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Chris Hodges's avatar

As somebody born in Germany, but never really felt that I belonged there, I feel disgusted and ashamed by the acting of the "so-called" best democracy in Europe. Hate Police, Gestapo, self-called Blockwarts and denouncers, what's the difference?

My family and I have left the country a few years ago when it became clear that they are heading towards fascism and media, justice system, the left parties and the students and especially the people failed to speak up during the pandemic mayhem. I always said: "Nobody is going to stop the next fascism." And I was right. It repeated itself over the war in Ukraine and now again with the open genocide in Israel.

So I get why you, CJ, go ballistic on that topic (and I, too, get easily upset remembering what they tried to be forced upon us, and I will not forget or forgive) and it surely can only could come as a surprise for people who have slept past the last four years. When the Bundestag extended their definition of antisemitism with criticism on Israel, when they banned and cancelled (pro-)BSD activities, it was all a preparation to kill free speech step by step. The contents of the Grundgesetz are still the same, but are a now being interpreted differently.

I've written it before and I'll write it again: F*ck you, Germany! Such a shame!

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

CJ, I know from your riveting conversations with Catherine Austin Fitts that you, like me, are striving to gain a firmer handle on the financial underpinnings of our present tyranny. I recently read “The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve,” and I think you and your readers would find it as enthralling as I did.

Of particular relevance to this article are G. Edward Griffin’s hauntingly prescient predictions (from 1994!) regarding the use of “hate crimes” to muzzle dissidents.

Toward the end of the book, he presents a fictional dystopian scenario in which he describes violent faux-revolutionaries of the socialist flavor who sound very much like Antifa:

“People are frightened by these violent events and demand the restoration of law and order. They are relieved when martial law is declared. They are happy to see the International Guard patrolling their neighborhoods. They are not resentful of being confined in their homes or arbitrarily detained by soldiers. They are actually grateful for the omni-presence of the police state.

“It is curious that the revolutionary groups behind this violence have not been inhibited by the government. To the contrary, they have been given grants from CFR organizations, and their leaders have been treated courteously by CFR politicians. The CFR media have given them extended coverage in the news and has presented their cause with sympathy. A few dissidents have begun to wonder if the revolutionaries are but the unknowing pawns of those in power and that their primary function is to frighten the population into accepting the constraints of a police state.

“Such voices, however, are quickly silenced. Those who question the government or the media are branded as extremists at the lunatic fringe. Authorities say that they are the cause of our present woes. They are remnants of the old system based on profit-seeking and race-hating. They are guilty of politically-incorrect attitudes and hate crimes. They are sentenced to attitude-correction centers for psychological treatment and rehabilitation. Those who do not immediately recant are never seen again.”

Sound familiar? 🤔

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