The National Democratic Party of Germany, the NPD, would like to say it speaks for the German people. The NPD is often attacked by the mainstream media and ruling powers as an "extreme" right-wing political party; however, judging by the party's recent success, perhaps the German people are starting to see something else that is "extreme": the government that is supposed to be representing the interests of the people here is making no considerations regarding the future existence and well-being of those people.
Looking around, one can see the German government's policies and initiatives for more migrants are being pushed to such an extreme that the Germans living here now are going to subject to a democracy with elections decided by others who are not here yet. Given the fact that the government is specifically pulling in migrants from certain locations, and given the much higher birthrate which they are known for, perhaps we should just go to those countries now and ask what they want Germany to be like in the future. After all: that is what majority-rules, electoral democracy is all about.
Beyond that, even if you believe the 1968 generation rationale that migrants travel to new countries to "take jobs that other people do not want", you have to think of the children. The children of these migrants will either end up competing for the limited number of decent jobs, do nothing and put even more pressure on the overburdened social state, or worse.
Beyond that, even if you believe the 1968 generation rationale that migrants travel to new countries to "take jobs that other people do not want", you have to think of the children. The children of these migrants will either end up competing for the limited number of decent jobs, do nothing and put even more pressure on the overburdened social state, or worse.
So, what is the government doing amidst growing concern about Germany's immigrant dilemma? The government is focusing on trying to ban the protesting opposition, such as the NPD, for "agitation against the people" - Volksverhetzung. But if the accused are simply trying to protect the German people against the ambitions of the current government, which "Volk" - which people - are the so-called "Volksverhetzer" agitating against? The German people? How can that be? And how can the German government be considered a government for the German people if its initiatives agitate against the German people?
These are questions that every German must ask him or herself. Meanwhile, the public's reception of the NPD demonstrates how difficult it will be for people working with the party to reach the people they wish to save.
from "Mother Loses Day-Care Connection," as reported by Emily Harris on National Public Radio
"The way Stella Palau sees it, she was unfairly kicked out of a parent-child co-op because of her political beliefs. Palau is a leading member of the NPD's executive committee, but for about a year, no one at the co-op knew that.
"The first thing was a phone call from one of the mothers who said they were really disappointed and didn't want to see me there anymore," Palau says. "I understood because they have a completely wrong image of us."
Palau chats with her daughter and cuddles her 18-month-old son on a park bench at a playground. She told her nearly 4-year-old girl that the children's center has closed. Palau says she didn't try to talk politics with the other moms at the co-op, but she stuck to topics like children's health and nutrition.
Susanne Mosch runs the co-op. She had never met a member of the NPD until Palau brought her daughter in. "Just like the other mothers, she sat here with us, sang songs with us," Mosch says. "We talked a lot. She was a completely normal mother."
And Mosch was shocked to learn that Palau was a proponent of what Mosch considers "dangerous, extreme views." Now Mosch feels abused. "Of course, no one is here to express their political beliefs, but she intentionally kept back a lot of things," Mosch says. Palau says she's being tarred with too wide a brush.
"My personal opinion is not being heard; it's generalized," Palau says. "In Germany, everything we call right-wing, or nationalist, is bad. And there's no gradation, no differentiation."
She will not say that she has been discriminated against. But the perception is powerful among far-right sympathizers that [they are]. Using the anonymity of online chat rooms, they say the Web is the only space where they can voice their opinions without alienating neighbors or losing customers. (more)
