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As a German: Merz is a fucking idiot, the first genuinely incompetent chancellor we've elected in a long time. Kohl, Schröder, Merkel, Scholz… you could disagr
by eqvinox 8mo ago
As a German:
Merz is a fucking idiot, the first genuinely incompetent chancellor we've elected in a long time. Kohl, Schröder, Merkel, Scholz… you could disagree with their politics, but they weren't stupid. Merz is.
(Of course if we wanted truly competent, we could've had Habeck, but true competency is too dangerous to be electable in German politics.)
- DeepSeaTortoise 8mo agoDont mistake malice for incompetence. Friendly reminder he EXPLICITLY ran on protecting debt-limits in the German constitution, got elected on those promises and then changed course literally on day 1 after being elected.
- eqvinox 8mo agoOkay, yeah, sure, maybe the "don't assume malice" is out the window at this point. There are things he's genuinely incompetent on, though. Just google "Merz realitätsfern" (= lost touch with reality).
- 1718627440 8mo ago> Friendly reminder he EXPLICITLY ran on protecting debt-limits in the German constitution, got elected on those promises and then changed course literally on day 1 after being elected. Having less debt was indeed a major election topic of the CDU. But often in summaries of the media it was reported as if it he was against debts completely, while when he was asked in interviews if he wanted to abolish the dept-limit, he clearly refused to deny it. He answered that he *also* wants to cut funding to reduce the budget elsewhere. So in my opinion, the reports about him reversing course completely where exaggerated, and his actions were an obvious continuation to his prior election talks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljvuNRU7RgE&t=3720s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljvuNRU7RgE&t=3720s Unrelated, why can't I get that video on the websites of the original broadcasters and need to access it through a third-party USA company?
- lifestyleguru 8mo agoIf someone acts against your interest it doesn't mean that they're stupid and if that person gets to the top of the hierarchy, they certainly aren't stupid.
- eqvinox 8mo agoYou clearly have very little insight into German politics. He's there because there was noone better. He has no prior experience in actual governing, like, not even as a mayor. It's just that the remainder of the CDU is even more paper mâché.
- lifestyleguru 8mo agoThere had been no one better than Merkel for 16 years.
- eqvinox 8mo agoYou can say about Merkel what you want, she was competent.
- nicbou 8mo agoIt’s astonishing how literally every statement I read from him is just a boomer ranting at “kids these days”. People not working long hours and taking too many sick days, immigrants making cities look different, and now people being anonymous on the internet. Get off my lawn!
- Towaway69 8mo agoI doubt very much that someone who worked for Blackrock is stupid. Mean, disturbed and greedy perhaps, but stupid?
- eqvinox 8mo agoYeah, ok, let's say it's the kind of stupid where I'm trying *very* hard to not assume malice.
- stefantalpalaru 8mo ago[dead]