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Politics and society in Germany take seriously the protests of some citizens against restrictive measures. Many fear that the protests may gain momentum because some people in Germany are already feeling the economic effects of the measures and will increasingly press for them to rise.
Some 15,000 people protested in Germany late last week against restrictions on the pandemic. The protesters, who often did not keep a sufficient distance from each other and did not wear masks, are representatives of various social and current groups.
Among them were vaccine opponents (so-called “anti-vaxers”), supporters of various conspiracy theories, populists and far-right activists with near-Nazi views. Violence against the police and journalists also took place during the protests.
All kinds of conspiracy theories
People’s well-founded concerns open up unprecedented opportunities for populists and far-right activists. At the moment, they are trying to tackle people’s legitimate protest, says German Police Chief Holger Munch. And because the pandemic raises legitimate fears, various political speculators are parasitizing people’s fears, instilling rumors of a Jewish conspiracy, a global conspiracy, the role of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda in this conspiracy, the ultimate goal of which was to shrink . population of up to 500 million people, and wealthy people like Gates to make more money selling vaccines.
Such chaotically stitched conspiracy theories do not withstand any serious criticism, but create a common protest channel that unites not only neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists, but also anti-Semites, anti-vaxers, camtraillers, and supporters of the great conspiracy theory. . .
Accusations that tangle in contradictions
Analyzes of the speeches made during the protests show that extremely simple and flat explanations of a very complex complex problem are being discussed there. The speakers offer protesters a clear picture of the enemy and are always looking for a scapegoat, said Patrick Genzing of the ARD.
According to him, the protesters do not even notice the serious contradictions in their argument: on the one hand, they claim that the pandemic was artificially caused, that the virus was specially bred in a laboratory in Wuhan to kill billions of people and enrich units, but on the other hand KOVID-19 was nothing but the common flu.
Such explanations are irrational, but people don’t notice it. What is important is the suggestion that a microscopic world elite is spinning its games and deceiving people through its obedient means to control humanity, and perhaps to erase it. In Germany, one of the proponents of this idea is former cookbook author Attila Hildman, who cites “evidence” that according to inscription on a monument in the United States, humanity should have been reduced to 500 million people.
Undemocratic propaganda
HDZ Secretary-General Paul Tsimyak accused the protesters of spreading “undemocratic propaganda.” These include allegations that almost all of the politicians were puppets of George Soros and Bill Gates. Some of the protesters’ opinions, by the way, are in conflict with the German constitution. Protesters particularly like its “crown dictatorship” wording, even though the German government is loosening the measures.
Patrick Genzing also draws attention to the comparisons that the street makes between Merkel and Adolf Hitler. Former journalist Ken Jebsen, a well-known conspiracy theorist, is particularly notable in this regard. In one of the protests, he spoke of the “Merkel regime” and how “today, as then,” doctors passed “racial laws” and indicated who was healthy and who was ill.
The protests also include far-left activists, Pegida representatives and various ordinary people. The well-known slogan “We are the people!” He raises and calls for resistance against the authorities.
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