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The End of Paternalism – Astonishment Over the Local Election ResultsOn June 9, 2024, local elections were held in the Burgenland district as well. In various places, sadness and confusion were expressed over the high percentage of votes the AfD received. An attempt at an explanation. 
In fact, the astonishment of the established parties, municipal, and city councils over the AfD's success reveals that they clearly do not have all parts of society in view. If you don’t live solely within your own bubble, it was foreseeable that many people would no longer cast their vote for the established parties. They don’t want “more of the same,” not even at the local level. There is widespread dissatisfaction with federal and state politics. The contradictions should be more than obvious even to local politicians. There’s money for bike paths in Peru, while some local roads resemble Third World conditions. Gender projects in China are funded, while local projects must painstakingly apply for grants. Federal politicians spend huge sums on hairstylists and photographers to look their best, while local tax offices reject similar business expenses. India is building numerous coal power plants, while CO₂ taxes here are increased, raising the cost of living. The list could go on endlessly. In Hohenmölsen, the only AfD candidate won 6 seats but can only occupy one. As a result, 5 seats in the city council remain empty. Jan Förster criticized this, for example: This election result does not help us solve our local challenges. It only makes them worse! At this point, I can only thank the city councilors who, through their work in the past term, clearly did not contribute to this outcome. I fear that this result will not motivate more democrats to engage for this democracy. The local challenges are ultimately caused by federal policies. This seems to have become clear to many. Even though attempts are often made to separate local from state or federal politics, such a separation, in my opinion, is simply not possible. The laws made in Berlin inevitably affect the local level and the people. I found Saskia Esken’s (SPD) statement after the election interesting. She claimed the SPD failed to get its messages through to the voters and now needed to work even harder at that. Statements like hers reveal that such politicians clearly misunderstand democracy and their role in it. It is not the politicians' messages that need to reach the voters, but the messages of the voters that need to reach the politicians. Democracy means rule by the people—not rule by elected politicians who dictate what the people should or should not do. Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff sees the democratic center under threat. The *Mitteldeutsche Zeitung* quoted him as saying such an outcome must not happen again. The state premiers want to meet to discuss this. Cynics might say: How about making different policies? It’s safe to assume that many people in the country have now realized this. They want different policies and therefore voted for the party that represents the largest and loudest opposition. The many anti-right-wing campaigns and labels like “Nazis” no longer work—especially since many people who are merely highly critical of the government are also being labeled as Nazis, even though they are actually left-wing—at least in the traditional sense of the word. For many, the past few years have triggered a wake-up call. The hypocrisy in politics became increasingly obvious. It is no longer even hidden. It's openly admitted that people were used as guinea pigs, or that, for example, the heating law was a test. Scandals and tax waste without consequences abound. Across all parties, everything is so entangled that “no crow pecks out another’s eye.” The government acts deliberately against the will of the people. If local politicians don’t criticize this, many citizens feel they’re not being represented by them either—and vote in protest. Even if it means empty seats in city councils. The End of PaternalismEven though many people didn’t yet have the courage to show their face at previous anti-government demonstrations, it seems to me that these election results clearly express a desire to no longer be patronized by politics. That doesn’t necessarily mean they fully support everything the AfD stands for. Some do have uneasy feelings about it. But one thing is clear: People don’t want to be told how to speak, what heating system to install, what car to drive, or which nationality they should see as friend or foe. They want more sovereignty, more freedom, and politics that prioritize the people of this country. If municipal and city councils, as well as county representatives, truly take up what citizens want—even those from different political camps—then the results at the next election could look different. But that also requires them to publicly criticize the government. Again and again. It takes more courage to oppose the federal politicians in their own or affiliated parties when their policies are neither sensible nor supported by the people. More and Worse to ComeMany other promises are in the pipeline, which mean exactly the opposite of what people want. Among them is the digital euro, which logically implies the abolition of cash. There would be no need for a digital euro if eliminating cash weren’t the goal—no matter what is being said right now. The obligation for electronic invoices is one step toward making entrepreneurs transparent. The government continues to push ahead with imposing regulations on citizens and business owners to increase their transparency. Loopholes are to be eliminated, and with that, the freedom for independent choices keeps shrinking. Eventually, everything not explicitly allowed will be forbidden. The range of possible decisions gets narrower and narrower. After data collection comes inevitable control and punishment. I expect that artificial intelligence will soon become the control authority. Humans will then only be allowed to act within predefined parameters. The AI will quickly detect anomalies and issue fines. Many administrative employees will lose their jobs. That is the logical outcome, even if many can't yet imagine it. This is the direction politics is moving—or will move. The reins will be pulled even tighter. There are countless examples of how freedom is gradually being restricted through a salami-slice approach. Germany must become fit for war. Conscription is to be reintroduced. Billions upon billions are being invested in armaments. Germans are expected to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine. The direction is clear. You don’t have to be a clairvoyant or a prophet—just connect the dots. Those who didn’t vote for the previous candidates saw all this and much more. The question is whether the others are unable or unwilling to see it. Perhaps those who are surprised or shocked by the election results should start talking to the people who didn’t support them at the ballot box. These could be enlightening conversations that significantly broaden their horizons. And then comes the question: Do local politicians really want to continue supporting the course set by state and federal politics? Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | vor dem 01.07.2024 |
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