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Are the political elites mocking us? Or are they really just that out of touch?
American Thinker ^ | 2 Apr, 2022 | Olivia Murray

Posted on 04/02/2022 4:57:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Sad part is, we can’t really tell.

In the German state of Baden-Württemburg, the Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Protection echoed the elitism of Pete Buttigeig and suggested that in the face of exploding energy costs, struggling citizens simply don an extra layer.

For Peter Hauk, the comfort and provision of his people is a small price to pay for an escalation of tensions between two foreign nations. Prior to the conflict’s eruption on February 24, Germany received 55% of its gas, a third of its oil, and 45% of its coal from Russia; and Hauk is calling for a complete ban on the imports, in turn ramping up energy costs. So, what about the people who won’t be able to afford to heat their homes properly?

Hauk, being the altruistic and compassionate humanitarian he is, acknowledges his countrymen aren’t the concern, it’s the people in a foreign nation that take precedence. Here’s what he told his constituents: “You can withstand 15 degrees [Celsius] in a sweater. No one dies of it. But people are dying elsewhere.”

Hauk is taking a page from his American counterpart: Pete Buttigeig told the American people the high gas prices were our part to pay for the war in Ukraine, and if we didn’t like it we should simply buy an electric vehicle.

So what’s the deal, is it a joke to them, or are they just unbelievably oblivious?

These people might be politically liberal, which certainly indicates a decent level of mindlessness, but they aren’t stupid. These are the same elites that hate the common man, calling us “useless eaters” and “life unworthy of life.” They say we better get used to eating bugs and that we will “own nothing and be happy.”

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KEYWORDS: communism
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1 posted on 04/02/2022 4:57:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Why don’t they lead by example?


2 posted on 04/02/2022 4:57:43 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Yes, and yes.


3 posted on 04/02/2022 4:58:20 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: MtnClimber

when does SELLING OUT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU
to the CCP, and bringing in their fentanyl and
counterfeit money in exchange for the Republic’s
stolen children, be either “mocking” or “out of touch”.

Treason was the reason, and almost everyone
in Congress was in on it.


4 posted on 04/02/2022 5:02:44 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: MtnClimber
"... in the face of exploding energy costs, struggling
citizens simply don an extra layer."

Yeah. Sure...


5 posted on 04/02/2022 5:06:21 AM PDT by GaltAdonis ( )
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To: MtnClimber

They’re communist elite zealots. The lower echelon believes their crap but the leaders know better. They all gotta go.


6 posted on 04/02/2022 5:14:23 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: MtnClimber

These elitists have their perks so they aren’t affected by the results of their actions and they actually think we don’t see the hypocrisy.


7 posted on 04/02/2022 5:14:49 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: MtnClimber
Are the political elites mocking us? Or are they really just that out of touch?

Both.

The mocking of normal people speaks to their in-group solidarity with their fellow rulers. AND, they are stupid and believe in "science", which is not science at all.

8 posted on 04/02/2022 5:17:12 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Who saves the nation breaks no law)
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To: MtnClimber

Time to bring back the Spandau Ballet.

L


9 posted on 04/02/2022 5:18:11 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: MtnClimber

The path to political success?

10 posted on 04/02/2022 5:22:44 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: GaltAdonis

Freezing to death will be your price to pay for their climate change agenda. It’s just a tax.


11 posted on 04/02/2022 5:22:55 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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“Why don’t they lead by example?”

Shirley, you jest.
Do you seriously expect any politician of any stripe to actually ‘lead by example’?
Remember the non-scandal over the leaked pictures of Buttigeig
“bicycling” to work, in the Surburban?


12 posted on 04/02/2022 5:25:10 AM PDT by Tupelo (“Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up” (Barack Obama))
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To: MtnClimber

They are gaslighting you.


13 posted on 04/02/2022 5:32:16 AM PDT by Ikeon (The truth wont dent a persons argument who wants to believe a lie)
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“You can withstand 15 degrees [Celsius] in a sweater. No one dies of it. But people are dying elsewhere”
____________________________________________________________________________

“Finish your vegetables!” - *SWAT* - “You know, there are children starving in China!”


14 posted on 04/02/2022 5:34:18 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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These people have been indoctrinated they are complete Marxist Radicals THIS IS a revolution to them THEY HATE America and everything she stands for it is as simple as that!! They WANT the destruction of this country they KNOW e aptly what they are doing!!


15 posted on 04/02/2022 5:39:15 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hel)
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To: virgil
"...It’s just a tax...."

Can I dip into that tax fund to purchase sheets of plywood
to cover my windows?

No, it won't prevent me from freezing to death, but it will
cause me to do so more slowly and painfully.

Therefore it will be more politically, ecologically and
'wokefully' correct, sound, and acceptable to the folks in
power causing the torture, destruction and death.

Is that right?
(No - I meant: 'Left'. Err, whatever... You know what I mean.)

16 posted on 04/02/2022 5:42:27 AM PDT by GaltAdonis ( )
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To: MtnClimber

They are gaslighting you.


17 posted on 04/02/2022 6:00:33 AM PDT by Ikeon (The truth wont dent a persons argument who wants to believe a lie)
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To: MtnClimber
BOTH.
18 posted on 04/02/2022 6:12:03 AM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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I had a top sgt that told me to my face that if i do something stupid that leads to him getting in trouble he’ll take us both down the crapper but he’ll be standing on my shoulders. Dems are like that, they don’t care how bad it gets as long as they are standing one someone else’s shoulders going down the drain.


19 posted on 04/02/2022 6:18:40 AM PDT by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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To: Roccus
“You know, there are children starving in China!”

You can get an idea how old someone is by where they say children are starving. Right after WW II it was Europe. Then it moved to China and India when I was a kid. After that it moved to Africa. Maybe in the next few years we'll be collecting money for starving children in Ukraine.

20 posted on 04/02/2022 6:31:03 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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