All of these big “private” institutions, including and especially the banks, always work hand-in-glove with the government.
It should really be taken for granted that big “private companies” and the government are the same entity, aligned against the general population.
One of the major banks in Austria, Sparkasse, has canceled the bank account of the media outlet Freilich just weeks after the outlet published an investigative report on a meeting involving the German Green Party and its efforts to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Since then, the Steiermärkische Sparkasse terminated Freilich’s bank account, giving the publication four weeks’ notice.
The magazine wrote in response that the bank is not offering any reason behind the cancelation.
“There is none — even when we asked, we were not given a reason. Our ‘crime’ was apparently to practice real journalism outside the left-wing mainstream,” the publication wrote, adding: “This step is more than an unusual business decision – there is clearly a deliberate attempt to silence us. Without a bank account, we are facing an organizational catastrophe: no income, no way to pay bills or salaries, no infrastructure. But one thing is clear: we are not giving up.”
The Freilich report about the Greens’ efforts to ban the AfD was widely covered in the German media, but also by some international outlets, including Remix News.
Freilich notes the pressure is coming at a particular time when parties like the AfD and the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) are at record levels — or near record levels — of popularity.
“Because this attack is not just aimed at us, but at the entire conservative-liberal movement. In a country where the Freedom Party is the party with the most votes, the political competition is clearly trying to use all means possible to eliminate unwelcome voices. After the recent electoral successes of the FPÖ and AfD, the pressure on our like-minded community is apparently increasing,” writes the paper.
It also comes at a time when the German government is not only actively trying to ban the AfD, but the FPÖ’s leader, Herbert Kickl, is also facing criminal prosecution after his immunity was lifted.
It’s sort of ridiculous to imagine any kind of political change in Europe as long as these countries are controlled by the US.
The only possible change would be from a popular uprising, and democracy effectively makes popular uprising impossible, because no one knows who to rise up against, and every dissident voice is channeled into politics, so there is no one to rise up for either.