German chancellor condemns ‘fanatics with assimilation fantasies’ after reports about AfD meeting

Learning from history is about more than just lip service,” he added, in what appeared to be a reference to the Nazi dictatorship, which made race ideology, ostracism and the deportation of Jews, Roma and Sinti, gay people and many others the cornerstone of its politics. Scholz continued: “Democrats must stand together.”

  • jakEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    I’m currently entitled to residency, but the AfD got more votes than the left did where I live. Even SPD is getting shitty about immigrants. I’m not certain that it will actually go through before the government changes and I have to jump through different hoops to get it.

    I’d love to have your trust, but I’ve been an immigrant for years and married for months, so I dealt with the ausländeramt alone for much of that time and I’ve seen how much they fuck up (again, they’re overworked, it’s the city’s fault). If in five years I’m still in Germany with no significant issues (and my students’ stories get a lot more hopeful), I’ll start to believe that permanent means permanent.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Good luck bro. I really didn’t want to minimize the struggles of immigrants here, which I’m very aware of. And I hope all Nazis get testicle cancer.

      • jakEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Thanks. You’re good! I actually realized during this exchange that the disconnect is probably because you grew up in a functional country that didn’t tell you you had rights, while showing you that you didn’t.

        • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          Quite so. Germans like to endlessly gripe about Germany, but if you go to almost any other place you realize that this is definitely one of the better places to be in.