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Germany Arrests 25 Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government
- Ginger-Pickles 4y agohttps://archive.ph/zuJW7 https://archive.ph/zuJW7
- troon-lover 4y ago
- markeibes 4y agoIt annoys me that they call the person a prince. There is no nobility in Germany.
- guenthert 4y agoAll member of nobility lost their privileges early in the Weimarer Republic (1919), but they were allowed to keep their titles. Many chose to drop those as well, but some keep them to this day. My (one guy on the Internet) impression is that the majority of British still support their nobility (as demonstrated just recently when Queen Elizabeth II died), while in Germany only a minority does. I can't help feeling a bit pity for those clinging to their titles, particularly if they make publicly a fool of themselves like Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (!) [1] or this "prince". [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiatsaff%C3%A4re_Guttenberg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiatsaff%C3%A4re_Guttenberg
- stormking 4y agoThere are no royal "titles" in germany, just people with a strange surname. Calling that dude a prince or his name a title is just wrong.
- squarefoot 4y agoSo this time is Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpe_Borghese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpe_Borghese
- pifm_guy 4y agoI want to live in a place where overthrowing the government isn't illegal. Sometimes governments go wrong, and when that happens I want the citizens to be able to get rid of them and start afresh. And with modern governments having access to a lot of weaponry, it would really be better if that happened peacefully.
- kadoban 4y agoThat makes no sense. If 25 random assholes can choose to remake the government, that'll keep happening until one group of them makes it illegal.
- trias 4y agoThat is what elections are for.
- vt85 4y ago[dead]
- AndrewThrowaway 4y ago"Overthrowing government" is legal. By winning an election.
- pifm_guy 4y agoNorth Korea would like a word.