Speaking as a europhile, I am begrudgingly beginning to accept the EU project is cooked. We are being ruled by the billionaire Epstein-class whether we want to admit it or not. The voting public have the means to get rid of these tools and they have to go.
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Yep. The UK exited under far-right influence. Italy has already elected fascist. France is nearing the end of 10 years of neo-liberalism, that of course includes a "fuck what the people wants" attitude and oligarchy's controlled medias. The far-right candidate is the favorite for next year's presidential election.
At the EU level, we're not there yet, but far-right is now well represented. It just drags a bit vs the nations.
Oligarchs wants the EU dead. They're getting there.
Good that you see it. You’re in the same trouble America is in. They are trying to divide the working classes of the world and eu leadership is in on it just as much as us leadership (and more).
Why is the german government doing this?
Because of WWII hangover. The pendulum has swung to the other extreme.
Helping Israel kill brown people will make everybody see how bad the Jews really are: 4D nazism
Isn't it obvious? Because they feel they have a debt towards Jewish people and the state of Israel that can never be repaid
Yea right.
More like pedophiles of a feather flock together.
Actual white guilt, lol.
We don't do the "white" categorisation in Europe. They are Germans.
Because they don’t like brown people. Simple as.
Overcompensation.
Mostly money and intelligence sharing?
Israel are murderes and nothing else. As a german i'm ashamed of my government!
They're much more than murders, they are mass murderers.
Indeed. It is called faschism.
Genocide actually, ofc certain types of thinking lead to it though.
I am a german and i am also ashamed. Fuck fascism. Fuck Netanjahu.
No surprise here, they are criminals too. Embezzling funds meant for roads and infrastructure to fund pensions as well as being openly corrupt.
They're just arseholes who have no real economic agenda except filling their own poket.
Germany is more than the current CDU government. Chancellor Merz is the most unpopular chancellor ever in the history of the federal republic.
Before you praise the German public let's wait who's the next, and possibly last, chancellor. Since WWII Germany has a strong habit of copying the US.
Both countries are suffering from the unmitigated effects of a decade-long propaganda campaign paid for and orchestrated by Russia.
It would be easy to stop it: make social networks take responsibility, the same way normal media does. But the rich do not wish it, so it does not happen.
What I mean to say is that yes it is the gullible idiot portion of the respective populations voting for the fascists, but they're not the real cause. Blame the con men, not the conned.
Had similat thoughts when reading about the far right polling in Australis. The author asked what has changed... well we have a facist regime on the rise in the US which incidentally happens to own the major social media plattforms and messengers used by the majority of citizens.
Maybe it's too blunt but it's very likely that you fell for propaganda. Think about who owns the algorithms.
FB has discovered a long time ago that no other reaction generates as much engagement as outrage. The propagandists have realised this, and are using it, very successfully.
You're right, it doesn't have to be this way - that's what I meant by forcing the social media companies to take responsibility.
Don't you think they already cooperate and stifle Russian content as much as possible? In my opinion, social media promotes as much as possible what the American elite wants.
It doesn't seem like it, especially since Russia supports the current leader of the US government.
In any case, I don't care what the companies are doing of their own accord. They must be compelled by, and regularly and transparently audited by, a law.
It doesn’t seem like it,
Why do you think so?
They must be compelled by, and regularly and transparently audited by, a law.
With AI that's almost impossible. There is no explicit algorithm.
For the time being, they will support what their owners want and I doubt that that is in favor of Russia.
and i thought that Auschwitz had ruined Germany's international standing.
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looks like someone has krompromat on merz or his government.
I think "matching geopolitical interests" is a better fitting reason.
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and for that, i am ashamed
Typical of the Merz government. Instead of any actual consequences for crimes against humanity, they prefer to suck up to Israel.
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The same exists in Australia
We’re actually holding a RC into antisemitism, it’s that bad
Around 80-85% of us disapprove of Zionist cunts but the federal government will not hear us of course.
Australia is spiralling down the drain as well with all this shit. I have a genuine concern for our sovereignty, if it exists at all.
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I wish I'll live to see germany on the right side of history for a change
Merz cant do anything right. He even breaths thr wrong way. Threw this mouth
On the bright side, maybe someone broke his nose.
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