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SlinkierMarrow Mar 31, 2026 +702

Instead of pushing for energy independence through renewable energy or nuclear power, and electrification of transport.

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Nova55 Mar 31, 2026 +162

But the birds getting killed by the evil evil windmills! They are such an environmental hazard!

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so_isses Mar 31, 2026 +55

Because few know it: More deadly than any windmills are, in loose order of deadliness: * cars, * windows, * cats, * planes, * trains. Then there's maybe windmills, or maybe agrochemicals, depending on your definition.

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zenithtreader Mar 31, 2026 +18

Highrises (especially the glassy ones) have killed far more birds than wind turbines.

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francis2559 Mar 31, 2026 +6

I’m going go out on a limb and say tall things that are twice as wide kill twice as many birds.

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Nazamroth Apr 1, 2026 +1

And pro baseball pitchers.

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Uttterly Mar 31, 2026 +16

The our minister for economics is a former lobbyists for the fossil fuel sector. She actively destroyed jobs in the renewable energy sector and pushed for new gas power plants. Now we will have to import more renewable energy tech from China, still indirectly buys gas from Russia despite the war and are reliant on gas imports from the middle east. She is as openly corrupt as you can be without committing actual crimes.

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SlinkierMarrow Mar 31, 2026 +5

Yay!! This is gonna fix that pesky climate change, for sure!

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Uttterly Mar 31, 2026 +7

Our Chancellor is big fan of US conservatism and is trying to normalize it here, including blaming everything on migrants. It's not working well for him or his party at the moment. They recently lost in one of the most conservative states. They will have have a prime minister from the green party for the first time and the first prime minister with foreign roots. So there is a bit of hope left

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Storm_Chaser06 Mar 31, 2026

China: does nothing, wins

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react_dev Mar 31, 2026 +6

A serious answer— they can’t just do it that fast. They don’t have the supply chain for it either but they are leaning towards China for it.

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KDR_11k Mar 31, 2026 +3

And both the far right and moderate right are working to slow down the change to renewables.

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DenizzineD Mar 31, 2026 +1

Nuclear isn’t independent.

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Visual_Collapse Mar 31, 2026 +1

Petrochemicals are required not only for energy Fertilizers, plastics, etc Also noble gases largely come from same source

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outofthehood Mar 31, 2026

*whole actively working against

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Biopain Mar 31, 2026 -37

Oil is not only energy source, its very important resource for chemistry

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SlinkierMarrow Mar 31, 2026 +39

I am well aware, electrifying our transports will reduce the amount of oil needed in a nation, only the oil needed for producing those chemicals. And we don't need Ruzzia for that.

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Hussar223 Mar 31, 2026 +25

the vast majority of all oil extracted is burned for energy. noone is saying to get rid of all oil for every purpose. we can continue using it for downstream products and plastics and such. burning it for energy is the real problem.

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gulfrend Mar 31, 2026 +13

I never understood this argument for continuing fossil fuel use, "We need oil for all these super important applications in plastics" okay great, so why are we burning this incredible, finite resource when we have renewables, nuclear etc etc...?

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OkFineIllUseTheApp Mar 31, 2026 +7

We could fulfill the petrochemical needs through thermal depolymerization of waste. We can literally turn trash to crude oil, but we don't because extraction is cheaper.

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BlueShrub Mar 31, 2026 +6

Nobody here is talking about chemistry we are talking about energy. Stop with these fossil fuel talking points that try to shift the discussion away from the obvious.

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zenithtreader Mar 31, 2026 +1

If we only extract oil for chemicals and plastics we would need a couple percent of our current production capacity at most, and nobody can ever hold the world hostage by blocking a strait or anything else.

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Mr_Knutsen Mar 31, 2026 +798

They never stopped this? Every german that pays a little bit of attention knows that the AfD has close ties to Russia and the MAGAs.

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HelpMeOverHere Mar 31, 2026 +191

Genuine question. Why does Germany allow for political parties to have foreign ties to a rogue state like Russia?

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erlo68 Mar 31, 2026 +146

Beats me... and i'm german. My best guess would be purely the optics of banning an "uprising" opposition. On a technical level we should have more than enough evidence to deem them unconstitutional. But still, that process would take years (for whatever reason) and during that time they could get enough traction playing the victim to get in power and stop the investigation. And with how things stand, that's a very likely scenario.

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DivineArkandos Mar 31, 2026 +58

So the alternative is just to wait and let them get to power anyway?

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erlo68 Mar 31, 2026 +91

Essentially... Democracies fatal flaw has always been that it can be used to dismantle democracy itself. Without strong institutional safeguards, the system can legally erode its own foundations.

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Comin4datrune Mar 31, 2026 +55

\*gestures to the state of American politics rn\*

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erlo68 Mar 31, 2026 +25

The perfect example. We can literally watch it happen live.

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MC_chrome Mar 31, 2026 +16

Which is why it should be imperative that other countries learn from the myriad of mistakes the United States has been making, and strive to prevent their governments from making the same mistakes.

