Ah I forgot something. David - didn't you write an article on Sarrazin sometime ago? I can't find it anymore. But surely you are interested in what the German public says to Sarrazin's thesis of muslims being Germany's peril due to lower intelligence spreading via higher birth-rate?

It is not easy to find a poll, as the media seems to be afraid of the results.
But Bild-online of course couldn't resist.

Well, here you go:

http://www.bild.de/BILD/politik/2010/08/24/thilo-sarrazin/neues-buch-deutschland-schafft-sich-ab.html

At the bottom of the page, you will find some 113,000 users having taken part, 89 (!) percent of whom fully agree with his viewpoint.

But David, this can't be true can it? You said it yourself, his position is quite popular. But not all of them are NPD-voters. In fact, most are not. So why should he join this party?

Isn't it the other way around? Shouldn't the established parties try to bridge the gap that has developed between them and the population?

They have one choice to make - pander to populist reaction as you say, or give way to a movement that purely builds on it.

In the past they have always chosen the former path. Do you really think it will be different this time? They are very greedy when it comes to their power, and the electorate will turn away should they not adapt.

Are they the parties of the constitution, or the parties of the Germans?

I know too little about the Tea Party Movement tbh.

The "conservatives" here have disgruntled many people who would prefer a tough stance on these issues and are fed up with political correctness. Maybe they would have this in common with the Tea Party guys.
But I assume the ideas here are considerably stronger, as people here expect minorities to assimilate in the long run.

E.g. I read about the huge debate in one American central state whether or not the police should be allowed to stop people and ask them about their origin and stuff, this created quite an amusement here. This is common practice in Germany and nobody would question it.

We simply are a few steps ahead ;)

If the conservatives don't adapt quickly, somebody will fill that vacuum and appeal to those who want something to be done.

Ah thank you for the details.

As far as I read most scientists agree that between 50 and 80 % of intelligence are determined by inheritance from your parents - which still leaves some room for education. But of course not too much - so we shouldn't expect too much of the first few generations after farmers in anatolia.

Diet seems to influence especially your daily intelligence performance, but again a good diet is educated by more intelligent parents on average.

Let's face it - we are no experts on this. But the fact that it is being discussed now is decisive. Up until now, it was not appropriate here. That might change how. It can only become better this way, as taboos always hinder progress.