Why’s that? I drove a Cupra Born last week, pretty decent imo. I also drove a VW ID3 and a BMW i3. So far the only European EV I didn’t like was the Audi e-tron. I haven’t driven a Korean or Chinese EV yet, so I can’t really compare. What do you prefer about them?

“The massacre in the vicinity of, but not directly on Tiananmen Square” doesn’t have the same ring to it. The concrete location might also not matter that much in the grand scheme of things

They played in the US?

That would mean getting rid of carry-on and deploying emergency chutes every time which costs 10s of thousands to replace each time and grounds the plane for weeks. Makes sense.

So, all Germans are you fucking racist?

I don’t think so.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/verfassungsschutz-afd-102.html

Kommt ein Verbotsverfahren? Mit der Neubewertung durch das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz dürfte die Debatte um ein Verbotsverfahren gegen die AfD neu entfacht werden. Allerdings gibt es keinerlei Automatismus: Die Bewertung als “erwiesen rechtsextremistisch” ist weder die Voraussetzung dafür, noch ist ein Verbotsverfahren die zwangsläufige Folge.

Translation:

Will a ban procedure be implemented? The reassessment by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is likely to reignite the debate about banning the AfD. However, there is no automatic process: The assessment as “proven right-wing extremist” is neither a prerequisite for it, nor is a ban procedure the inevitable consequence.

The reassessment means that more resources can be invested and that the intelligence services have more tools at their disposal to monitor the party e.g. spying on them and not solely relying on monitoring the media. I think it also means that civil servants cannot be members of the party.

Absolutely. The AfD is careful to walk the line. What they want according to their program is abhorrent and stupid but not illegal. That’s why no party was banned since the 50s, parties know what they can and can’t state publicly.

No, it’s not. The hurdles to ban a political party in Germany are extremely high. Only three institutions can request that the Bundesverfassungsgericht (similar: supreme court) rules on a party’s compatibility with the liberal-democratic basic order. The government, the Bundestag (cf. House of Representatives), or the Bundesrat (cf. Senate). There’s no majority for such a process in either of these chambers or the Government. One of the main reasons is the fear that the court will not rule to ban the AfD and that the court proceedings would just damage the democratic parties and the constitutional order.

I can’t say I blame them. That this process to ban the AfD would be successful is not very likely. The decision would have to be made by the court with a 2/3 majority and several points need to be proven:

They have to be unconstitutional: “Parties which, by their objectives or the behavior of their supporters, aim to impair or eliminate the free democratic basic order or to endanger the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany are unconstitutional.”

However, simply being unconstitutional is not enough: “Rather, there must be an actively combative, aggressive attitude toward the existing order. This attitude must systematically undermine its functioning and, in the process, seek to eliminate it itself.” (From the proceedings of the ban of the communist party)

In addition, the party must intend to impair or eliminate the free democratic basic order. Elimination means “the abolition of at least one of the essential elements of the free democratic basic order or its replacement by another constitutional order or another system of government”.

Furthermore, they also need to have the means to be able to reach that goal.

Because of these high hurdles, only two such bans were successful in the Federal Republic of Germany. In the 50s, a Nazi Party and the Communist Party were banned. No party was sussessfully banned since then.

You can’t just build a hotel in a residential area, that usually goes against zoning laws which Airbnb circumvents

The shadows are on the move. The question is not how do we stop them, the question is what do we want?

Now, that’s important information!

I didn’t downvote you and also wouldn’t, but I get where the down vote is coming from, as your comment adds nothing to the discussion. Which was the original reason for having down votes in the first place, wasn’t it? It’s like… who gives a shit? I also wouldn’t know whether the abomination pictured is newer than 2010 but then again, who cares? Whether Stellantis brands this outhouse on wheels RAM or Dodge RAM or Penisenlarger 3000 doesn’t really matter.

A VW transporter can carry 800kg, a Mercedes Sprinter up to 1.5t and their lengths are not absolutely absurd:

(Pictured is the VW but Mercedes is roughly the same length)

The only thing left then is the towing weight, that’s limited to 2 tons for the Volkswagen, same for the Mercedes Sprinter. But I’d assume that usually people towing more than that in Europe would go for a semi truck anyway.

What are people in the US towing that weighs that much regularly?

Ah, there it is: the one joke Americans are able to make when talking about Germany.

Thanks for fulfilling the quota, I was worried Nazis won’t be mentioned once. Thank you for your service 🫡

Danish kids are also usually not being shot at at school

Who said Vance believes this?

To be fair, after reading his Signal messages: that guy really seems to swallow up his own propaganda, he really seems to be that stupid. Doesn’t mean, the overall government strategy isn’t exactly as described, could just be that Shady Vance is not in on the joke or he also needed to pretend for some others in that chat

Well, duh? Who do you think doesn’t know that?

Not every war crime is a genocide

Cute, you still think you’ll get elections