To quote 'The Day Today', this is "proof, if proof be need be", that democracy is finally for sale.
Honestly, it's pretty ridiculous, don't you think? I wonder if there is a contract of sale involved, like the hired protester won't engage in anything illegal, or if arrested that the person hiring will pay for legal fees etc.
SkyGourmet From Germany, joined Jun 2006, 120 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 888 times:
I read an article about that recently. Yes, it is a very worrying trend, public opinion shouldn't be purchasable. But I guess it shouldn't be too hard to find out which demonstration is real and which one is a setup. The article stated that the protesters can choose whether they want to support a demonstration which they don't agree with.
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Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8357 posts, RR: 47 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 879 times:
When I read this the first time my reaction was very Homer Simpson-like. It baffles the mind; you could however argue that democracy has always been for sale, why shouldn't the lower classes profit from it for a change?
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Pelican From Germany, joined Apr 2004, 2530 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 855 times:
Quoting IFEMaster (Thread starter): or if arrested that the person hiring will pay for legal fees etc.
You won't get arrested for protesting over here (as long as you respect our constitution). Those people get hired from political pressure groups so no danger of getting arrested.
There was an association of physician who hired protesters so they wouldn't have to close their practices.
Quoting Lijnden (Reply 2): Is this really new to Germany? Look at the propaganda reels of Hitler in the 30's and 40's.
This is kind of protest renting is new. The Nazis didn't need to rent people for their cause.
Quoting Aloges (Reply 3): you could however argue that democracy has always been for sale, why shouldn't the lower classes profit from it for a change?
That would be a bold statement.
In the end it's questionable that those people profit from it in the long run. Who hires them has money and probably not a generous reason.
BTW it sounds like a student job. Hmm, I'm one and I'm living close to the political action... I think I've found a knew job
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