German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has banned a major faction of the far-right “Reichsbürger” movement. Some leaders of the group, the “Kingdom of Germany,” have been arrested, including its self-declared king.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has banned the far-right group “Königreich Deutschland” (“Kingdom of Germany”), a faction within the so-called “Reichsbürger” (Reich Citizens) movement, accusing it of trying to establish a “counter-state” within Germany.
The ban came as police on Tuesday conducted raids on the properties of key members of the group in seven German states, making four arrests, including that of Peter Fitzek, the self-declared monarch of the “Kingdom.”
Security authorities believe Fitzek to have founded the group in 2012.
Now do AfD
They’re working on it right this very minute, as we speak.
It blows my mind that there’s anybody out there who would want a king.
I wouldn’t want my country to become a monarchy, but if I lived in England I would keep it for the sake of tourism, since they don’t have almost any political power anyway.
This group calls themselves Reichsbürger, and from my understanding it’s essentially equivalent to Sovereign Citizens in the US.
Installing a monarchy may be the stated goal, but it is not in itself the reason why people join this group. Rather it is about illegitimizing the current government so that they (supposedly) do not hold power over you.
There are various reasons why people would join a group like that, but a common one seems to be that they are running away from the consequences of their actions in one form or another. If the government is illegitimate, then the pain their society imposes (e.g. unpaid fines, mounting debt, etc) is also illegitimate.
The reason for the government’s illegitimacy is irrelevant. All that matters is that the state should be illegitimized in some way.
It should also be noted, that a significant part of that motivation is to avoid consequences they’d face for acting out their right-wing extremist, racist views.
Fines, debt and taxes are only the tip of the iceberg.
It’s not about the form of government, they mainly want to live out their hatred without feeling the reproach of the community.
In Brazil the monarchists get some sympathy because emperor Pedro II was the only competent and halfway decent leader the country ever had.
The bumbling idiot that managed to be the last leader to abolish slavery on the whole continent is now “a halfway decent leader”. Give me a break.
I don’t disagree, but still better than all the other leaders the country had.
The following dictatorship put up a lot of antimonarchist propaganda, but still today abolishing slavery is celebrated by all as an achievement of his government.
(Note: I’m not a monarchist)
I don’t disagree, but still better than all the other leaders the country had.
This is blatantly false, but you’re entitled to have your (wrong) opinion.
Not false, I also don’t like it, but I’m not wrong.
Pedro II put Brazil well on it’s way to become a global superpower.
The only one that came somewhat close was later Getúlio Vargas, but he was an asshole cruel dictator.
Maybe Lula in his first and second terms might deserve a distant third place.
Glad to see germany setting an example by having some actual fkn balls
I feel like this is Dobrindt doing a “see! I’m doing something. Don’t talk about the afd, I’ve already done enough. Don’t you see my hard work?”
Meanwhile the Kingdom group is insignificant and the afd is a real fucking threat to democracy and the lives of many.
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