Never Break Leviathan‘s Sleep!
Why beware of his awakening?
– #Can’t get no sleep![1] –
Let us begin with the usage of words first. It is important that in a community of language users, that words be used with the same meaning. If this condition is met, it facilitates the chief end of language which is communication. If one fails to use words with the meaning that most people attach to them, one will fail to communicate effectively with others. Thus one would defeat the main purpose of language. (John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)
People[2] > Population[3] > Nation[4] > Party[5] > State[6] > Democracy[7] > Chaos[8] > Anarchy[9] > Fascism[10] > Dictatorship[11] ... does that make sense?
From a historical point of view, it should make sense as follows. Prussia had accounted for WW I[12] and lost! The Weimar Republic[13] had been tryin‘ Democracy and failed! Nazi Germany[14] had inaugurated WW II[15], bequeathed Apocalypse on Earth and The Holocaust[16]!
Hey Body of People, wanna party[17]?! Someone else is supposed to be having a turn now, right? Guess who?![18]
As a matter of fact – sad but true[19] – everthing's been said, written and heard about Leninism[20] and Stalinism[21]; Nazism[22], Italian Fascism[23], Frankoism[24] and Real Socialism[25]; Ceaușescuism[26], Kádárism[27] also knick-named Goulash Communism[28] and Titoism[29], having served as the genuine blue prints to subsequent derivative phenotypes of a democratic Totalitarianism on popular sentiment.
Have History‘s long-standing and multitudinous Lessons been learnt? Has everything been understood not to be making it happen again?
Apparently not.
Most recently, the Globe’s gradually shrinking Hemisphere of Sanctuaries of Democracy has introduced phenotypes of Neo-Totalitarianism persistently spreading virally.
Until The Fall of the Berlin Wall[30], the Great Economies[31] in affiliation with the European (Economic) Union[32] and NATO[33] had rather been easy going in regard to cliché-ridden European Depictions of Despotism having stemmed from the Eastern Bloc[34], Warsaw Pact[35] and Balcans[36] altogether.
Back in the day it seemed, the aforementioned Western Alliance of Geo-Political Heavyweights had given a damn shit about exotic Role Models of a Tyranno Humaus Rex elsewhere, e.g. Amin[37], Bokassa[38], Gaddafi[39], Hussein[40], Khomeini[41], Mubarak[42], Mugabe[43], Pol Pot[44] etc. as long as their Domestic Peace was neither being in limbo nor threatened.
In a nutshell, the common perception of Dictatorship used to suggest mainly male Tyrants, wearing natty uniforms – featuring a minimum of ten pounds of medals of honour on their flat chests – big shiny boots, prefering preppy pomaded haircuts, as much as heavy or diminished growth of hillarious beards and ridiculous moustaches.
Quite noteworthy, most recently Russia's Vladimir Putin[45] and China's Xi Jinping[46] have been displaying Empirical Evidence as much as voicing Political Proof of defamating the Ukraine and their European Allies on Fascist Enemy Stereotypes.
Well, Putin’s Assault on the Ukraine is in no way inferior to Hitler’s Blitzkrieg and brute incorporation of Poland[47] in 1939. In fact, the Russian Warlord’s conduciveness to and participation in Xenophobia, Racism and Antisemitism in Present-Day Russia[48] justifying his special operations are not different from Hitler’s racial[49] Prussian[50] connotations to engaging in a Quest for Purity having pushed the Second World War[51].
Curiously enough, Vlad the Great and Xi the Divine have been conducive to fostering a politico-constitutional Ideology implicitly bearing on Stalinism[52] (Vlad the Great) as much as on the German and Italian arche-type Blue Prints of Fascism[53] (Xi the Divine), pursuing the Cooptation and Amalgamation of People – Party – State – Constitution – Jurisdiction, forming a Populus Humanus Monstrum.
Apart from Confucius[54], Marx[55] and Mao Zedong[56] , Xi‘s Fabric of Thought[57] apparently feeds on Carl Schmitt‘s[58] Legalism[59]. Schmitt was the National Socialist's Chief Ideologist having legitimised the Exclusion of Jews, eventually legalising The Holocaust.
Any questions?
In the wake of the Russo-Ukrainian War[60] and its anticipated long-term Aftermath, an Alternative for Germany is likely to be turning the Federal Republic of Germany into a key potential Threat to the G7's, European Union's and NATO's Cohesion by means of safe-guarding Human Rights, Peace in Germany, Europe and The World.
