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Merkel
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Srivijaya
Active Member
I kind of have the feeling that the wheels are coming off western democracy at the moment.
Merkel goofed big time with her unilateral approach to the refugee problem - no consultation, just 'come to Germany'. Blindly ignoring all the countries that these people would need to pass through to get there; countries that hadn't been asked or consulted, like Hungary, Austria and the Balkan States. Look at the reverberations around the EU lands now and also within Germany itself.
Add to that the Catalonian issue, Italy and Brexit and things are not looking as nice as they did, even ten years ago.
Most contributors on RF are from the US, so Europe doesn't much feature on their radar.
Merkel goofed big time with her unilateral approach to the refugee problem - no consultation, just 'come to Germany'. Blindly ignoring all the countries that these people would need to pass through to get there; countries that hadn't been asked or consulted, like Hungary, Austria and the Balkan States. Look at the reverberations around the EU lands now and also within Germany itself.
Add to that the Catalonian issue, Italy and Brexit and things are not looking as nice as they did, even ten years ago.
Most contributors on RF are from the US, so Europe doesn't much feature on their radar.
I want to know more. Anyone willing to contribute a link and comment on it?
Flankerl
Well-Known Member
Altfish
Veteran Member
I wish we in the UK had some standstill like Germany!
We have a set of useless Muppets running our country, strong and stable my ar$e.
I did see something in the news about Merkel's influence in the fashion industry.
‘Merkel hips’ are the latest Paris fashion trend
No link yet. Oh well.
In case anyone is wondering, I would love to have Merkel calling the shots here in Brazil. At the very least, she has a functional understanding of what it is like to actually do something as a politician. Ours are useless at the best of times.
In case anyone is wondering, I would love to have Merkel calling the shots here in Brazil. At the very least, she has a functional understanding of what it is like to actually do something as a politician. Ours are useless at the best of times.
Flankerl
Well-Known Member
For what?
The SPD said after the election that they wouldn't do another "Grand Coalition" only say "screw it" and do it anyway.
Another 4 years of political standstill in a country that can't do with political standstill.
lmao
Her thing is that she's not doing anything. She waits and waits and waits until the coast is clear and the outcome obvious to then support it.
That is all she does.
The one time she didn't do it 1,5 million people marched over the border.
Great stuff.
Apparently people like her so much they vote in droves
Flankerl
Well-Known Member
Difficult to vote from the grave but still more than enough.
I can't help but wonder what her critics are proposing as better alternatives.
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
Unfortunately yes. Seems like authoritarianism is on the rise, and puppet states.
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
Let me guess. Only right-wing leaders are honest and effective?
They probably cared in Europe.
I do somewhat envy their system, as I was looking at the graph showing the election results (Merkel promises Germany action in EU)
They've got six parties with representation, and none of them has an absolute majority. I would sure like to see something like that in America. That would be more democratic.
Stanyon
WWMRD?
Funny thing is the so-dubbed far right were right all along when it came to mass immigration and all along they were called racist, bigots, nazis etc. Merkel finally admitted it was a huge "mistake" and now Germany is actually paying immigrants to leave. The Russians were blamed not for Merkel's defeat (obviously she won) but because she didn't get as many votes as they thought she should have. On further investigation the Germans found zero evidence of Russian involvement so they then blamed People from the United States for making far-right posts on various social media and this is the reason for the victories of the AfD. It seems their arrogance and the belief of their infallibility has blinded them to the fact that times and social currents have been changing for years so they need to find someone or something to blame. They know they are losing control and this seems to be the reason for the push for more censorship in Western countries and social media and why you shouldn't mind- Keep out the bad thoughts, close your eyes, go to sleep.