Yes

Is this satire? I really can’t tell anymore…

Unfortunately, this is still very relevant today, as the methods used by fascists remain largely the same…

In addition to breaking up monopolies, this should also be one of the focal points of Europe’s efforts to strengthen its defense capabilities. In this context, it seems to me that digital sovereignty is not being given the importance it deserves, given the significance of “cyber warfare” in modern warfare.

Instead, Germany, for example, wants to introduce Palantir across the board. I cannot understand how politicians who are pushing this forward do not even recognize the security risk associated with passing on highly sensitive information to a US company, not to mention the violation of applicable EU and national law. This is not only negligent, but simply criminal.

Here is a link to an ongoing Campact petition that has already collected more than 430,000 signatures against the introduction of Palantir in Germany: Trump-Software Palantir: Über­wa­chungs­pläne stoppen

The decisions of the Supreme Court really have less and less to do with the constitution—now apparently only in the sense that they contradict it in a grotesque manner.

And then also the symbol of a democratic country whose constitution states in its very first article:

(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.

(2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.

What a pathetic moron…

Yes, I’ve heard that too—it probably varies from region to region.

From what I’ve read, the French seem to say “English leave.”

It is a colloquial expression that is only used among friends or at least good acquaintances, as it is somewhat mocking (in a friendly kind of way).

For example, one might say:

“Max hat am Wochenende einen französischen Aufbruch hingelegt.” (Max took the French leave at the weekend - you can also say “…einen französischen Abgang…”)

Or:

“Max hat am Wochenende den Franzosen gemacht.” (Max did the Frenchmen at the weekend)

Both mean that Max left a party or some other social event at the weekend without saying goodbye to the others or the hosts (“Max hat sich aus dem Staub gemacht”).

Trump has made crime a major focus of his administration

Here in Germany, we say “take the French leave” for some reason…

Yes, for the more informed among them, you could call it that, or:

“Strategic ignorance (also called deliberate ignorance or wilful blindness) is the intentional avoidance of information because possessing it would impose costs, obligations, or constraints that reduce expected utility.”

Somewhat sloppyly adapted from Sweeny et al. (2010) and Sims (2003).

There is a word for it, but these people would never think of applying it to their peers because they themselves are the epitome of its meaning, which is in turn evidenced by their inability to recognize this fact: ignorance.

I never liked him with his canned laughter sitcom and his conformist suburban humor—a bit like a pop song that hasn’t aged well, the kind that was successful in its day but is so unoriginal, boring, and unimaginative that no one wants to hear it anymore.

The far right will take credit for this, even though it has probably little to do with it—if anything, only indirectly.

But let them: it will then be even easier to identify their hate speech against foreigners as a key factor in the shortage of skilled workers.

In Germany, for example, there are approximately 68,000 doctors from abroad, a significant proportion of whom (approximately 6,500) come from Syria and entered the country as asylum seekers (source).

So it would be great if we could finally shift the migration debate away from mindless racism and toward meaningful politics—not only because racism is repugnant, but also for purely practical reasons: with dull-witted Nazis, the future cannot be secured; that much is certain.

Thanks, I’ve added that. I think it’s still highly likely that Theo Müller is close to right-wing ideology, but this cannot be proven beyond doubt.

Müller was already one of the biggest patrons of the NPD, a now-banned Nazi party whose members have almost all found a new home in the AfD. He is a Nazi with a long history in these circles.

For this very reason I haven’t bought any Müller products for years. The company’s brands include:

• Müller
• Weihenstephan
• Sachsenmilch
• Almhof
• Landliebe
• Südmilch

The company operates many other brands and is also active internationally, particularly in the UK and Ireland, but also in the US.

Find out more if you don’t want to support fascists.

Edit: As Fesselwurm correctly points out, despite several attempts to ban it, the NPD has never been banned.

The rumor that Theo Müller supported the NDP is unfounded.

Apologies for the misinformation in this regard.

Only if you want to buy regulations, laws, or any other favors. However, I assume that’s not exactly cheap.

Yes, that was indeed a very interesting story:

Zimmermann challenged these regulations in an imaginative way. In 1995, he published the entire source code of PGP in a hardback book, via MIT Press, which was distributed and sold widely. Anyone wishing to build their own copy of PGP could cut off the covers, separate the pages, and scan them using an OCR program (or conceivably enter it as a type-in program if OCR software was not available), creating a set of source code text files. One could then build the application using the freely available GNU Compiler Collection. PGP would thus be available anywhere in the world. The claimed principle was simple: export of munitions—guns, bombs, planes, and software—was (and remains) restricted; but the export of books is protected by the First Amendment. The question was never tested in court with respect to PGP. In cases addressing other encryption software, however, two federal appeals courts have established the rule that cryptographic software source code is speech protected by the First Amendment (the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Bernstein case and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Junger case)…

(Source)

Good. Don’t buy anything from Nazis!

I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here: the government is arbitrarily arresting people because the regime’s private partners earn a lot of money from every person they intern.

IMO this is organized crime in its most ruthless form—indifferent to the suffering inflicted on individuals and the damage caused to society.

And worst of all, this seems to be only the secondary function of ICE for this regime. Its primary function is to build up a secret police force that can be used against dissidents and serve as a safeguard against possible resistance from within the military – why else would ICE need such an astronomical budget?