These Sino-Russian Big Shots, i.e. Vlad and Xi have been pretty much overshadowing all of those other European Regimes having displayed vested kinds of Democractic Totalitarianism, most notoriously situated in Hungary and Poland.
Against this backdrop, it's been a kind of a relief to this publication’s author to have investigated quite a number of Entities and Individuals having purposefully kept on developing updated Pictures of the Manifestations of European Fascism in the Darkroom of their Minds, all sharing a common demoninator in the prominence of Gerhard Leibholz[61], having been key subject to their historical and empirical research on the Popular, Political and Constitutional Foundations of Fascism.
To this day, Leibholz has not only been viewed as The Godfather of Germany’s Constitution. His Oeuvre, transcending the German Empire[62], Weimar Republic[63], The Third Reich[64] and the Federal Republic of Germany[65] implicitly reflects on and approves of Italian Fascism’s Democratic Principle of justifying Democracy on the Amalgamation of People, Party and State.
Leibholz‘ Pioneering and Life-Achievement[66] had and still has proven lastingly seminal in regard to shaping Germany’s[67] other European[68] Exposés on Constitutional Drafts and Ratifications.
Susanne Benöhr's[69] research affirms of scrutinising Leibholz's Party-State Doctrine having been present in German Constitutional Law ever since it took effect, casting its shadow on the future.
She uncovers the significant impact of Italian Fascism on Leibholz in elaborating his Party-State Doctrine. Leibholz‘ Ideology of Amalgamating Party, State and (Body of) People renders transparent insight into his elaborate Standards of Methodological Rationalisation and Juridical Justification.
It should also be noted that traditions of usage for can be modified. Otherwise we would not be able to improve our knowledge and understanding by getting more clear and determinate ideas. ... The question becomes, whether things in the world fit our ideas, and not whether our ideas correspond to the nature of things in the world. ... If knowledge is the perception of the agreement or disagreement of any of our Ideas, are we not trapped in the circle of our own ideas? What about knowing the real existence of things? (John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)
Leibholz postulated such a Fusion corresponding with Fascist Constitutional Theory for the Federal Republic of Germany, enacting the Cooptation of Party and State in lockstep with Party and People.
The following survey and elaboration on the innate degree of reasonable Fascism still being present in the German Constitutional Framework and the like in Europe is primarily to serve readers at attaining an understanding of the stunning extent to which the German Constitution – as much as any other Constititional Framework of analog or similar Design – may easily and subtly be repurposed[70] under a Totalitarian Regime, at the least expense of time and effort.
How about taking a closer look at what’s been going on in Germany[71] especially against her historical Post-War II backdrop?
In fact, the viral spread of Global and European (German[72]) Right-Wing[73] biased aggression – to a minor degree peace-driven Left-Wing[74] empathy – favouring Russo-Ukrainian politics[75] and Sino[76]-Russian affiliation among the Populace, won’t merely serve to be undermining resident Democracies in Germany and Europe.
Popular sentiment being persistently as much as creepingly corrupted accordingly, will rather be yielding a Totalitarian Transformation of such diminished Democracies figuratively epitomising Potemkin Villages[77].
Half a century having passed, who‘s recalling the German Democratic Republic‘s[78], more specifically, the Ministry for State Security‘s[79] rigging of Willy Brandt‘s[80] No-Confidence Vote[81] in 1972, guaranteeing his remains in Office.
Does Stasi Agent Günter Guillaume‘s[82] ring a bell?
Correspondingly, who’s recalling their discreet ties to RAF terrorism[83]?
Who nowadays is being aware of Putin‘s[84] former mission as a KGB Officer in East Germany?
Long-standing press releases on Putin’s KGB assignment in Dresden have suggested no active particaption in West-Germany’s politics. However, another story might strongly condradict such findings.
Ready for an Excursus on Vlad’s Very First Coup in 1999[85]?
Demon!
Unfortunately, international press coverage of Putin’s most recent tenor of action and speeches, seems to have unwittlingly echoed Russia’s perceptions of indecent sources having demonised their President.
Postal Office Clerk!
Well you know, The Russian Guillaume[86] Putin has never, neither been a demon, nor a moron or phantom, but has rather fleshed out the poor epitome of tediousness having turned opportunism into a minimally exceptional secret service career on enticing compensation including fringe benefits bearing voyeuristic thrills. Just as well, he could‘ve pursued a career as a counter clerk at a local post office.
No Personality!
So to speak, it’s about time to be putting an end to viral fairy tales on the strong – black-belt – man Putin. His kind of persona[87] epitomises the ability to not to have developed any personality at all.
Coup’utin!
