The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained ground in three recent state elections, caused an uproar in the Thuringian parliament and triggering another debate on whether to ban the party outright.

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    Killing the head of a terrorist organization won’t help if you don’t fix the underlying issues.He will be replaced in short order, usually by someone worse. Likewise this kind of political movement.

    What the left in Europe (well in my country at least) still doesn’t understand is that they’re not going to fix this by lecturing the populist voters about how all their thoughts and ideas are wrong.

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      As long as it is a political party it is entitled to double digit millions every year in state party financing.

      If it is forbidden, it cannot be refounded with the same people and ideology and their wealth is seized.

      It ia not comparable to “terrorist” organizations, that dont need to abide by some rules of the dominant order in order to be active.

      The democratic system should not actively finance and aid those who want to destroy it.

      Finally the ideology is legitimised every time it can be voted for legally, as it shows the ideology to be considered part of the acceptable political plurality

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      Killing the head of a terrorist organization won’t help if you don’t fix the underlying issues.

      And yet we don’t allow terrorist organizations to campaign for office, officially and supported by tax money, in our societies.