Martin, I don't want to further belabour this point -- instead, I invite you to write a diary on your real point, e.g. education reform in Germany and your conservative take on it, with more special focus than in your conservative manifesto diary.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

The English word is "in lockstep". I actually caught myself using "Gleichschaltung" once or twice in reference to the US press after 9/11, not because of any intention to make such comparisons, but just because I couldn't think of a better word. If that happened to me (in my native language) because the German word is used so much more frequently than the English equivalent, I can certainly understand your problem.

It's well known in English only as a term relating to the Nazi takeover of German society. So, known to those who have some knowledge of history. Using it in English inevitably suggests the Nazi parallel. I'm glad that wasn't what you meant to do.