Surprisingly, a true anecdote on his earlier career in St. Petersburg[88] has almost been forgotten, deserving further attention. Most of the corresponding press coverage originated from German[89] newspapers, with the exception of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s report on Prostitutes, Hidden Hotel Camera's: Familiar Tools of Putin‘s.
Skuratov Vs Sobchak!
Making a long story short, during Boris Yeltsin's terminal breaths of incumbency as Russia’s President at that time in 1999, Anatoly Sobchak, St. Petersburg’s Mayor had already been accused of multiple traits of long-standing corruption. Yury Skuratov, St. Petersburg’s Attorney General having assiduously investigated these issues, was about to draft an indictment versus Sobchak.
FSB!
Overwhelming evidence hint at Yeltsin having enjoyed a great relationship with Sobchak on dodgy dealings himself, deploying Putin, the Head of FSB[90] – also a confident of his – to thwarting Skuratov’s task force.
House Of Sleaze!
Shortly after Skuratov’s indicment versus Sobchak had gotten underway, a video out of nowhere, was channelled to various broadcasting stations, allededly featuring Skuratov[91] and two fancy ladies, all barely dressed if not naked going for a gang bang. This incident is said to have taken effect an Intourist Hotel[92] in St. Petersburg.
T. Cook Sending Regards!
By the way, Intourist Hotels a are a peculiar case and definitely a location whose history is worth being studied – please help yourself in the following order specified: NKVD[93]/ODPU[94], KGB[95], FSB[96]/SVR[97], Intourist Hotel.
Wow!
Now, getting back to the main issue, who[98] used to be in favour of the Far-Left, is henceforth shaking hands with the Far-Right tryin‘ the Ride of the Valkyries[99]. Whatever, Governance and governmental politics have adopted extremist views and practice elsewhere, especially in countries no one would’ve believed this could’ve happened.
By the way, figuratively Netanyahu’s Judicial Reform[100] and even Trumps[101] Drumbeats on the Stolen Election bear on the same prerequisites of Fascist Mindset by means of self-referencing Popular Sentiment, a One-Party State‘s[102] Governance and according Customisation of Constitutional Framework.
In this critical context, the according humble publication is not claiming any outcome of a degree near perfect enlightenment. This feature is rather voicing scrutinous competence at questioning two ideopathically wide-spread assumptions; firstly, a Democratic Constitution guaranted the Virtues of Democracy; secondly, Democracy had to be overthrown[103] the hard way, in terms of a Coup d‘Etat[104].
I shan’t here go into the question of how far the structure of our bodies and the constitution of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the state of the brain makes the difference ·between good memories and bad, so that in some people the memory retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others like sandstone, and in others little better than sand. (John Locke, Essay Concering the Human Understanding)
Let’s do our homework and beware of the Sleeper Agent(s)[105]!
Frame of Reference
‘Chance‘ Magoo & The Arsonists!
Alleman(n)iac Transformers in Concert
Behemoth’s Unresolved Simplexities!
Come on, Lyrical Political D‘Mitry
Withstanding Êpitomes of Destrûctiveness!
Fiat Iustitia Et Pereat Mundus
[1] Faithless - Insomnia (Official 4K Video) - YouTube
[13] Weimar Republic (Wikiped)
[17] One-party state (Wikiped) ––– Unity Party (Wikiped)
[18] The Guess Who - These Eyes (Audio) - YouTube
[19] Metallica: Sad But True (Official Music Video) - YouTube
[22] Nazism (Wikiped) ––– Nazi Germany (Wikiped) ––– related as follows: Swastika (Wikiped) ––– Z (military symbol) (Wikiped)
[23] Italian fascism (Wikiped)
[24] Francisco Franco (Wikiped)
[26] Nicolae Ceaușescu (Wikiped)
[28] Goulash Communism (Wikiped)
[29] Josip Broz Tito (Wikiped)
[30] Fall of the Berlin Wall (Wikiped)
[32] European Union (Wikiped) ––– related: European Economic Community (Wikiped)
[38] Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Wikiped)
[39] Muammar Gaddafi (Wikiped)
[41] Ruhollah Khomeini (Wikiped)
[44] Pol Pot (Wikiped) ––– related: Khmer Rouge (Wikiped)
[45] Related features: Come on, Lyrical Political D‘Mitry - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Putin's Echo Chamber - Cal Caleido’s Substack
[46] Related feature: Confucius‘ Candyman Can! - Cal Caleido’s Substack
[47] Invasion of Poland (Wikiped) ––– Invasion of Poland, Fall 1939 | Holocaust Encyclopedia (ushmm.org)
[48] Racism in Russia (Wikiped) ––– Racial Politics in Putin’s Russia - Cornell University Press ––– Xenophobia, Racism and Antisemitism Parameters in Present-Day Russia (ohchr.org)
[49] German science and black racism—roots of the Nazi Holocaust - Haas - 2008 - The FASEB Journal - Wiley Online Library ––– Hitler's Racial Ideology - Content and Occult Sources (museumoftolerance.com) ––– The Quest for Racial Purity - Germans with Mental and Physical Disabilities, African Germans, and Roma (ushmm.org) ––– Tapping into the Third Reich - Beyond Racial State (ghi-dc.org)
