In Europe today, talking as a politician constitutes a threat. If you’re already labelled “far-right”, it’s best to quit your job, empty a bank account, and hide away because it’s likely to happen to you. At least you’ve still got the dignity of having done it to yourself.
This is the perception that exists because of attempts to do it to many notable figures and more than a few private citizens. It was rumoured that particular staff members at the University of Oxford once attempted it on thousands of loosely related people.
The fear is that Germany has the same idea. This is because Alternative for Germany, a relatively new party that is contending for more seats in Sunday’s round of elections, is already being put down in history as being a new style of pro-Hitlerian party.
It’s drawn such criticisms from across the world, but America in particular. The press there have drawn swords over a suggestion of fascist ideals in pro-border control rhetoric. It’s a matter of interpretation, but it’s enough to raise suspicions regardless.