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erlo68 Mar 31, 2026 +13

"Should"... but they're not doing anything. Still proposing antisocial policies that only benefit corporations and in turn themselves. And then acting surprised why people start voting for the "alternative". Even though that alternative openly promises to be even worse, but noticing that would require reading.

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USSRPropaganda Mar 31, 2026 +5

It’s only gonna get worse as we burn down the world, far right politics surging everywhere because of our man-made ecological collapse and pointless oil wars displacing millions, I really don’t see a way out

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Rhywden Mar 31, 2026 +1

We actually have a pretty sharp sword on the books and we \_have\_ banned political parties in the past! SRP (Socialist Empire Party) and KPD (Communist Party of Germany) They just don't have the stones to actually wield this sword. One of the reasons: "Oh, but if they're not banned then they gain legitimacy!" How in the f... is that different from how you're treating them now? Jesus Christ.

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Nasa_OK Mar 31, 2026 +4

Because of Germanys past, the barrier you must overcome in order to ban a party is set really high. It all boils down to implementing any tools that would help easily ban a party, would be easy to abuse by parties that want to stay in power. Another problem is that just as in the us the senior parties would strategically campaign on being better than the other guy. „Sure we did a bad job the last decade but who else do you want to Vote?“ That doesn’t work well against a party who has little to no track record, because they can always just claim that they would have done x better without their past disproving them. The right has overdone it with their corruption and lies over the last couple of terms, and it seems like people who vote right, will rather vote the radical right than left, if they aren’t happy with the right parties performance

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Netcob Mar 31, 2026 +5

I think when afd was small, the other parties didn't want to make a big fuss and fuel a persecution narrative. And now it's "too big to ban".

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erlo68 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Maybe, or maybe big parties just never saw them as competition and never thought their own actions would lead to such a quick rise of the AFD.

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strugglz Mar 31, 2026 +1

So basically, government/law is slow, politics is fast. The US has some similar problems.

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Markus_zockt Mar 31, 2026 +38

It’s reeeeeally difficult to ban a political party in Germany. Because, as we must unfortunately admit, a healthy democracy also includes voices that we ourselves do not agree with. The party in question would have to be demonstrably anti-constitutional and meet many other criteria. Of course, the primary aim of this is to safeguard democracy – to ensure that a ruling party cannot simply ban other parties – but unfortunately it also makes it harder to get rid of such a cancer. There are already moves to ban the AfD; these must, be very well prepared, particularly given the complex legal situation.

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Deepfire_DM Mar 31, 2026 +7

And our conservatives miss the courage to finally pull this through - too many same extreme right minded in their own ranks.

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HappyHaggisx Mar 31, 2026 +5

Well said 😁

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Rhywden Mar 31, 2026 +1

Looking at the SRP and the KPD. We did it before.

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snowtax Mar 31, 2026

It’s a similar issue in the United States. The Constitution (law) protects speech from government censorship. However, that is now being tested as our current government does not respect the law (FCC threatening to revoke broadcast licenses). While not fast enough for my personal preference, recent protests give me hope that the present situation will correct itself given more time.

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InstructionPurple911 Mar 31, 2026 +6

If the Americans are doing it I don't know why you would assume others are not.

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Fedora_Million_Ankle Mar 31, 2026 +21

Same as MAGA. They have a lot of rich people who infleunce the media and easy voting issue that pisses a lot of people off, which they have tricked people into believing they will solve: immigration.

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Birdman915 Mar 31, 2026 +6

German politicians won't to anything drastically like banning a party or convicting a member of the government, ever. They're way too scared to set any kind of precedent that could be used against them. Our entire system of government seems to be "don't ever change", because it could cost them votes. Our infrastructure, healthcare and education have been ignored for far too long and everyone knows, bringing those things up to speed will be immensely expensive and inconvenient for millions. Nobody wants to be the one tackling that. The AfD profits massively from this, because they don't have to actually be better, they're free to say whatever they want. Their voters don't care about that or facts, like Republicans in the US, they just want to feel better about what they're told.

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LystAP Mar 31, 2026 +3

> free to say whatever they want. Reminds me that a big Trump slogan during the election was ‘no more wars.’

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Birdman915 Mar 31, 2026 +4

In Germany we have saying for this. "Was interessiert mich heute mein Geschwätz von gestern?" (Why should I care today about what I said yesterday?)

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witty-malter Mar 31, 2026 +2

"Eine Krähe hackt der anderen kein Auge aus" - fitting to your username.

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Birdman915 Mar 31, 2026 +1

Caw caw

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Admpellaeon Mar 31, 2026 +14

Are you also bothered by alot of the transatlanticists having connections with a rogue state like the USA?

