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[–] ratel@mander.xyz 73 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

... the AfD, whose Saxony-Anhalt branch is categorised as “right-wing extremist” by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.

More useless labels I see. Doesn't seem to mean anything if they are still allowed to be a legit political party who can take power.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I've come to realize most of our justice system is toothless. ICJ? Useless. EU? Lol. Verfassungsschutz? Nope. The police will enforce copyright law for movies because of corporate interests, but anything larger than isolated cases is too big to address. Law and order are mass hallucinations in the western world, easily exploited by anyone ruthless enough to try. And it feels like we've reached a point of saturation where the ruthless are no longer satisfied with what they were previously able to achieve within the confines of this hallucination, so they're just tearing it down.

What can we do about it? The overlap with anarchism is large: use cash, don't buy from Amazon (or similar), use Linux, don't pay for subscriptions. Don't use AI. They want your money; don't give it to them. Sadly, 90% of the population have no impulse control, or I'm asking them to abstain from the only pleasure they have left in their lives - everything else has already been torn down.

I'm gonna go be depressed by myself for a while.

[–] Bohne93@feddit.org 54 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Fun fact: this useless label is there so the afd can be forbidden, since "right-wing extremist" also means anti-constitution, but our goverment is too busy filling the pockets of their lobby friends.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 38 points 16 hours ago

It's almost like capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

[–] ratel@mander.xyz 4 points 14 hours ago

Exactly, it's supposed to mean something... In theory...