“Proof that they’re all brainwashed idealogues”
WW II proved that. The Germans came close to getting communism to work in the DDR where Merkel grew up.
If there is a very slight safety risk to nuclear power I would bet that the German plants would be the safest in the world the way they run equipment.
On the other hand right next door the French generate 68% of their power from nuclear plants. If one of them goes bad the wind will blow the radioactivity right to the Germans.
So the Germans are relying on the French engineers and operators but don’t trust their own. Ludicrous!
What's funny is that if you watched any DDR Military parade, their soldiers looked like Wehrmacht soldiers and they even goosestepped like the Nazis.
Completely agree. I always wondered how the ‘Nazi thing’ happened. I’ve spent plenty of time working in Germany and with German’s in general and you learn they believe what media & State tells them...to the point of fault.
I had a discussion with them on the EU. They didn’t like me saying I thought it was an abomination, nothing but centralized planning by unelected bureaucrats. “But they ARE elected!!” was the response. When I argued that you don’t directly vote for them they replied, “so? we vote for the people that vote for them!”. Sigh. I then asked if they trust the politicians they DO vote for. Crickets. So how can you trust those that are a level removed from your voting? Crickets. ...we had similar results talking about the reliance on Russia for natural gas, they just couldn’t understand our concerns.
And yes, they’re brilliant engineers. I think the two go hand in hand, when you’re told to do something ‘properly and by the rules’ they do it - even when it is the government telling them, and it is done without question.
I also agree I’d rather have German’s running nuke plants vs. the French - the French don’t work enough hours, something is bound to go wrong ;)