[50] National Socialism Before Nazism (escholarship.org) ––– The Origins and Conceptualization of Nazi Figures after the First World War in: Nazi Characters in German Propaganda and Literature (brill.com) ––– The Radicalism of Constitutional RevolutionLegal Positivism and the Weimar Constitution | Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional LawThe Theory and Practice of Weimar Constitutionalism | Books Gateway | Duke University Press (dukeupress.edu) ––– related as follows: Carl Schmitt (Wikiped) ––– Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher? (thecollector.com) ––– Carl Schmitt | The Core Curriculum (columbia.edu) ––– Carl Schmitt, Political Existentialism, and the Total State on JSTOR ––– Historical Background To Carl Schmitt's Philosophy | Linda Ezikeoha - Academia.edu ––– Carl Schmitt and the Concept of Sovereignty – Discourses on Minerva (minervawisdom.com) ––– Carl Schmitt | German Political Realism & Legal Theory | Britannica ––– Carl Schmitt's Nomos of the Earth (core.ac.uk) ––– Constitutional Theory: Schmitt after Derrida (oapen.org) ––– Hobbes, Schmitt, and the paradox of religious liberality (uni-muenchen.de) ––– The Concept of the Human in the Works of Carl Schmitt (uni-bonn.de) ––– A Philosophy of Concrete Life: Carl Schmitt and the Political Thought of Late Modernity (jyu.fi)
[53] Related: European Right-Wing Populist Parties’ Approach toward China: Between Anti-Globalization and Appeal for Diversified International Partnerships (researchgate.net)
[56] Mao Zedong (Wikiped) ––– related as follows:The Maozedongism of Chinese Politics and the Xi Factor (aljazeera.net)
[57] Related: European Right-Wing Populist Parties’ Approach toward China: Between Anti-Globalization and Appeal for Diversified International Partnerships (researchgate.net)
[58] Carl Schmitt (Wikiped) ––– Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher? (thecollector.com) ––– Carl Schmitt | The Core Curriculum (columbia.edu) ––– Carl Schmitt, Political Existentialism, and the Total State on JSTOR ––– Historical Background To Carl Schmitt's Philosophy | Linda Ezikeoha - Academia.edu ––– Carl Schmitt and the Concept of Sovereignty – Discourses on Minerva (minervawisdom.com) ––– Carl Schmitt | German Political Realism & Legal Theory | Britannica ––– Carl Schmitt's Nomos of the Earth (core.ac.uk) ––– Constitutional Theory: Schmitt after Derrida (oapen.org) ––– Hobbes, Schmitt, and the paradox of religious liberality (uni-muenchen.de) ––– The Concept of the Human in the Works of Carl Schmitt (uni-bonn.de) ––– A Philosophy of Concrete Life: Carl Schmitt and the Political Thought of Late Modernity (jyu.fi) ––– related as follows: National Socialism Before Nazism (escholarship.org) ––– The Origins and Conceptualization of Nazi Figures after the First World War in: Nazi Characters in German Propaganda and Literature (brill.com) ––– The Radicalism of Constitutional RevolutionLegal Positivism and the Weimar Constitution | Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional LawThe Theory and Practice of Weimar Constitutionalism | Books Gateway | Duke University Press (dukeupress.edu) ––– related as follows: Gerhard Leibholz (1901–1982) | Jurists UprootedGerman-Speaking Emigré Lawyers in Twentieth Century Britain | Oxford Academic (oup.com): Among the German legal scholars who emigrated to England during the Nazi dictatorship, Gerhard Leibholz is a special case. The accumulation of a number of factors, each of which is in itself of some significance, makes Leibholz an almost unique figure within the community of German émigré jurists in England before, during, and shortly after World War II. It is surprising that Leibholz's time in England did not leave major lasting intellectual traces. He was a constitutional lawyer who had grown up in the Continental German legal tradition, and perhaps the most striking fact when looking at Leibholz as an émigré legal scholar is that his exposure to a very different tradition in England during his exile did not substantially affect his academic views and teaching. This chapter looks at the life of Leibholz in Germany during the 20th century and during World Wars I and II, his educational and academic background, his exile into England, and his appointment as justice of the Constitutional Court in Germany. ––– Gerhard Leibholz, Costantino Mortati and the ideological roots of postwar party democracy in Germany (uu.nl) ––– Constitutionalism in Germany and the Federal Constitutional Court, by Edward C. McWhinney, with an Introduction by Gerhard Leibholz (Leyden: A. W. Sythoff, 1962). Pp. 71. (lsu.edu) ––– Gerhard Leibholz, Modern Democracy and Its Law - ProQuest ––– Old Weimar meets New Political Economy - Gerhard Leibholz im pact on Democratic Representation in the Party State (mpg.de) ––– related as follows: The Leibholz-Schmitt connection's formative influence on Bonhoeffer's 1932-33 entry into public theology (scielo.org.za)
