Comedy in Germany

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Dear Hiveans,

today just a short opinion piece about the state of comedy in Germany (esp. German TV).

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I very rarely watch TV. When I did the other day I realized that comedy in Germany is in a very bad shape. It consists of biting mockery of dissenters, aggressive shouting, and is largely just not funny. It has become excessively (almost exclusively) political and is actively spreading extreme left propaganda (examples: heute show, die anstalt or the CCC (communist cocaine cranium) Jan Böhmermann who spreads conspiracy theories (

actively spreads hate and vilifies dissenters generally as fascist - when, in fact, he is the fascist). All of this is financed by GEZ, a compulsory contribution / fee for state television.

When I came of age around the year 2000 there was a rather broad range of comedy shows (Wochenshow, Harald Schmidt and his refreshing nonchalance, Stefan Raab's tv total). There was some political content, but the criticism was by and large balanced.

What happened in these 25 years?

I'd say Gerhard Schröder and Merkel made Germany dependent on Russian gas and on China's markets, which caused rising energy prices. Life in Germany became increasingly expensive for the lower middle class causing discontent. The migration crisis in 2015 & Covid in 2020 further socially divided the country. People who were against (Muslim) immigration, lockdowns or vaccines, were vilified. Those people (25% of the population and growing) were stigmatised as far-right, extreme right, fascist or outright nazi. And the propaganda against this section of the population is becoming increasingly aggressive.

I wonder how long this will continue and whether there will be a (too strong?) countermovement at some point.

Have a great day,
zuerich

Memes...

Liebe Hiver,

heute nur ein kurzer Post über den Zustand der Comedy in Deutschland (insb. dem deutschen TV).

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Ich schaue sehr selten fern. Als ich es neulich tat, stellte ich fest, dass die Comedy in Deutschland in einem sehr schlechten Zustand ist. Sie besteht aus beißendem Spott über Andersdenkende, aggressivem Gebrüll und ist größtenteils einfach nicht lustig. Sie ist übermäßig (fast ausschließlich) politisch geworden und verbreitet aktiv linksextreme Propaganda (Beispiele: heute show, die anstalt oder der KKK (Kommunistische Kokskopf) Jan Böhmermann, der Verschwörungstheorien verbreitet (

aktiv Hass verbreitet und Andersdenkende generell als Faschisten verunglimpft - obwohl er in Wirklichkeit der Faschist ist). Finanziert wird das alles durch die GEZ, eine Zwangsabgabe für das Staatsfernsehen.

Als ich um das Jahr 2000 herum erwachsen wurde, gab es ein recht breites Angebot an Comedy-Sendungen (Wochenshow, Harald Schmidt und seine erfrischende Lässigkeit, Stefan Raabs tv total). Es gab zwar auch politische Inhalte, aber die Kritik war im Großen und Ganzen ausgewogen.

Was geschah in diesen 25 Jahren?

Ich würde sagen, Gerhard Schröder und Merkel haben Deutschland von russischem Gas und von Chinas Märkten abhängig gemacht, was zu steigenden Energiepreisen führte. Das Leben in Deutschland wurde für die untere Mittelschicht immer teurer, was zu Unzufriedenheit führte. Die Migrationskrise im Jahr 2015 und Covid 2020 spalteten das Land weiter. Menschen, die gegen (muslimische) Einwanderung, Lockdowns oder Impfungen waren, wurden verunglimpft. Diese Menschen (25 % der Bevölkerung, Tendenz steigend) wurden als rechts, rechtsextremistisch, faschistisch oder gar als Nazis stigmatisiert. Und die Propaganda gegen diesen Teil der Bevölkerung wird immer aggressiver.

Ich frage mich, wie lange das noch so weitergehen wird und ob es irgendwann eine (zu starke?) Gegenbewegung geben wird.

