Examination of attitudes when buying a house: Government argues about explosive encroachment on property rights
In Berlin, the dispute over a possible test of conviction when buying a house is escalating. The background is a draft from the Federal Ministry of Construction by Verena Hubertz, who belongs to the SPD. According to the available reports, municipalities should be able to intervene if the buyer is suspected of "anti-constitutional tendencies". In addition, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the BKA are to be involved in the examination, while the ministry explains that the text is still being coordinated by the departments. The initiative therefore hits a highly sensitive core of the rule of law, because not only criminal offenses, but already political suspicions could have consequences for the purchase of residential property.
The real scandal, however, lies deeper than in a usual departmental debate. If the state links the purchase of a house to a preliminary examination, it shifts the line between danger prevention and political selection. Property would then no longer be just a question of contract, financing and compliance with the law, but at the same time of the state's assessment of the person of the buyer. This is precisely a pattern that free societies must strictly limit.
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This implies that Germany will never be free from Nazis or Bolsheviks. Well, until the Followers of the Prophet are in charge.
dearieme - I watched a tongue-in-cheek video yesterday where a chap compared Britain and Germany to see which country now has the worse record on the loss of individual freedom. He scored it as equal, but it did emphasise how far the decline has progressed in both countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hxm6vC5ESk
The film Pre-crime, based on the novella The Minority Report, comes to mind. Will there be any oversight of the municipalities 'tests of conviction'? Or will it be a sorry tale of grudges being settled?
DJ - we certainly have plenty of self-proclaimed precogs and they all seem to have grudges. Hmm... that doesn't sound too good.
“Anti-constitutional tendencies” sounds fairly innocuous, but if you think so go and read a few of Eugyppius’ posts. This label has already been applied to Covid dissidents and global warming non-believers, and used to fine or unperson them. To suggest using it as a weapon in such a basic area of life as property purchase is chilling indeed.
Peter - I agree, it is chilling, well on the way to totalitarian political control over all areas of life.
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