[59] Schmitt Fever: The use and abuse of Carl Schmitt in contemporary China | International Journal of Constitutional Law | Oxford Academic (oup.com) ––– Carl Schmitt in China: Why Is He Needed and How Is He Understood? – An Analysis of Chinese Political Constitutional Theory (zchinr.org)
[60] Russo-Ukrainian War (Wikiped) ––– related: Russia’s Far-Right Campaign in Europe | Lawfare (lawfaremedia.org) ––– Russia and the European Far Right (ucl.ac.uk)
[61] Gerhard Leibholz (1901–1982) | Jurists UprootedGerman-Speaking Emigré Lawyers in Twentieth Century Britain | Oxford Academic (oup.com): Among the German legal scholars who emigrated to England during the Nazi dictatorship, Gerhard Leibholz is a special case. The accumulation of a number of factors, each of which is in itself of some significance, makes Leibholz an almost unique figure within the community of German émigré jurists in England before, during, and shortly after World War II. It is surprising that Leibholz's time in England did not leave major lasting intellectual traces. He was a constitutional lawyer who had grown up in the Continental German legal tradition, and perhaps the most striking fact when looking at Leibholz as an émigré legal scholar is that his exposure to a very different tradition in England during his exile did not substantially affect his academic views and teaching. This chapter looks at the life of Leibholz in Germany during the 20th century and during World Wars I and II, his educational and academic background, his exile into England, and his appointment as justice of the Constitutional Court in Germany.
[63] Weimar Republic (Wikiped)
[64] Nazi Germany (Wikiped) ––– Nazism (Wikiped) ––– related as follows: Swastika (Wikiped) ––– Z (military symbol) (Wikiped)
[66] Gerhard Leibholz, Costantino Mortati and the ideological roots of postwar party democracy in Germany (uu.nl) ––– Constitutionalism in Germany and the Federal Constitutional Court, by Edward C. McWhinney, with an Introduction by Gerhard Leibholz (Leyden: A. W. Sythoff, 1962). Pp. 71. (lsu.edu) ––– Gerhard Leibholz, Modern Democracy and Its Law - ProQuest ––– Old Weimar meets New Political Economy - Gerhard Leibholz im pact on Democratic Representation in the Party State (mpg.de) ––– related as follows: The Leibholz-Schmitt connection's formative influence on Bonhoeffer's 1932-33 entry into public theology (scielo.org.za) ––– Carl Schmitt (Wikiped) ––– Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher? (thecollector.com) ––– Carl Schmitt | The Core Curriculum (columbia.edu) ––– Carl Schmitt, Political Existentialism, and the Total State on JSTOR ––– Historical Background To Carl Schmitt's Philosophy | Linda Ezikeoha - Academia.edu ––– Carl Schmitt and the Concept of Sovereignty – Discourses on Minerva (minervawisdom.com) ––– Carl Schmitt | German Political Realism & Legal Theory | Britannica ––– Carl Schmitt's Nomos of the Earth (core.ac.uk) ––– Constitutional Theory: Schmitt after Derrida (oapen.org) ––– Hobbes, Schmitt, and the paradox of religious liberality (uni-muenchen.de) ––– The Concept of the Human in the Works of Carl Schmitt (uni-bonn.de) ––– A Philosophy of Concrete Life: Carl Schmitt and the Political Thought of Late Modernity (jyu.fi) ––– related as follows: National Socialism Before Nazism (escholarship.org) ––– The Origins and Conceptualization of Nazi Figures after the First World War in: Nazi Characters in German Propaganda and Literature (brill.com) ––– The Radicalism of Constitutional RevolutionLegal Positivism and the Weimar Constitution | Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional LawThe Theory and Practice of Weimar Constitutionalism | Books Gateway | Duke University Press (dukeupress.edu)
[67] Cornerstone of Democracy - The West German Grundgesetz, 1949–1989 (gwdg.de) ––– related: Politics and Jurisprudence in West Germany- State Financing of Political Parties (scholarship.law.nd.edu)
[68] Dieter Grimm - The Prospects of Constitutionalism in Europe (nomos-leattualitaneldiritto.it)
[69] Susanne Benöhr - The Fascist Constitutional Law of Italy from the Perspective of Gerhard Leibholz (perspectivia.net) ––– note: Book only available in German in various formats of publication. However, online-translation applications should be rendering sufficient insight into Susanne Benöhr’s findings as follows. In 1928, constitutional lawyer and later on federal constitutional judge Gerhard Leibholz gave his inaugural lecture, which was published under the title "On the Problems of Fascist Constitutional Law". This study represents a largely unrecognised key to understanding Leibholz's theory of the Party-State. Contemporary German and Italian literature are conducive to proving that Leibholz based his Theory of the Party-State, among other things, on the Fascist One-Party‘s role model. The according study is not only of legal-historical interest, but also approves of contemporary legal significance, since Leibholz's Theory has had sustainable impact the Federal Constitutional Court‘s jurisprudence and thus on today's view of Political Parties to this day.
