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True, but then again we have lived through that already and know that dangerous parties can be elected democratically. That is exactly the reason why we have this mechanism in place.
An anti democratic party has no right to be elected democratically.
Exactly. Democracy is famously the only system which allows to be dismantled through its own tools. That is why the German system is called "Wehrhafte Demokratie" (defensive democracy) to not end up like the Weimar Republic.
The biggest criticism of democracy is that it might become something else.
Usually when it tolerates the intolerant. That’s why we’re fucked in the US. I hope Germany came stop it before it’s too late, I speak some, and was gonna try and emigrate if the need arises.
Intolerance is only an issue when it is equated with violence. There's no real issue or paradox of intolerance if you equate intolerance with asserting boundaries nonviolently - this is the literal basis of unconditional love.
I fear, that many if not most people do not understand why AFD is an undemocratic party or why this would even matter for them.
I think that problem is closely related to the issue that people think it can not get much worse for them when in reality there is a long, long way down from even the poorest and least represented people in our German society to the poorest people in the worst societies that actually existed in history or even the worst society imaginable with modern technology combined with the rulers from those worst socities in history.
It doesn't matter what people think when they're wrong or pig-ignorant.
I understood the post you are replying to as saying "what will AfD voters do when their party is banned?".
In the case of the Nazis, we don't know because their party was never banned. We don't know what would have happened if the Nazi party had been banned.
I would be interested to know if we have historical cases of far-right parties that could have won the elections but were banned before they had the chance.
Well, let's hope we're about to see that. My guess is mass protests all over Germany and even more massive counter protests right next to them.
True. But who decides what is an anti-democratic party? And by what guidelines?
"Why is the AfD classified as extremist?"
First section in the linked article.
That's a way of defining it - but is that a legal standard?
The applicable law is Article 21 GG:
Key point here is "seek to undermine or abolish the free and democratic basic order", quoth the BVerfG:
It's their own definition so push come to shove they're going to add to it. Overall though the lines aren't new and haven't shifted, that's a quote from a judgement from 1952.
Paragraph 3 is new, that has been introduced after banning the NPD (now "Die Heimat") failed not because they would not be opposed to the free and democratic order, but because they were judged to be too impotent to do anything about it. Previously banned parties include the NSDAP, not under this law but by the allies, then the SRP as it was a successor of the NSDAP, and then the KPD not for being communist but for being run by the KGB and laying siege to parliament. Bans of the FAP and NL failed because the BVerfG said they're not parties so they were banned as associations, instead. Last case is the NPD, the first attempt failed because the state had so many moles inside that the court saw itself unable to distinguish between state and party actions, the second as already said because they're yes, hateful assclowns, but also pathetic. They've been excluded from state funds for six years, the case will have to be judged anew in 2030.
Ah, that's very interesting. Thanks!
The highest german court does. It's beholden only to the constitution. The guidelines are are quite strict and very specific:
"Parties that, in view of their aims or the behaviour of their adherents, seek to undermine or abolish the free democratic basic order or to endanger the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany must be declared unconstitutional (cf. Art. 21(2) first sentence of the Basic Law). According to the Federal Constitutional Court’s case-law, the mere dissemination of anti-constitutional ideas as such is not sufficient. To be declared unconstitutional, a party must also take an actively belligerent, aggressive stance vis-à-vis the free democratic basic order and must seek to abolish it. In addition, specific indications must suggest that it is at least possible that the party will achieve its anti-constitutional aims." From the website of the court
The constitutional court.
The same court that rules if laws are in accordance or in violation of the constitution.