Posted on 02/23/2015 8:26:50 AM PST by Olog-hai
One in five Germans believe that a revolution would be the only way to truly reform society, a study released by the Free University of Berlin on Monday shows.
Anti-capitalism, anti-fascism and anti-racism were all are prominent positions according to the study entitled “Against state and capital—for the revolution”, which has revealed a public much further to the left than previously thought. In the report, 20% of the people surveyed agreed with the statement that “Living conditions won’t be improved by reforms—we need a revolution”.
A similar percentage of people said they saw the rise of a new fascism in Germany as a real danger, while as many as a third agreed that capitalism inevitably leads to poverty and hunger. […]
Almost 50 percent of respondents said they had noticed an increased surveillance of left-wing dissidents by police and the state. And 27 percent fear that by spying on its citizens, Germany is on its way towards a dictatorship. …
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