The study is therefore aimed at both constitutional lawyers and political scientists as well as (legal) historians.
[70] Related: DEREX INDEX: According to sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf, “It will take six months to reform the political systems, six years to change the economic systems, and sixty years to effect a revolution in the peoples’ hearts and minds.” His words are yet again proved by the recent news of rising demand for the extreme right all over Europe. This claim is also supported by the findings of the Political Capital Institute’s Demand for Right-Wing Extremism Index (DEREX Index), which measures and compares people’s predisposition towards far right politics in 33 countries using data from the European Social Survey. Demand for Right-Wing Extremism Index tracks changes in those social attitudes that can destabilise the democratic political systems of Europe.
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[72] Note: In pursuance of their political striving for gaining broad national Political Empowerment and eventually Governmental Power, one may also interpret Germany's inevitable Militarisation much more scrutinously. In the wake of the Russo-Ukrainian War (Wikiped) – related as follows: Russia’s Far-Right Campaign in Europe | Lawfare (lawfaremedia.org) || Russia and the European Far Right (ucl.ac.uk) – and its anticipated long-term Aftermath, an Alternative for Germany is likely to be turning the Federal Republic of Germany into a key potential Threat to the G7's, European Union's and NATO's Cohesion by means of safe-guarding Human Rights, Peace in Germany, Europe and The World. ––– related: Alternative for Germany (Wikiped) ––– key holders of public focus competing for governmental power as follows: Björn Höcke (Wikiped) ––– Bodo Ramelow (Wikiped) ––– Germany's AfD shows the populist tide is back - The Post (unherd.com) ––– related as follows: Prominent figure in German far-right party charged over alleged Nazi slogan | AP News ––– Far-right German politician to stand trial for use of banned Nazi slogan | The Times of Israel ––– AfD politician to stand trial in Germany charged with using banned Nazi slogan | Germany | The Guardian
[73] Examining the Kremlin’s and Far-Right Parties Cooperation: Should the EU be Worried? (lai.lv) ––– European Far Right Developing Closer Ties with Moscow - DER SPIEGEL ––– Divide and rule: ten lessons about Russian political influence activities in Europe | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (nature.com) ––– Putin's far right European admirers run for European Parliament in May | The New Republic ––– Russia’s Far-Right Campaign in Europe | Lawfare (lawfaremedia.org) ––– Russia and the European Far Right (ucl.ac.uk) ––– ‘Key to white survival’: how Putin has morphed into a far-right savior | CPAC | The Guardian ––– (Re)mapping the Italian right’s relationship with Putin - Decode39 ––– With Friends Like These: The Kremlin’s Far-Right and Populist Connections in Italy and Austria - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ––– Europeans favoring right-wing populist parties are more pro-Putin | Pew Research Center ––– The Impacts of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Right-Wing Populism in Europe (hal.science)
[74] Don’t ignore the left! Connections between Europe’s radical left and Russia | openDemocracy ––– Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots (economist.com)
[75] Russo-Ukrainian War (Wikiped) ––– related: Russia’s Far-Right Campaign in Europe | Lawfare (lawfaremedia.org) ––– Russia and the European Far Right (ucl.ac.uk)
[76] European Right-Wing Populist Parties’ Approach toward China: Between Anti-Globalization and Appeal for Diversified International Partnerships (researchgate.net)
[77] Potemkin village (Wikiped)
[79] Stasi (Wikiped): The Stasi's function in East Germany resembled that of the KGB in the Soviet Union - it served as a means of maintaining state authority, i.e., as the "Shield and Sword of the Party" ... . This was accomplished primarily through the use of a network of civilian informants. This organization contributed to the arrest of approximately 250,000 people in East Germany. The Stasi also conducted espionage and other clandestine operations outside the GDR through its subordinate foreign-intelligence service, the Office of Reconnaissance, or Head Office A ... . Its operatives also maintained contacts and occasionally cooperated with West-German terrorists. ––– related: Red Army Faction (Wikiped): The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang ..., active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970. The RAF described itself as a communist, anti-imperialist, and urban guerrilla group which was engaged in armed resistance against what it considered a fascist state. Members of the RAF generally used the Marxist–Leninist term faction when they wrote in English. Early leadership included Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin, and Horst Mahler. The West German government considered the RAF a terrorist organization.
