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Putin gonna be pootin his pants. Nuclear threat on Berlin when?
I mean, that's where the nukes in Königsberg are aimed at, no?
I love that you call it Königsberg haha. But yes, you’re right! I forgot about that.
Merz' party is sending mixed signals right now between being pro-EU and signing off on an enlarged military budget but also two of the negotiants for the coalition treaty suggesting a reopening of Nord Stream, others more or less openly endorsing Trump as well as Merz himself repurposing autocratic tactics like questioning left-wing NGOs.
If they re-open nord stream, that would lead to MASSIVE backlash from the opposition and the population.
Not saying they won’t do it, just that if they do, they better be prepared.
I thin that's just what we call "spinner" and does not represent the party line. I think if you look at the strength of the signals, uncapping safety spending over an amount where reaching anyways is a very fucking strong signal. If they actually spend accordingly which I thin they will do because every single one of those fuckers will find a way to make their hometown benefit from it. Also it's easy to sell as nationalistic/patriotic preventing the usual storms of bullshit around government spending.
The autocratic twist I agree on but not to the degree that it immediately threatens our democracy, maybe by proxy though.
Although I have some criticism on the specifics of the deal it is a very strong sign of strong agency to be able to do this immediately after an election even before the new parliament is constituted. I believe that strong agency is the biggest threat to Russia actually.
I thin[k] that's just what we call "spinner" and does not represent the party line.
No, it's not just random "idiots." Someone just submitted this to !dach: https://www.t-online.de/id_100620746/ (German).
The article makes it clear that there are near-direct personal lines between pro-Nord Stream law firms and Merz. Merz himself is a former lobbyist for BASF, which used to be heavily involved in importing Russian gas through its Wintershall subsidiary.
In addition, overall corruption will be front and center in the new German government. Merz is a former lobbyist; the projected new minister of agriculture, Felßner, is an agricultural lobbyist; the projected new president of Bundestag, Klöckner, is known for being overly friendly with Nestlé; Spahn is known for having sunk billions into FFP mask deals that included networks close to CxU; Dobrindt started the toll project that was non-compliant with EU regulation and sunk hundreds of millions [...] A bunch of power-hungry asshats that played obstructionist opposition for 3 years, so they could come into power and direct positive cashflows into their own pockets and ruin trust in democratic systems at the same time. SPD will have a hard time reigning in "deregulation" of anti-corruption measures as well.
uncapping safety spending over an amount where reaching anyways is a very fucking strong signal
That money and the weapons it buys can be used against anyone, not just Putin. It might just be another vehicle for corruption.
not to the degree that it immediately threatens our democracy
They're always moving the line a little bit, finding out what they can do.
Polish parliament just barely passed a resolution that we’re okay with increased spending by the EU. Can’t wait for nazis to win German elections eventually and use those €500b to annex Gdańsk or something. At least there won’t be any fighting, because we won’t have a functioning army when we’re going to get rid of taxes that destroy entrepreneurship dreams of polish elites just like in 1772–1795.
Sorry to butt that in here but both news were next to each other in my RSS feed and triggered my rambling mode.
While it is true that the rise of AFD is horrible and alarming it is also true that there is a big majority in germany completely against their world view. And these people more and more feel the urge to act. They should have started earlier, yes. But I am happy to see already a little movement of the so called " quiet middle" to be not so quiet anymore.
Also, the rascist people voting for afd mainly want foreigners out of Germany but I think even within afd voters those that want to invade neighbours again are very few. Its not mainly heroic bodybuilder men that think they're superior to all countries. Its a lot of middle aged man whining they cannot correctly pronounce people in the football team anymore. That doesn't make them less racist or dangerous for Germany, but the danger for the neighbouring countries at least is -in my view- very little at the moment.
I hope you're right, but this is the sort of dialog one might have had about the US a couple years ago. It's alarming how quickly the tides can shift.
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