alt Hacker NewsHistory tells us, that only works in shortest of terms. If anything it raises their anti-establishment reputation (see how NDSAP was banned and it did nothing to stop Hitler's rise).
EU and Germany's woes won't go away with banning a party. You can't have a single currency without a joint fiscal policy (aka federal state).
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fabian2k • today at 10:42 AM
The lesson the US should have taken from that period in Germany is that if a party leader attempts a coup once, you should not let them and their party get elected to finish the job.
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UncleMeat • today at 11:47 AM
What? The opposite is true. It was treating Hitler with kid gloves that enabled his takeover.
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You definitely can, and should.
Letting bigots and racists continue to express these views is extremely problematic.