Who voted for THIS!?

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Image of Merkel in Muslim veil sparks wider refugee debate in Germany
by Anthony Faiola
Washington Post, 2015-10-08

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Merkel has also told Germans to prepare themselves for a new nation,
one that may not be as white and Christian as it is today.

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[Did Germans really vote for this?
If a politician openly ran on such a platform,
what percent of the vote would they get?
Did Merkel even hint that this was her objective
in her last campaign?
In the German political system,
does the Chancellor alone get to make such far-reaching, consequential decisions for the German nation and the German people as that,
without any checks and balances?
Sounds pretty dictatorial to me.
Heil Merkel!]