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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23060161
Summary
A survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation found that most young Germans (ages 16-30) feel disillusioned with politics, citing distrust, lack of influence, and insufficient avenues for engagement beyond voting.
Only 8% believe politicians take their concerns seriously, and fewer than 1 in 5 feel they can enact change.
Despite this, 61% still see democracy as the best system.
The findings come as Germany faces potential elections after its coalition collapse, with experts urging politicians to better involve youth on key issues like peace, education, and inflation.
What exactly are you referring too?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/world/europe/germany-pro-palestinian-protests.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-germany-palestinian-supporters-say-they-struggle-be-heard-2023-10-19/
Ah OK. But This is in no way The cause of young Germans not believing, that they are being herd. That’s caused because politicians don’t care about the younger generation at all. No one gives a fuck, since we aren’t the group that wins elections.
I think there’s many factors at play. If I had to cast my vote in Germany I would certainly struggle to find a party I felt represented me, and one gets the unmistakable feeling that German politicians are a bunch of old farts who are pulling in the same direction. So I completely see your point, and I agree with it. I think there has been a failure on multiple fronts.
The only positive thing I see is that now that the Wagenknecht psychos have finally split from die Linke, maybe it can slowly begin to establish itself as a party that is not half overrun by Russlandverstehere and ostalgic authoritarians. A real alternative to the SPD is sorely needed.
Less than 1% of rallies have been banned. This rumor/perception does not seem to be true.
Good to know you will only occasionally be arrested for wearing a scarf.
There was a general ban in Berlin for like a month that had to be overturned by a court.
Since then practically all demonstrations with relation to Palestine have faced police violence, often randomly attacking and arresting people, beating up people in custody, denying medical care to people they have strangled or beaten unconcious. Organizers are targeted on trumped up charges to have their homes raided multiple times and the police regularly shows up at their door threatening them, that they are watching them closely.
Meanwhile Jewish people and organizations who are critical of Israels conduct are deplatformed, defamed and called antisemitic by government officials supposedly “combating antisemitism”.
Oh, please, my friend. Articles from 2023? There has been so much discussion, so much debate, lawsuits and political action on the topic of the Pro-Palestina/Pro-Hamas demonstrations in 2024, which you seem to have missed. So maybe try to do some reading before jumping into a thread, which is totally not about Gaza to push some strange agenda?
“some strange agenda”, lol.