“No, maybe that wasn’t it. Words precede and surpass me, they tempt and alter me, and if I am not careful it will be too late: things will be said without my having said them. Or, at the very least, that wasn’t the only thing. My entanglement comes from how a carpet is made of so many threads that I can’t resign myself to following just one; my ensnarement comes from how one story is made of many stories. And I can’t even tell them all— a more truthful word could from echo to echo cause my highest glaciers to crumble down the precipice.” - Clarice Lispector
Lol you don’t think Merz and his rightwing coalition form an extremist rightwing threat?
The center right is hopeless to stop the far right even if they weren’t lying about wanting to rein them in.
Merz only leads to Trump like figures, so yeah Trump is worse, but that isn’t much consolation?
Does a rightwing extremist Germany with a powerful military seem like a good idea to you?
Germany HAS NOT impressed me with the way it has begun to wield this power.
Why would it be cooler for then?
Because they just became more illegal.
Do you honestly think they aren’t going to do that?
The best way to make cigarettes cool to kids is to make them fully illegal, this is a nonsense law unless you are trying to increase the amount of kids smoking cigarettes.
Don’t they agree on most things? Of course Merz must hate Trump for being loud and sloppy but aren’t their politics and policy goals entirely compatible?
What an idiot
With 117 M1A2 SEPv3 tanks delivered as of early 2026 and K2PL domestic production tooling underway at Bumar-Łabędy, Poland’s armoured transformation is moving from contract to capability. By 2030: approximately 900 tanks across three platforms — K2 Black Panther, M1 Abrams, and Leopard 2.
https://www.grosswald.org/polands-armor-surge-779-modern-tanks-by-end-of-2026/
Phobia?
Poland could smash russia in the face so hard it would shatter russia apart.
I would call it a practiced awareness not a phobia.
As someone living in the US let me emphatically say “Fuck you JD Vance”.
Disgusting
What if the reason was because the type of banana that was prominent when this trope became popular was different than the one that is popular now?
Not the most likely explanation but I wonder if people have considered it.
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Also, sidenote, not all Teslas are expensive?
Most people who are intelligent know that buying pretty much any other brand of EV is a better choice so I am sure you can get Teslas cheap right now.
Wow what a surprise it failed?!???
Don’t these obsessive rightwing projects of micromanagement expanded into a violent and pervasive state of control by overconfident vastly powerful men usually work out perfectly?
I am shocked!
They probably weren’t worshipping strength and productivity over everything else in their lives hard enough.
My personal armchair opinion is they should try it again but this time have less empathy for the weak and downtrodden who don’t fit into the plan. Then it will surely work! I know this because I am a rich and powerful businessman and that makes me less naive than everybody else.
I mean there are a whole lot of fascists in Germany…
I might go as far as to say German culture is the least capable of resisting fascism in Europe based on the last ~150 years of history. Which doesn’t mean all Germans are like that but Germany has a serious weakness towards becoming broadly enamored with fascism. (I live in the US, to be clear I see the US very similarly).
Of course Elon Musk is going to be popular with fascists in Germany. This is the same old shit over and over again.
I will say the idea of Germans buying shitty, badly made US cars because they are made by a company owned by an inept fascist is pretty funny in a dark way.
Imagine being the Vice President of the US and still being this much of a loser. It is hard to comprehend.
It will certainly be the indirect or direct cause of whatever kills me shrugs.
My ADHD destroying my life
No and I didn’t mean to imply that if I did.