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Craig Stennett's avatar

A difficult balancing act of course but it does seem that some form of malice is at play here with exclusion.I can only see it playing out as more fuel on the fire for those on anti-Corona demos believing they live in a dictatorship and that they are the real victims! It’s counterproductive.

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REINER LUYKEN's avatar

I think you clearly identify an inherent weakness in the German concept of democracy, which carries the danger of instability by exclusion of a segment of opinion outside the accepted norms. It’s borne out of insecurity. At best, it leads to intellectual stasis through its vilification of different ideas and concepts.

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