall so far behind in pretty much all key industries.