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minus-squarexwolpertinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 days agoAktshually Article 20 subsection 4 of the German Basic Law gives me explicit leeway to shoot the Führer: (4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available. And on his birthday, too!
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoThat is so fucking awesome honestly. “Hey we had someone try this before, if they try again, you are to stop them by any means necessary.” Turns out learning from mistakes and history works.
minus-squareazolus@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoThe wording includes an important caveat: (4) Gegen jeden, der es unternimmt, diese Ordnung zu beseitigen, haben alle Deutschen das Recht zum Widerstand, wenn andere Abhilfe nicht möglich ist. This roughly translates to Every German has the right to resist those who seek to abolish this [free and democratic] order if no other means are sufficient. The conservative politicians/judges have watered it down to the point where you can only violently resist them once democracy has already failed.
Aktshually Article 20 subsection 4 of the German Basic Law gives me explicit leeway to shoot the Führer:
And on his birthday, too!
That is so fucking awesome honestly.
“Hey we had someone try this before, if they try again, you are to stop them by any means necessary.”
Turns out learning from mistakes and history works.
The wording includes an important caveat:
This roughly translates to
The conservative politicians/judges have watered it down to the point where you can only violently resist them once democracy has already failed.