This is democracy

Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD—which took second in the recent election—but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.

A screenshot shows Marco Rubio criticizing Germany for granting its intelligence agency new powers to surveil the opposition, followed by a German Foreign Office reply defending the decision as democracy and a necessary response to right-wing extremism. The joke is the apparent contradiction between condemning government suppression of opponents and calling it democratic, making the exchange a sarcastic political reaction meme.

• @antichirst / 19456 2025-05-03