Posted on 11/19/2016 8:50:04 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
The following article was published on the Breitbart website on November 17 of this year:
Merkel With Obama: Internet ‘Disruptive’ Force that Has to Be ‘Contained, Managed, and Steered’ by Government
By Oliver JJ Lane
Speaking at a joint press conference with outgoing American President Barack Obama on his farewell tour, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made chilling remarks about her views on the need for government to control the internet and slammed anti-Islamisation protesters who she accused of hijacking the German spirit for liberty.
German Chancellor Merkel, who is presently deciding whether to run for a historic fourth term on the strength of her pro-migrant policies which have seen her lauded with praise by President Obama, moved to address populism in her joint address.
Calling the surge of interest in right-wing politics a “wave” that “engulfs us,” Ms. Merkel noted the sentiment “seems to come from the United States,” but in an oblique reference to President-Elect Donald Trump said it was an issue she was dealing with in Europe, too. She said:
“Look at the European parliament. There are a lot of people who are looking for simplistic solutions and are preaching simplistic solutions which are very unfriendly policies. We have them here in Europe, too, we have them in Germany too.”
Apparently blaming this rising populism — politics that are popular with voters — on the internet, the German chancellor implied the internet would have to be subject to restrictive censorship laws as were enacted by many European nations to stem the disruptive effect of the printing press. She said:
“Digitisation is a disruptive technological force that brings about deep-seated change and transformation...
(Excerpt) Read more at thecoachsteam.com ...
Communist, socialist repression! Good luck with that!!
Something the East Germans DID!
Just like our dem0crats...
I’m good with a privately created internet equivalent if it comes to that.
bmp
Merkel the Mad™ with her Stalinist upbringing does not have an inkling of a clue what liberty actually means. Her statement is also in direct violation of the German constitution which forbids censorship. She needs to go to prison.
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Swine.
Who didn’t see this coming?
HERE IS THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE ARTICLE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO THERE INSTEAD OF YOUR PIMPING WEBSITE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/17/merkel-obama-internet-disruptive-force/
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