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by azeotropic 2954 days ago
No, this was the ironic part: "As a German citizen, I trust my authorities to uphold the laws."
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We all do - we just watch very carefully when those laws are being written down.

This is something we are learning in the UK as sweeping powers "necessary to implement Brexit" are getting pushed through Parliament. Only so very principled MPs are preventing really sweeping executive powers being granted - they are referred to as Henry VIII laws to give an idea how retrograde we are getting