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Merkel Has a Problem and This One Won’t Be Finessed
https://youtu.be/RJxU8iiyOS0
Mrs. Merkel got into trouble with her own coalition partners because she would not even consider a cap on the total number of migrants allowed into Germany per year. If the organization 120db can attain & maintain an internet presence Mrs. Merkel has a problem that will guarantee her defeat.
Recently, I have come to the conclusion that the best way to define the democratic principle of voting is a “veto” by the citizenry. Citizens do not have the power to institute specific policy changes that is an illusion and an oversell of the power of the vote. However, if a government becomes consistently abusive and obviously so, the citizens will find an electable champion and veto the existing government by voting them out. Mrs. Merkel has gone down a policy dead-end and refuses to admit it with her obsession with the unlimited entry of migrants into Germany. It is no secret that the particular brand of migrants is not assimilating well and are extreme outliers in their beliefs about women and human rights. Women in Germany are experiencing a degradation of their personal freedom as they feel themselves more and more at risk. The government accuses them of prejudice if they speak out and silences objective reporting by the police and other government representatives.
I think 120db will hit a nerve as this is a consistent pattern of behavior by the government that abuses the great mass of its citizenry. This makes the current German government a prime candidate for the citizens’ veto. They will be voted out.
Published in Immigration, Islamist Terrorism
It sounds like the Germany you knew was before East and West Germanys combined again.
And remember that Merkel comes from East Germany, a people who were more dependant on the state, and somewhat resentful of West Germany after reunification, because of the disparities in their economies.
True, they were from the East, mother, uncle, grandmother, and the 2 girls escaped from the Russian soldiers who had come to confiscate any food they had. They lived in a wooded rural area, and when the Russians demanded the crock of honey, grandma dumped the crock over the officer’s head. While his companions were rescuing him from the crock, the family vanished into the forest. Eventually they made it to the West, but grandma got shot when they were racing across the border, but the girls, mother, and uncle made it. I still have a small Porcelain Vase one of the girls gave me. Heard some horrific stories from them.
Extraordinary! What a disgrace Ms. Merkel has become. Let this be a lesson to us. Mass immigration results in disharmony, especially when they come from a culture so foreign and distant that they don’t even have the basic concept of gentility toward women. Urrgh, this makes my blood boil.
Of course this is not restricted to Germany. Don’t forget the United Kingdom grooming gangs.
Ep. 924 Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration
I don’t have the time to listen to all that. Sorry. Immigration should always be in the interest of the host country. Any argument other than that, I just won’t agree, and nor do I care.
Tell that to the Democrat party and the Chamber Of Commerce. Be persuasive.
Agreed. I wasn’t sure where you stood on the issue. Thanks. :-)
Right. I was agreeing with you.
IMO, Mises.org is quite persuasive about “sociological” stuff compared to most libertarians.