SolanumChillEse

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

They’re politically inept. Anything they can do they half ass or don’t so they don’t make people mad, and anything they want to do are half measures that get blocked anyway. They’re one foot in and one foot out to try to appeal to as many people as possible and end up pleasing no one as a result and are now hemorrhaging votes. If they would have taken as hardline of a stance on actual climate issues as they took on supporting Ukraine, they would have actually appealed to youth voters instead of repulsing them with their appeasement. Baerbock has even said they will support Ukraine even if it becomes unpopular, so why don’t they apply the same standards to other existential crises in the same way?

Their conciliation is damaging to their brand as well as the environment. They need to do better, and I don’t think I’m alone at all in feeling that way as evidenced by their abysmal polling.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

5 billion dollars from the climate and transformation fund? Glad to see we’re really committed to using this money here to combat climate change by building semi conductor factories.

The greens have been an absolute joke in coalition. First Lüzerath and now siphoning funds from a climate fund to build parts for car production.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

There’s an abundance of contemporary evidence that shows this doesn’t work but it’s basically a foreign policy meme at this point. We tried this in Iraq and it just ended up killing a bunch of children and had no effect on Saddam’s hold on power.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Trees are almost always planted too deeply and are males when dioecious species are used. It’s probably why seasonal allergies have gotten a lot worse in recent decades as most ornamentals are just shedding shitloads of pollen.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

There are old climbers and free solo climbers. But there are no old free solo climbers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He literally said the opposite of that.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-tells-ex-soviet-republics-ukraine-was-an-exception-report-2022-02-22/

But if he can’t be trusted and he’s coming for the Baltics, then you should be enlisting and pressuring the Baltic states to deploy.

Instead you’re letting Ukraine do the dirty work or you don’t actually believe this.

The entire war has been an escalating game of nuclear chicken for NATO anyway. If Europe is under imminent Russian threat, then you can’t be deterred by the threat of nukes. Otherwise you should just let Russia march through to Paris.

Sending weapons so Ukraine so they can defend themselves is logical. Sending weapons so they can defend YOU is shameful.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Because no one actually believes Russia has ambitions outside of Ukraine. And if they actually do believe that and don’t want to send their own troops in, it’s absolutely shameful and cynical to be using Ukrainians as their human shields.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Finnish government literally extradited Jewish people directly to the Gestapo who were promptly executed.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I at least know how NATO fundamentally functions before popping off about it online.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The US blackmailed all of Europe before the UN assembly regarding the Iraq invasion and forced the Baltics to send troops in order to gain admittance. This isn’t something new within NATO. France wouldn’t even join NATO unless they agreed to defend attacks on French colonized Algeria. NATO despite whatever other functions it has is also a tool for currying geopolitical favors. Turkey is playing the game the same as everyone else. Not sure why this is surprising anyone.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

That’s not how NATO works. So maybe you should try googling a little harder. Otherwise Germany and France would have been in Iraq. NATO is a defensive alliance. You can send troops to Ukraine. Literally nothing is stopping you if you believe it’s a matter of national security in the future.

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