Reply With QuoteI heard there were members of the old German aristocracy involved too.
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Germany says it foiled a far-right coup plot.
The far-right coup plotters had mapped out their own government, with people chosen for cabinet-like roles if they succeeded in overthrowing Germany's elected leaders. That's among the revelations shared by German officials on Wednesday in an update on what they say was a conspiracy foiled by a massive anti-terrorism operation.
At least 25 people are under arrest, including 22 suspected members of a "terrorist organization," Public Prosecutor General Peter Frank said in a brief news conference.
The conspiracy's goal, Frank said, was to overturn "the existing state order in Germany based on democracy, using violence, and to replace it with their own state," according to a translation by Deutsche Welle.
Officials say the suspects include members of several far-right extremist groups and QAnon followers, and people who adhere to the Reichsbürger or "Reich citizens" movement, which holds that Germany's current constitution is invalid.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/07/11411...p-reichsburger
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I heard there were members of the old German aristocracy involved too.
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Aparently 25 guys have a credible plot to take over the entire country. Hell you guys believe the Jan 6 guys posed a credible threat to take over the country too so were not really operating in reality anymore anyway.
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Right extremists are always hoping for the Beer Hall Putsch repeat, where a small movement is defeated, but it comes back huge a decade later. This is even more so in Germany.Originally Posted by tsuke
Is that your hope here, TSuke?
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