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panarkytoday at 4:28 AM2 repliesview on HN

Germany has its problems, but it's consistently in the top 15 most democratic nations in the world.

Calling a solidly democratic nation "fascist" is a rhetorical reversal straight out of the authoritarian playbook.


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p-e-wtoday at 8:45 AM

> Germany has its problems, but it's consistently in the top 15 most democratic nations in the world.

According to what? Some think tank’s “democracy index”, carefully constructed to preserve the illusion that Western countries are free and democratic? That’s begging the question.

antonkochubeytoday at 4:43 AM

Germany’s last officially fascist government was democratically elected

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