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They talk about dependency on Russia being a "mistake". But with so many high-rank people (including former Chancellor) being paid by Russia openly (and who kno
by smsm42 4y ago
They talk about dependency on Russia being a "mistake". But with so many high-rank people (including former Chancellor) being paid by Russia openly (and who knows how many secretly beyond that) - does it look like a "mistake" or a deliberate policy on Russia's side and widespread corruption being ignored on Germany's side?
- okr 4y agoThere is no proof of corruption. What do you know? Bring it to the press.
- durnygbur 4y agoThere are no proofs. Those with proofs have suicide waiting at their doorsteps.
- dreinhardt 4y agoThat has already happened. Try looking for Schwesig and her Klimastiftung, and that’s just a tiny part of the picture.
- smsm42 4y agoI think the standard formula is "no evidence". Incidentally, check out https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-phrase-no-evidence-is-a-red-flag https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-phrase-no-evidence... But I think that the position of "until we have a court decision proving corruption, one could not reasonably talk of a possibility of corruption, and discuss appearance of conflict of interest" is naive at best, and completely boneheaded at the usual case. Corruption is notoriously hard to prove, especially "soft" corruption where there's no direct bribery but more like alignment of interests diverting the interests of corrupt functionaries from serving the people (who even knows that that means?) to serving their private wallet and/or ideology (well, that one is much clearer). And there's tons of the press talking about German politicians being too cozy with Russia, even pre-dating the war. So what? It's not like German voters cared.