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> It didn’t force Merkel to do anything Merkel would have governed against the strong will of the Germans to get rid of nuclear ASAP. This topic has been inte

by lispm 6y ago

> It didn’t force Merkel to do anything Merkel would have governed against the strong will of the Germans to get rid of nuclear ASAP. This topic has been intensely discussed in Germany for two decades already. That was not a sustainable position. Mass protests would have awaited the government.

kortilla 6y ago
> Merkel would have governed against the strong will Her changing positions got a 10 point bump. It’s a large group for sure, but it’s still just placating dimwits to gain quick political support to stay in power. The vast majority clearly didn’t care.
- lispm 6y ago
  > just placating dimwits Only shows your lack of respect for the voters. > The vast majority clearly didn’t care. The vast majority did care. It was one of the hottest and longest debated politics topics. Merkel knew everything about it, since she was before the responsible minister.
  - kortilla 6y ago
    > Only shows your lack of respect for the voters. Lack of respect specifically for 10 percent of the voters who changed their view of a politician to a positive based solely on her caving into populist pressure to adopt a bad energy policy. People are too ignorant to decide in any form of direct democracy how safe nuclear is. These dimwits chose to accelerate climate change (a well-known acute global problem) over nuclear power because “nuclear is scary” and didn’t support Merkel until she agreed. Despicable. > The vast majority did care. It was one of the hottest and longest debated politics topics Nope. The 10 point change showed how little it mattered. “Hottest political topics” just means people interested in national politics. It’s still irrelevant to the majority.
- okl 6y ago
  Here is a survey from April 2011 that proves you wrong: https://www.infratest-dimap.de/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/dt1104_bericht.pdf https://www.infratest-dimap.de/fileadmin/_migrated/content_u...
  - kortilla 6y ago
    I don’t think that says what you think or you didn’t understand what I said.

by lispm 6y ago

kortilla 6y ago

> Merkel would have governed against the strong will Her changing positions got a 10 point bump. It’s a large group for sure, but it’s still just placating dimwits to gain quick political support to stay in power. The vast majority clearly didn’t care.

lispm 6y ago
> just placating dimwits Only shows your lack of respect for the voters. > The vast majority clearly didn’t care. The vast majority did care. It was one of the hottest and longest debated politics topics. Merkel knew everything about it, since she was before the responsible minister.
- kortilla 6y ago
  > Only shows your lack of respect for the voters. Lack of respect specifically for 10 percent of the voters who changed their view of a politician to a positive based solely on her caving into populist pressure to adopt a bad energy policy. People are too ignorant to decide in any form of direct democracy how safe nuclear is. These dimwits chose to accelerate climate change (a well-known acute global problem) over nuclear power because “nuclear is scary” and didn’t support Merkel until she agreed. Despicable. > The vast majority did care. It was one of the hottest and longest debated politics topics Nope. The 10 point change showed how little it mattered. “Hottest political topics” just means people interested in national politics. It’s still irrelevant to the majority.
okl 6y ago
Here is a survey from April 2011 that proves you wrong: https://www.infratest-dimap.de/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/dt1104_bericht.pdf https://www.infratest-dimap.de/fileadmin/_migrated/content_u...
- kortilla 6y ago
  I don’t think that says what you think or you didn’t understand what I said.