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15 years ago I thought the Germans were the smartest people in the world because they understood the importance of investing in public services and had a central european style of capitalism that focused on fundamentals over financialization. since then they've slowly been adopting more neoliberal policies and making really stupid foreign policy decisions. I've lost a lot of respect for them as a world leader.
Don't forget turning off all their nuclear plants to become reliant on brown coal and russian (now american) gas.
Can't go one thread about about Germany without that shit being spouted.
Well, it is a big fuck up that is leading to wars today. Putin wouldn't have dared invade if he didn't have guaranteed customers for resources.
Germany does not import gas from Russia anymore. Please explain.
Yes, but they did at the start of the war and were quite dependent on it, especially in industry. They, and the rest of Europe have made huge efforts to transition away.
Their import dependence and others played a part in Putin’s calculus for war. Energy was specifically excluded from sanctions as to cut it off would have been disruptive.
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/natural-gas-imports-from-russia#:~:text=Natural%20Gas%20Imports%20from%20Russia%20in%20Germany%20averaged%20132491.07%20Terajoule,Natural%20Gas%20Imports%20From%20Russia.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is Germany’s fault because they were buying gas? Is that right?
Lol, no. The invasion of ukraine in Russias fault. However, Germany placed itself in a state of high dependence on a state that used that dependence as a tool of control rather than trade. It was a grave error of judgement.