Confiscating Deposits? Werner Warns of a Dangerous Shift in Germany

Donate: 🙏 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/slobodnipoI Richard Werner argues that governments have a spectrum of policy tools that can intrude on private property — with the most extreme being confiscation of citizens’ bank deposits. He claims this possibility is explicitly referenced in a German coalition agreement (CDU/SPD), alongside a broader shift in how the state treats property and citizens. Werner’s key warning is the reversal of the burden of proof: instead of the state proving wrongdoing, ordinary people could be expected to prove the lawful origin of their assets through documentation and receipts. He notes that many citizens — especially older generations whose savings accumulated over decades — often don’t retain records far back enough to satisfy such demands. In Werner’s framing, this transforms citizens into default suspects, and he argues this logic is characteristic of totalitarian systems. He adds that in future “crisis” scenarios, the state may gain additional mechanisms to seize or restrict private assets. WEB: https://slobodnipodcast.hr/2026/01/05/europa-novac-i-rat-sto-nam-richard-werner-zapravo-govori/ FULL epizode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTy3oXCzHShsVuJ-zfiGnx96nuR-BNWB