Germany Returns to its Stasi Communist Dob-in Past, By Richard Miller (Londonistan)

Germany's "Advice Compass on Conspiracy Thinking," launched on February 27, 2025, by the Interior Ministry under Nancy Faeser and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth, marks a disturbing turn in the nation's governance. According to Reclaim the Net's March 3, 2025, report, this initiative invites citizens to report friends or family suspected of "conspiracy theories," offering anonymous "initial advice" and potential referral to local centres for further intervention. Faeser justifies it as a means to combat "extremism and disinformation," claiming loved ones are best positioned to spot deviant thought. Launched mere days after the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) doubled its vote share to 20.8 percent in snap elections, the policy emerges amid accusations of "far-right" conspiracism, building on Faeser's record of censoring media. The article frames it as dystopian, hinting at a snitching culture with its ironic nod to the German word for "advice" translating to "rat."

This policy isn't just misguided—it's a chilling echo of the Stasi, East Germany's secret police, reborn under a thin veil of benevolence. The Stasi thrived by weaponising trust, turning neighbours into spies to police not just actions but thoughts, all to safeguard the state's ideology. Faeser's scheme does the same, urging Germans to monitor and report what their loved ones believe, not what they do. Her own words— "they know their family members and friends the best"—could've been ripped from a Stasi manual, where intimacy was exploited to enforce conformity. The Stasi didn't stop at crimes; it hunted ideas, compiling files on millions for any hint of subversion. Now, Germany offers a hotline for "conspiracy thinking," a term left undefined yet poised to target anyone questioning the official narrative. What's the next step—secret dossiers on every sceptic?

The mechanics of this initiative only deepen the Stasi parallel. Anonymous tip-offs lead to an "assessment," and if the state deems it warranted, cases escalate to mysterious 'local advice centres" with no clarity on who runs them or what they do. This isn't transparency—it's a shadow system designed to intimidate, not assist. The Stasi relied on vague threats to keep people compliant; Germany's vague promise of "support" masks the same intent: control. A whispered suspicion can now unleash a cascade of state meddling, all under the guise of helping. It's surveillance dressed up as compassion, a tactic the Stasi perfected.

The timing exposes the policy's real aim: silencing dissent, not curbing conspiracies. The AfD's electoral rise rattled the establishment, and this "Advice Compass" dropped like a calculated counterstrike. It's no accident—branding AfD supporters or any sceptic as a "conspiracy theorist" greenlights their surveillance. The Stasi crushed political threats under the pretext of public safety; Faeser's following suit, cloaking her power grab as a noble fight against "extremism." But who defines extremism? The same government that's already banned media it dislikes, proving it sees free thought as the enemy. This isn't about protecting society—it's about protecting the ruling globalist elites.

The hypocrisy is infuriating. Germany, a nation that prides itself on rising from the Stasi's ashes to embrace democracy, now mimics its darkest tactics. The article's "rat" pun isn't just clever—it's a warning. This policy breeds a snitch culture, tearing apart social trust for the state's gain, just as the Stasi turned half of East Germany into informants. Faeser's pious rhetoric about "holistic fighting" against disinformation is a sham—it's a holistic assault on liberty, dignity, and the right to an independent mind. This isn't advice; it's coercion. It's not a compass; it's a cage. The German government isn't safeguarding democracy—it's strangling it, Stasi-style, and every citizen should recoil at this betrayal. History gave Germany this lesson once; it's disgraceful they're begging for an encore.

https://reclaimthenet.org/germany-advice-compass-conspiracy-theories-reporting

"Germany's Interior Ministry, headed by Nancy Faeser – known for banning media outlets – and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth have launched a project dubbed, "Advice Compass on Conspiracy Thinking."

The center is there to provide advice to anyone who "suspect their friends or family members have fallen victim to conspiracy theories," according to the Interior Ministry.

You can't make this up, and Germany's current authorities are no pioneers here. In one form or another, the "spying starts at home" policy – trying to get people to make the state's population surveillance job easier – has existed before.

But, worryingly, that was/is under some of the most repressive regimes in recent history.

As serious as the matter is, hilariously enough, the German word for "advice" happens to be – "rat."

"Holistic" is how Faeser chose to describe this approach and the inclusion of the "advice" center into Germany's overall fight against what the authorities consider to be extremism and disinformation.

Faeser chose to justify the project by linking the issue of conspiracy theories with disinformation and lies, and as has become the habit over these last years, assigning immense power to these phenomena ("They are spread deliberately to divide our society and destroy trust in independent science, free media or democratic institutions.")

From there on, Faeser hypothesizes that conspiracy theories "can" lead to extremism, crimes, and violence.

She then goes down to explaining why it's important to keep an eye on your loved ones and report them to the authorities should the first element in this long chain of "harms" forced together – namely, conspiracy theories – be detected.

Faeser observes that people know their family members and friends the best, and are therefore uniquely positioned to know what they think (this is, after all, about policing citizens' thinking, not actions).

But what to do if a person in your life thinks differently, and cannot be persuaded to change their mind and agree with you? Maybe let them think about what they like?

Not according to Faeser and her political and NGO allies. Hence – "the Compass on Conspiracy Thinking contact point," is now available to citizens across Germany.

"The first appointment is for anonymous initial advice and assessment of individual needs," a statement explained, adding, "If the initial consultation reveals a longer-term need for advice, the subsequent advice process is passed on to a local advice center."