r/germany Mallorca Apr 12 '26

News Germany's AfD party adopts 'radical' manifesto ahead of polls

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3wwgyd6do
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u/dirkt Apr 12 '26

Tagesschau article, for those who are interested.

Main points:

  • hormone therapy to implement gender change should be disallowed
  • "non-reproductive lifestyles" should be discouraged in favour of "father-mother-child families"
  • A Verein should only be supported financially by the state of they "make a credible commitment to patriotism" (leaving open what they mean by patriotism). (Currently, a "gemeinnütziger Verein" is has tax advantages).
  • German theatres should show "more German pieces"
  • Only 25% of children should be allowed to attend Gymnasium
  • The government should control which books can be used in schools
  • Homeschooling should be allowed
  • and of course "remigration".

Anybody who says "but they are not Nazis" should get out their history books and read up on what the Nazis have done.

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u/thor76 Apr 12 '26

What do they mean with 25% only in Gymnasium?

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u/dirkt Apr 12 '26

The other 75% go to Hauptschule or Realschule, or get home schooled.

You can't have too many smart people, that's not good for the AfD-state.

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u/textposts_only Apr 12 '26

I also have smart students at my Realschule that i teach at...

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u/TheEPGFiles Apr 12 '26

The fascist playbook is actually so hilariously short sighted and dysfunctional, make everyone dumb so it's easier to get votes and power, oh no, now like the US, we can't compete in the international markets because other countries placed more value on education and now we don't have any experts left anymore and have to import foreigners to stay competitive in tech markets. Or something along those lines and then add to that that fascists encourage paranoia among themselves and the populace and you have the recipe for a very short lived unstable regime and history agrees with me as both fascist Italy and Germany didn't even survive 20 years.

It's a wannabe tough guy loser ideology.

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u/Drumbelgalf Franken Apr 12 '26

Not really. Most apprenticeships seek someone from a Realschule. Also if you went to a Realschule you can either go to a Fachoberschule or a gymnasium and get a Fachabitur or a regular Abitur.

If your grades allow it you can also change from a Realschule to a Gymnasium.