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  • And while that is good I still see the problem in it. Political mobilisation today mostly takes place online and the ideology underpinning AfD, and other parties like them, aren’t going away because the party is banned. Rather, now the story (to the followers) will be that the German establishment is undemocratic and that society is against them. And far-right leaders can - sadly kind of rightfully… - claim that they represent the most popular party, that the government is scared of them, and that they represent the “silent majority”.

    Now, it’s not easy because you can’t just let them exist forever either, but if a ban is the main measure the root problem just won’t be adressed. Romania banned Georgescu and now they’ll probably get Simion instead…

    And to be clear the true root problem, in my opinion, is the social media misinformation campaigns pushed by China, Russia, and, sadly, USA.