[80] Willy Brandt (Wikiped): Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in western Europe through the EEC and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe. He was the first Social Democratic chancellor since 1930.
[81] Willy Brandt (Wikiped): 1972 crisis – Brandt's Ostpolitik led to a meltdown of the narrow majority Brandt's coalition enjoyed in the Bundestag. In October 1970, FDP deputies Erich Mende, Heinz Starke, and Siegfried Zoglmann crossed the floor to join the CDU. On 23 February 1972, SPD deputy Herbert Hupka, who was also leader of the Bund der Vertriebenen, joined the CDU in disagreement with Brandt's reconciliatory efforts towards the east. On 23 April 1972, Wilhelm Helms (FDP) left the coalition. The FDP politicians Knud von Kühlmann-Stumm and Gerhard Kienbaum also declared that they would vote against Brandt, completing the loss of Brandt's majority. On 24 April 1972 a constructive vote of no confidence was proposed, to be voted on three days later. In the event this motion passed, CDU leader Rainer Barzel would have replaced Brandt as chancellor. Vote of no confidence and vote of confidence (1972). ––– related: Willy Brandt – Vote of No Confidence (Wikiped German) – translated: But for his election as Chancellor he was two votes short in the vote. At least two members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Julius Steiner (CDU) and Leo Wagner (CSU), were bribed with DM 50,000 each by the GDR's Ministry for State Security (MfS).
[82] Günter Guillaume (Wikiped): Günter Guillaume (1 February 1927 – 10 April 1995) was an East German spy who gathered intelligence as an agent forEast Germany's secret service, the Stasi, in West Germany. Guillaume became West German chancellor Willy Brandt's secretary, and his discovery as a spy in 1973 led to Brandt's downfall in the Guillaume affair.
[83] Red Army Faction (Wikiped): The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang ..., active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970. The RAF described itself as a communist, anti-imperialist, and urban guerrilla group which was engaged in armed resistance against what it considered a fascist state. Members of the RAF generally used the Marxist–Leninist term faction when they wrote in English. Early leadership included Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin, and Horst Mahler. The West German government considered the RAF a terrorist organization.
[84] Did Vladimir Putin support anti-Western terrorists as a young KGB officer? – POLITICO: Most of what Putin did during the Dresden years remains shrouded in mystery, in part because the KGB was so effective at destroying and transferring documents before the collapse of East Germany. “With the Russians, we have problems,” said Sven Scharl, a researcher at the Dresden archives of the Stasi, the East German secret police, which worked with the KGB on intelligence operations. “They destroyed almost everything.” Only fragments remain in the files retrieved from the Stasi of Putin’s activities there. His file is thin, and well-thumbed. The only trace of any operative activity connected to Putin is a letter from him to Horst Bohm, the Dresden Stasi chief, asking for his assistance in restoring the phone connection for an informant in the German police who “supports us.” The letter is short on any detail, but the fact of Putin’s direct appeal to Bohm appears to indicate the prominence of his role.
[85] Prince - 1999 (Official Music Video) - YouTube
[86] Günter Guillaume (Wikiped): Günter Guillaume (1 February 1927 – 10 April 1995) was a German spy who gathered intelligence as an agent for East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, in West Germany. Guillaume became West German chancellor Willy Brandt's secretary, and his discovery as a spy in 1973 led to Brandt's downfall in the Guillaume affair.
