Political Cuts: The gas tax holiday is another way of diverting attention from one of the contributors to inflation: a rushed transition to green energy. Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyGermany looked normal over the weekend as a genial Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the Group of Seven leaders and their guests to the luxurious Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps. But those appearances are deceiving.
This is very sudden. As recently as 2020, almost the entire world agreed with the smug German self-assessment that Germany had the world’s most successful economic model, was embarking on the most ambitious—and largely successful—climate initiative in the world, and had perfected a values-based foreign policy that ensured German security and international popularity at extremely low cost.
opinion wrmead snekotron here’s another example of how the Eu threatens the prosperity of its most powerful constituent states! Germany and France would be much better served by deepening Russias involvement in the European project, the Eu stands in their way! China too!!
opinion wrmead The west is losing to China/Russia/India alignment.
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opinion wrmead Achtung Starvation Baby.
opinion wrmead Is Republic better than a Monarchy? *Dynastic Monarchy is only as good as the monarch, which can be pretty bad. *Constitutional Monarchy places authority in the Crown, it's only as good as both the current and previous monarchs, which can be pretty damn good.
opinion wrmead To simplify geopolitical theory: there's two types of nation, Unitary and Federal, and two types of government, Monarchy and Republic. Every nation one of these four possible types, the best is a Federation with Constitutional Monarchy, the worst is a Unitary Dynastic Monarchy.
opinion wrmead Not just Germany, but all of Europe. Climate insanity has created high energy costs that empower Putin and weaken West The situation is dire. Biden appears to have Parkinsons and continues to refuse drilling US oil & gas. World is at risk.
opinion wrmead Germany is a free and independent nation, it is entitled to make its own decisions, and if the other EU members don't like those decisions they are free to kick Germany out, it's not like EU needs Germany, right?
opinion wrmead Trump warned them about Russian oil. Did they listen? Nah.
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opinion wrmead They can pass a stoppage of Russian Gas, but many nations will just request and be granted an exception and nothing will change
opinion wrmead but lets laugh at court jester BorisJohnson's jokes....
opinion wrmead its time for germany to re-energize german-ingenuity; because they had it easy for all too long.
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opinion wrmead Hmmm, doing well as a country or fighting Russia being the central existential question. Where have I seen this movie before?
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