“It has been necessary to dwell upon these truisms because the mythologies and metaphysics of etatism have succeeded in wrapping them in mystery. The state is a human institution, not a superhuman being. He who says “state” means coercion and compulsion. He who says: There should be a law concerning this matter, means: The armed men of the government should force people to do what they do not want to do, or not to do what they like. He who says: This law should be better enforced, means: The police should force people to obey this law. He who says: The state is God, deifies arms and prisons. The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.”

Ludwig von Mises [1881-1973]

This quotation comes from near the end of WW2, but one may wonder if Mises had a dream of Canada and the UK in 2025.

Free speech and democracy are effectively dead in Germany. It has now become very clear that one must be a member of the UniParty or else you’ll be accused of being “far right” and banned from running for office. The gents at the Lotus Eaters are disgusted by this latest chapter in Germany’s history.

To save the German people from the totalitarians running their country, perhaps the American government needs to start tariffing Germany, say starting at 50% and then increasing by 25% every month until the amount reaches 200%. Plus, all German politicians involved with this fiasco against the democratically supported AfD, should be banned from traveling to America if this isn’t resolved by year’s end. After all, this isn’t the first time that America has saved Germany from itself.