[87] Inside the Mind of the Spy: Agents Struggle in the Shadows (brookings.edu)
[88] Vladimir Putin, Saint Petersburg administration (Wikiped)
[89] Russia – Sex Videos as a Weapon against Political Opponents [Russland - Sexvideos als Waffe gegen politische Gegner (deutschlandfunkkultur.de)]: Skuratov had become a trouble source. He had collected material on corruption in the periphery of then President Boris Yeltsin. In a book, he later described, how he was summoned to the head of the Presidential Administration in 1999, who auditioned the tape and then suggested, he better resign. ––– related as follows: "Kompromat": This is how the Russian secret service derails opponents - WORLD ["Kompromat": So bringt der russische Geheimdienst Gegner zu Fall - WELT]: It concerned then Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov, who took massive action against corruption and tangled with powerful figures from Yeltsin's entourage. [...] In February 1999, Skuratov was summoned to meet with Nikolai Bordyusha, the head of the Presidential Administration and Security Council. Skuratov later described in his book, how Bordyusha suddenly pulled out a videotape. Together they watched the video, which allegedly showed Skuratov in bed with two women. The Prosecutor General should resign "as long as the scandal is not public" Bordyusha is said to have indirectly threatened him. He found the tape on his desk in an envelope. He didn't know where it came from. ––– Russia: Better villain than a loser | ZEIT ONLINE [Russland: Besser Bösewicht als Loser | ZEIT ONLINE]: Of all things, it was a Kompromat story that really got the career of his FSB successor Vladimir Putin going: In the spring of 1999, then Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov had been investigating allegations of corruption that extended into President Boris Yeltsin's entourage. Then a video suddenly appeared: one man, two women, their faces barely visible. For FSB chief Putin it was clear at the time: The man is Skuratov, the women are prostitutes. A short time later, Skuratov lost his post, and Putin rose to become prime minister and Yeltsin's successor.
[90] Federal Security Service (Wikiped): The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF; Russian: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ РФ), tr. Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB. Its primary responsibilities are within the country and include counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of serious crimes and federal law violations.
[91] "Kompromat": This is how the Russian secret service derails opponents - WORLD ["Kompromat": So bringt der russische Geheimdienst Gegner zu Fall - WELT]
[92] Intourist (Wikiped): Intourist (Russian: Интурист, contraction of иностранный турист, "foreign tourist") is a Russian tour operator, headquartered in Moscow. It was founded on April 12, 1929 and served as the primary travel agency for foreign tourists in the Soviet Union.
[93] NKVD (Wikiped): The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел: Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del; Russian pronunciation: [nɐˈrod.nɨj kə.mʲɪ.sə.rʲɪˈat ˈvnut.rʲɪ.nʲɪx̬ dʲel]), abbreviated NKVD (НКВД), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
[94] Joint State Political Directorate (Wikiped): The Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU; Russian: Объединённое государственное политическое управление) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934.
[95] KGB (Wikiped): The KGB (Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), romanized: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, lit. 'Committee for State Security') was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991. As a direct successor of preceding agencies such as the Cheka, GPU, OGPU, NKGB, NKVD and MGB, it was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", carrying out internal security, intelligence and secret police functions. Similar agencies operated in each of the republics of the Soviet Union aside from the Russian SFSR, with many associated ministries, state committees and state commissions.
[96] Federal Security Service (Wikiped): The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF; Russian: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ РФ), tr. Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB. Its primary responsibilities are within the country and include counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of serious crimes and federal law violations.
[97] Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) (Wikiped): The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Служба внешней разведки Российской Федерации, tr. Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [ˈsluʐbə ˈvnʲɛʂnʲɪj rɐˈzvʲɛtkʲɪ]) or SVR RF (Russian: СВР РФ) is Russia's external intelligence agency, focusing mainly on civilian affairs. The SVR RF succeeded the First Chief Directorate (PGU) of the KGB in December 1991. The SVR has its headquarters in the Yasenevo District of Moscow.
[98] A Role Model of an Example – Horst Mahler (Wikiped): Horst Mahler (born 23 January 1936) is a German former lawyer and political activist. He once was a far-left militant and a founding member of the Red Army Faction who later became a Maoist, before switching to neo-Nazism. Between 2000 and 2003, he was a member of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany. Since 2003, he has repeatedly been convicted of Volksverhetzung ("incitement of popular hatred") and Holocaust denial, and he served much of a twelve-year prison sentence.
[99] The Blues Brothers (1980) - 'Ride of the Valkyries' scene [1080] - YouTube
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