Summary
German lawmakers are debating whether to pursue a ban on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), but many fear the move could backfire ahead of the Feb. 23 national election.
The proposal, backed by 124 lawmakers, seeks a court review of whether the AfD is unconstitutional.
Critics, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, warn a failed attempt could strengthen the party, which is polling at 20%.
The debate underscores concerns over the AfD’s extremism but also the risks of fueling its anti-establishment narrative.
Welp, their inability to make a decision almost ensures they will follow the same technocratic/autocratic path as the US.
Who’d have thought the thing to kill democracy would be Admin rights being tantalizing to techbros as a stand in for authoritarianism.
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technocracy != Elon Musk as president
technocracy is when you have political scientists and engineers as politicians, not billionaires and lawyers.
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That might be what people think the word means when they first hear it, but that doesn’t mean we should use it that way.
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So we should just do away with definitions, and go with whatever people think a word means the first time they hear it? Why?
If one person or a few people have a definition wrong, that’s a thing that can be corrected.
If the majority of people think that’s the definition, and it’s been that way for decades, then you have the definition wrong.
Do you have data to show that a majority of people have been missing “technocracy” for decades?
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When the “good faith effort” requires changing definitions, it’s not a good faith effort from the other side.