Learned Stupidity

Taki's Magazine ^ | Thedore Dalrymple

[arthurus]

There are those who see behind the closure a sinister Russian plot, Mrs. Merkel—they say—having long been a Russian agent (she grew up in the German Democratic Republic, was a prominent member of the communist youth movement, and learned fluent Russian). The less power Germany generates for itself, the more dependent it becomes on Russia. But this hypothesis is redundant: All that was required for such a decision to have been made was a homegrown militantly self-righteous movement of spoiled brats who have never known hardship, irrespective of the recent history of their country.

The decision to close the power stations was taken in 2011, in the wake of the Fukushima disaster caused by an earthquake and its subsequent tsunami, a “disaster” that caused sixteen injuries and at least one radiation-provoked cancer death. As Bismarck put it, one does not ask how

[arthurus]

For reflection,

[Secret Agent Man]

From the title i presumed this was about covid/covax. :)

[FreedomPoster]

Bad link. Here’s the correct one.

https://www.takimag.com/article/learned-stupidity/

Love Theodore Dalrymple.

[Gaffer]

Merkel was STASI.