SolanumChillEse

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[–] SolanumChillEse -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.

[–] SolanumChillEse 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 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.

[–] SolanumChillEse 16 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.

[–] SolanumChillEse -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do we count disputes over territorial waters as the same as war? Are you actually serious with this question?

The Spratly Islands are China’s Afghanistan?

[–] SolanumChillEse 4 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.

[–] SolanumChillEse 25 points 1 year ago

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

[–] SolanumChillEse 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.

[–] SolanumChillEse 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.

[–] SolanumChillEse 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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