Capelady

[MyBroadband @mybroadband]

National Treasury has proposed giving itself the power to expropriate people's crypto assets should they hold more than a certain amount. https://t.co/e2atcWV1iN

[Torsten Prochnow @TorstenProchnow]

Germany is moving in a direction that should concern anyone who values individual liberty. A new law requires German men between 17 and 45 years old, nearly ten million people or about 26 percent of the population, to obtain explicit written permission from the government before leaving the country for more than three months.

This is a case of history repeating itself. Citizens of the former communist dictatorship of East Germany, the DDR, needed official state permission to leave the country and travel abroad. They had to apply for an “Ausreiseantrag” or exit permit, which was extremely difficult to obtain and often denied. Leaving without permission was considered “Republikflucht” and treated as a serious crime. The state controlled who could leave and when, and border troops killed dozens of people each year who attempted to escape without such permission under the “Schießbefehl”, the shoot-to-kill order.

Such a measure is both tactless and out of place in a modern German democracy. It represents a further shift away from already eroding individual freedoms. The right to leave one’s country is a core element of personal liberty. Conditioning that right on state approval in peacetime is not a minor administrative step. It is a structural change in the relationship between citizen and state, and it is inevitably reminiscent of how the former DDR operated.

The justification presented revolves around military preparedness and deterrence, but this argument does not hold. There is no declared state of emergency, no immediate threat, and absolutely no proportional basis for restricting millions of individuals. Effective defense policy is built on capability and readiness, not on limiting the movement of the population without necessity.

This development does not stand alone. It fits into a broader pattern of ever-expanding state control in Germany. Increased surveillance, tighter regulation, pressure on free expression, broad censorship, and increasing interventions in areas once considered private are no longer isolated trends. They are becoming the norm in a country that was once known as the land of poets and thinkers. Goethe, Schiller, and Kant would turn in their graves if they could witness the steady decline of fundamental freedoms.

Equally striking is the lack of resistance among generally obedient Germans. Measures that in other countries, such as the U.S., would trigger massive public debate and widespread opposition are met in Germany with submissive silence. A society with a deeply ingrained Untertan mentality accepts such encroachments without protest and, in doing so, lowers its own threshold for further restrictions, effectively inviting the state to become even more authoritarian.

History shows that freedoms are rarely removed all at once. They are narrowed step by step, often justified by temporary concerns or abstract threats. Once established, such measures tend to persist and expand. This was also evident during the Covid period, when Germany built up a police-state-like system of control and suppression and never fully dismantled it afterward.

Germany itself has experienced this even more dramatically before. Over the past century, two of history’s most brutal dictatorships were able to seize power in Germany because the population remained obedient and refused to resist early enough.

Germany has never produced a successful grassroots civil revolution of the kind seen in the U.S., France, or England. Instead, a deeply rooted culture of obedience to authority has prevailed for centuries, marked by a strong tendency to comply with state orders and rarely question them.

Forcing citizens to ask the state for permission before leaving their own country crosses a fundamental line, and in Germany, with its dark history, this should trigger every historical alarm bell. A state that moves in this dangerous direction risks undermining the very foundation of a free society. Germany should know better by now.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

He is chanting kill the white farmers to a cheering stadium

[Capelady @capelady2009]

What a nightmare

[Gina @ginnydmm]

I was so worried about NHI but now that the minister has explained it I feel so much better

[Natasha Huckfield @dramadelinquent]

@eNCA Anyone with half a functioning brain will realise that this is the worst idea for SA under this government. They can’t even manage the hospitals they’re currently responsible for.

This isn’t for the benefit of citizens, it’s to fund the anc mafia’s lifestyles

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Former VP at Pfizer, Dr. Mike Yeadon, says there is a plan to kill millions, if not billions of people.

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@Eskom_SA Please show us pictures of the breakdown units...how did this happen? We want evidence.

[Ernst Roets @ErnstRoets]

Stage 8 next? SA hits grim new record as more than half of power generation is offline

https://t.co/LwqL3CZhBW

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@Eskom_SA This is a joke.

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@disclosetv Albern

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NEW - German health minister announces color codes for the COVID app. This system already exists: in China.

https://t.co/guVaflFhXR

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@CityofCT Power was just reinstated in Zone 7

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@CityofCT I did submit a service request...power is still off and nobody answers the phone when calling @CityofCT
reference 9113044189

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@travel_bug_kim @CityofCT Same here in Green Point...we went off at 16.10....why @CityofCT

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@kazzeycpt @CityofCT We are offline since 16.10 but are not supposed to be on stage 4...whats happening?

[Brett Ender 🥩⚡️ @MeatMafiaBrett]

15 things you can do today to instantly improve your health🧵:

[René van der Vyver @ReneVanderVyver]

Can’t wait to spend Easter with family on my grandparent’s farm! While @EFFSouthAfrica is out of touch with reality, debating the “land issue” with false statistics - farmers are working so hard to feed an ungrateful nation. This while facing the danger of #farmmurders

[Capelady @capelady2009]

@uniteus7 @KonynKaptein

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

the CDC has confirmed that natural immunity is nearly FIVE TIMES as effective as vaccination; Johns Hopkins study shows it protects for nearly TWO YEARS

every single person with natural immunity who was fired for being unvaccinated should be reinstated and compensated NOW