Have a nice day,
zuerich

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Wenn der aktuelle Vorschlag der Installierung einer linksideologischen Verfassungsrichterin durchgeht, dann ist alles möglich. Dann kann es auch zu einem völlig demokratiezerstörendem AfD-Verbot kommen. Dann brechen dunkle Zeiten an.
Eine Gegenbewegung gibt es, aber die hat keine Chance in so einem Umfeld, relevant zu werden, wo die ÖRR 24/7 Gehirnwäsche betreiben.
In Öst. hatte die FPÖ aogar die relative Mehrheit bei der Wahl. Genützt hat es auch nicht.

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Ja, sehe ich auch so.
Was bleibt AfD-Wählern dann noch? Bewaffneter Widerstand?

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Comedy in Germany today feels more like political propaganda than actual humor.

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I'd say Gerhard Schröder and Merkel made Germany dependent on Russian gas and on China's markets, which caused rising energy prices. Life in Germany became increasingly expensive for the lower middle class causing discontent. The migration crisis in 2015 & Covid in 2020 further socially divided the country. People who were against (Muslim) immigration, lockdowns or vaccines, were vilified. Those people (25% of the population and growing) were stigmatised as far-right, extreme right, fascist or outright nazi. And the propaganda against this section of the population is becoming increasingly aggressive.

Guten tag, Dear @zuerich !
Why do you think Germany became dependent on Russian oil and natural gas, and on the Chinese market?
How do you think Germany can get out of its current economic crisis?

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Very difficult. Build nuclear power plants, deregulate the economy. Create conditions so that qualified and/or rich people immigrate to Germany.

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I think I wouldn't rule out a strong countermovement coming about in the not so distant future. At some point, the pendulum will swing back to the other side. But I don't know if this will also be part of "their" design, to further destabilize and divide the people. Here, "Their" means the powers that be.

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its really sad to see how over the years, people are not able to speak as freely as they used to.
This is also happening in my country too. People are really scared of expressing themselves.

crazy how these comedy shows promotes politics instead of making people laugh and forget their sorrows.

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My dad is half German. and yea.. he has a dry sense of humor. 😉😁👯🤙

I agree with Gollum about the IRS.

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I have read what you have written, I found it very interesting, but I have no basis to respond. I have never seen this comedy, God bless you and have a happy evening with your family.

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Dry sense of humour? That's bad or maybe the people like it like that, they want to be serious always.😅
My part of the world, everything, I mean absolutely everything is taken for a joke.

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The migration crisis in 2015 & Covid in 2020 further socially divided the country. People who were against (Muslim) immigration, lockdowns or vaccines, were vilified. Those people (25% of the population and growing) were stigmatised as far-right, extreme right, fascist or outright nazi. And the propaganda against this section of the population is becoming increasingly aggressive.

I wonder, 60 years from now, how this period in history will be characterized. The environment you describe could approximately have been written about the U.S. today. This sense of unease, of a nation turning against itself, is not limited to Germany and the U.S.

Today we teach about the 1848 as being a year of revolution across Europe. The 1930s are described in terms totalitarianism rising. We are in the middle of a definite trend now, a definite movement, and it's not limited to Germany or the U.S.

Do you have this sense of history, of being in the grip of movement? I do.

Was it COVID? Was it immigration? Maybe it's something bigger. Maybe in the post colonial world the inequality in distribution of wealth (globally) led to unrest and mass migration. Maybe we're in a post-post colonial era.

I really don't have a clear idea, but something is definitely happening and it is changing the course of history.

I think :)))

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Do you have this sense of history, of being in the grip of movement? I do.

Yes, I do, too.

Are we really in a post-colonial era? Only in the narrow sense, that the "system of domination characterised by the control of another territory, natural resources and people" is perpetraded by a foreign group. Most people are still dominated by a domestic group which is the government. And, in my opinion, it is that government that systematically (but perhaps unintentionally) increased inequality, e.g. by zero interest rate policies, by subsidies to certain companies / cronies. And, yes, Covid and immigration likely increased the tensions and strengthened the political fringes. Social media probably also played a role, by giving a loudspeaker to the most extroverts or egomaniacs.

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