Posted on 11/13/2024 4:38:53 AM PST by Rummyfan
For a nation that’s supposedly laden with hard-headed common sense and a strong work ethic but is in fact more left-wing than anything else, Germany has slammed into the wall that bedevils similar political philosophies all over: they’ve run out of other people’s money to spend.
And with what is so common among nations afflicted with a multi-party political system, their latest coalition government has therefore collapsed, crucified by essentially three factors: immigration (and growing popular resistance thereto), insane socio-economic policies fueled by Green eco-nonsense (e.g. an EV mandate which has led to closure of auto factories and concomitant unemployment), and a screaming insistence (via a cordon sanitaire* ) on preventing anything resembling a “Right-wing” party (the Alternative for Germany — AfD) from coming to power, either outright or even by parliamentary coalition. In no small part, this is because the German Left persists in labeling anything not left-wing as “Nazi” or “fascist”, which tactic may be familiar to my Murkin Readers.
The Germans can’t embark on deficit spending so beloved of Leftist governments (e.g. the UK’s Labour Party and the U.S. Democrats), because the German constitution forbids it. Even when they try all sorts of accounting legerdemain, the German courts wag their judicial finger and say, “Nein.”
Of course, the solution is simple: firstly, end the flood of Merkel-enabled immigration (which is proving to be, surprise surprise, an economic drain on even the well-funded German welfare state, not to mention a social flashpoint as the Muslim immigrants are violent and not assimilating into the Kultur ); and secondly, the German government should end the slavish adherence to radical Green policies which, as anyone with common sense knows, are impractical, costly and doomed to failure.
Unfortunately, those initiatives seem to be precisely the two main policies of the AfD...
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‘the German Left persists in labeling anything not left-wing as “Nazi” or “fascist”, which tactic may be familiar to my Murkin Readers.’
Hmm, that tactic does seem familiar
Green policies have run up the cost of energy so high, Volkswagen can no longer afford to build cars in their own country. So much for “Energiewende.”
Thanks for posting.
The Germans cannot also be helped by the fact that a pipeline bringing them natural gas from Russia was destroyed.
“Green policies have run up the cost of energy so high, Volkswagen can no longer afford to build cars in their own country. So much for “Energiewende.””
After Russia’s FULL-SCALE INVASION (a little Leftist lingo) of Ukraine and the US blowing up their Natural Gas supply, Germany had to decide on whether to keep their 3 remaining nuke plants, or keep a bunch of coal plants. The Greens there forced the government to keep the coal plants.
That’s how screwed up Germany is.
One HAS to wonder when (IF?) we westerners will EVER learn that Moslem immigrants are violent and WILL NOT EVER assimilate into the “Kultur?”
Moslem immigrants are INVADERS! They are conquerors, WARRIORS for Islam! They have no desire to, nor are they going to EVER assimilate!
Your sarc is admirable ;-)
It’s probably over for Germany. They just seem terminally stupid. Last Kraut out shut off the lights.
The Energiewende (German for ‘energy turnaround’) (pronounced [ʔenɐˈɡiːˌvɛndə]) is the ongoing energy transition by Germany. The new system intends to rely heavily on renewable energy (particularly wind, photovoltaics, and hydroelectricity), energy efficiency, and energy demand management.
Hmm, coal. I bet that just might work! LOL!
The Gaia Worshipers have comprehensively wrecked Germany’s economy. Its only beginning to dawn on the Germans that they have no economic future unless they reverse course 180 degrees as soon as possible. Even then the damage they will suffer thanks to unaffordable energy costs will be severe.
Individually, Germans are some of the absolutely most brilliant people on earth. Collectively they are a disaster and are prone to destroying themselves periodically thanks to their misplaced and easily manipulated idealism.
Maybe uniting Germany wasn’t such a great idea.
Years ago when all this got started, I chatted with a German dood here in the states. Asked him about the invasion. His reply, “Yes, it is a challenge.” Pffffft.
What mean,
“Energy demand management”?
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