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Explanation and justification

Freedom is not the risk – power is.
But in times of crisis, fear or uncertainty, precisely the opposite happens:
Suddenly, freedom is to be restricted, controlled, conditioned – while power is always claiming new freedoms.

This thesis reverses the relationship:

It is not freedom that needs to be limited – but power.

Why power is dangerous – if it remains uncontrolled

• It tends towards self-preservation
• It is expanding under the guise of protection
• It uses exception rules for normalization
• It supplants the separation of powers with bureaucracy and technocracy
• It censors, sanctions, controls

History shows: Every form of totalitarianism grew out of unchecked power – not out of too much freedom.

Why freedom is not the problem

• It creates responsibility
• It enables diversity
• It allows for error and knowledge
• It protects the individual against collectivism
• It is a basic condition for truth, creativity and humanity

Our position

We2030 demands:

• Strict limitation of state, economic and technocratic means of power
• Restoring the separation of powers and parliamentary control
• Consistent reduction of all emergency and special regulations
• Protecting freedom – not just on paper, but in everyday life

Power needs limits – not freedom.
Anyone who confuses this opens the door to arbitrariness.