Germany Arrests 25 Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government

[Ginger-Pickles]

https://archive.ph/zuJW7

[squarefoot]

So this time is Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpe_Borghese

[markeibes]

It annoys me that they call the person a prince. There is no nobility in Germany.

[guenthert]

All member of nobility lost their privileges early in the Weimarer Republic (1919), but they were allowed to keep their titles. Many chose to drop those as well, but some keep them to this day.

My (one guy on the Internet) impression is that the majority of British still support their nobility (as demonstrated just recently when Queen Elizabeth II died), while in Germany only a minority does. I can't help feeling a bit pity for those clinging to their titles, particularly if they make publicly a fool of themselves like Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (!) [1] or this "prince".

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiatsaff%C3%A4re_Guttenberg

[pifm_guy]

I want to live in a place where overthrowing the government isn't illegal.

Sometimes governments go wrong, and when that happens I want the citizens to be able to get rid of them and start afresh.

And with modern governments having access to a lot of weaponry, it would really be better if that happened peacefully.

[AndrewThrowaway]

"Overthrowing government" is legal. By winning an election.

[kadoban]

That makes no sense. If 25 random assholes can choose to remake the government, that'll keep happening until one group of them makes it illegal.

[trias]

That is what elections are for.