Germany’s centre-Right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD), which are holding coalition talks, have proposed a law that will block people with multiple extremism convictions from standing in elections.

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  • friendlymessage@feddit.org
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    14 hours ago

    Protecting minorities from the terror of the majority and protecting democracy for future generations that cannot vote yet are essential parts of democracy.

    To answer your question:

    Deny the will of the majority of the people

    yes, because what you describe is not democracy, it’s mob rule

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      12 hours ago

      yes, because what you describe is not democracy, it’s mob rule

      First part i agree with you but this one makes no sense to me, you are telling me that its only democracy when people align with your views, if they dont think the way you do “is not democracy”. I dont agree with this one tbh.