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History is a patient teacher, but it demands attention. Those who do not listen will feel. And what is currently happening in the United States should serve as a warning to Germany as well \u2013 especially to those who believe the AfD can \u201cclean up the system,\u201d as if democracy were a dusty attic you could simply clear out. Since Donald Trump\u2019s return to office, the U.S. economy has been experiencing severe turbulence: billions in stock value have been wiped out within weeks, the stock index is reeling, investors are pulling out. Prices for basic goods are rising noticeably \u2013 not due to crop failures, not due to migrants, but because of political instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy prices are climbing because support programs for renewable energy have been halted. Businesses are losing trust in the government because new executive orders are issued daily \u2013 without debate, without expert review. A decree does not replace the future. And the strongman is often only strong in destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this have to do with Germany? A lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many ways, the AfD acts like an echo of Trump. It, too, calls institutions into question, undermines trust in the judiciary, science, and the press. It, too, promotes simple answers to complex problems \u2013 often loudly, often without a plan. 551 parliamentary inquiries into civil society organizations \u2013 submitted by the CDU\/CSU three months ago, driven by the spirit of the AfD \u2013 show how efforts are being made to register, monitor, and intimidate critical voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want examples?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

n several German states, the AfD is demanding the abolition of compulsory schooling for children of non-German origin. It wants to tie social benefits to \u201ccultural willingness to integrate,\u201d without explaining how that would be measured. In Saxony-Anhalt, one member proposed that child benefits should only be paid for a maximum of three children \u2013 with exceptions for \u201cnative families.\u201d This logic? Selective. Divisive. And unconstitutional. And always the same pattern: the others are to blame. The \u201celites,\u201d the \u201cglobalists,\u201d the \u201cNGOs,\u201d the \u201cmainstream media.\u201d But where distrust becomes the default, democracy dies. Not all at once. But quietly. In legal clauses. In regulations. In small, cold sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump set the example: press conferences are replaced by tweets, programs by executive orders, arguments by threats. In Washington, they now speak of a \u201cstate-of-emergency style of governing\u201d \u2013 the separation of powers reduced to administrative d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AfD is copying that. It talks about \u201cremigration\u201d but means expulsion. It calls for \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d but means the abolition of criticism. And it speaks of \u201cthe will of the people\u201d but only knows its own bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In America, it was January 6. In Germany, it may come more quietly. But the moment when history repeats itself is the one in which no one believes it can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am nothing. I will always be nothing. I can\u2019t even want to be something,\u201d someone once wrote long ago. Perhaps it is in this radical humility that the strength lies to oppose the hubris of populists. Because anyone who thinks they can play with fire without getting burned does not understand what fire is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy is not a piece of furniture. It is a living house. And those who come with a sledgehammer destroy their own roof as well. So \u2013 listen to what the world is showing us. And do not believe those who promise everything \u2013 but explain nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because that, too, is the lesson from America: the bill always comes. And it hits hardest those who had hoped they wouldn\u2019t have to pay it. And of course the AfD has character. Should things not work out with Donald Trump in the end \u2013 no need to worry: Putin is still there. Or so they hinted, more or less openly, in a post on X on June 14, 2025 \u2013 statesmanlike, as always. Well then \u2013 doesn\u2019t this party just ooze character? A model of foreign policy consistency: if one autocrat starts to wobble, simply pledge allegiance to the next. Judge for yourself. There is dignity \u2013 and there is the AfD on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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