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HelpMeOverHere Mar 31, 2026 +16

Surely am. I’m very disappointed in the Australia for 100% backing the Iran action even as Donald Trump was unable to articulate why he attacked them. I also don’t understand (and I lament) why ANY other country besides the US allows Murdoch and his criminal organisations to operate. This is a man who in his deposition into election lies affirmed he knew his hosts were lying AND that he could have stopped them but he didn’t. WHY.:.. F****** WHY are we constantly tip toeing around cunts who wear “I’m an anti-democracy billionaire piece of shit and I’m f****** up your democratic country” signs around their necks? Hang (figuratively ofc) the f****** bastards with those signs instead. None of “well in a democracy; people are allowed to destroy it” bullshit.

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Admpellaeon Mar 31, 2026 +4

Yeah Albos latest comments on Trump and the successful "regime personnel change operation"(whatever that means) were particularly bad. I think part of the issue is that these EU transatlantic politicians (and I guess Australia's own political class) were so reliant/beholden to US leadership pre-Trump that they literally fold immediately rather than even consider pursuing a path not lead by the US. Any comments by Stubb and Rutte re Trump/USA make we want to claw my eyes out.

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Nova55 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Some try to ban it, but it's a two-edged sword. All the brainwashed fucks will just riot about it. There wouldn't be a need for it for some of our big parties rather try copying some of their talking points instead of being an actual alternative.

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Mr_Knutsen Mar 31, 2026 +1

I would say that our parties moving more towards the AfD is what is weaking said other parties. The rhetoric coming from CDU/CSU is becoming more aggressive, without need. They attack political opponents instead of bridge building between the parties of the middle.

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BurningPenguin Mar 31, 2026 +2

>I would say that our parties moving more towards the AfD is what is weaking said other parties. Funnily enough, that is quite literally also the position of political sciences. Copy the bad guys, and you'll end up being ruled by the bad guys.

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Rhywden Mar 31, 2026 +1

Why vote for the copy if you can just vote for the original?

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KDR_11k Mar 31, 2026 +1

And then wonder why the people who want those policies still vote AFD while the people who don't will abandon your party...

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Level-Cod-6471 Mar 31, 2026 +2

The same reason the US allows it, probably.

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Fallouttgrrl Mar 31, 2026 +1

They've shut down parties that cross the line but I believe the idea is to let the neo nazis self-identity to make it easier to keep them from outright terrorism

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fishblurb Mar 31, 2026 +1

Not german, but from press conferences of politicians in other countries, they defend it as: politics needs money and if they turn down foreign money, how are they ever gunna fund their community activitiessss so yeah it's likely money here too

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Flyinmanm Mar 31, 2026 +10

Theres nothing democratic about allowing a political party to accept foreign donations especially via third parties. It's foreign interference. There was a time you'd be hung for treason in some countries for doing that kind of things. Countries such as the UK are playing catch up on new forms of corruption such as crypto donations, former citizens making massive donations, despite not living here, modern 'news' channels such as GB news and Russia today, foreign ownership of national news media and obscuring donations through intermediaries. It's a good thing too, foreign interference in elections is corrosive to trust in politicians (which is already at a fairly low ebb).

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cyberspace-_- Mar 31, 2026 +1

I remember when Georgia imposed a law against foreign influence. It works both ways you know, you can't really talk about meddling in your internal affairs when you are actively meddling wherever you can. It's just politics.

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End3rWi99in Mar 31, 2026

Hell while we are here, why does the US? It seems the answer for the US is simply that nobody is there to hold them accountable. I am not as knowledgeable about German politics, but in the US, both of our major parties are knee deep in foreign influence, so nonody bothers to speak up when that influence is made obvious. It is my understanding that this is not a unique phenomenon.

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zzazzzz Mar 31, 2026

same reason the US does, money talks.

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greatthebob38 Mar 31, 2026 +7

AfD gets dangerously close to being called full blown Nazis but are always able to toe the line to prevent the German government from shutting them down. It's crazy that they've been able to openly game the system this long while also building up their voter base.

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KDR_11k Mar 31, 2026 +2

And the system is too afraid to even try stopping them.

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minus_minus Mar 31, 2026 +31

Pay Daddy Putin to destabilize Europe. Great idea, Dummköpfe!

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umbium Mar 31, 2026

We are paying Daddy Trump to destabilize Europe. They even have an official document saying that they are doing it and they will do it in the future. That is why is good to diversify our trade.

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minus_minus Mar 31, 2026 +2

So maybe oil and gas aren’t the answer and you should transition to something else you have more control over.

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BrainBlowX Mar 31, 2026 +2

The difference is daddy trump is still not an actual autocrat, and the US' economic and political circumstances makes it much more pliable to pushback. Trading with russia didn't "do us good", it just let russia grow more authoritatian and aggressive, and let european politicians kick the can down the road on energy independence.

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Zeraru Mar 31, 2026 +69

Not even pretending to hide their real loyalty now. And they rant against renewables in the same breath. Energy sovereignty my ass.

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Easy_Bite6858 Mar 31, 2026 +189

I don't know why anyone anywhere in the western world would vote right after watching the US news cycle.

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mcell89 Mar 31, 2026 +80

Populism is a trojan horse.

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Infamous_East6230 Mar 31, 2026 +62

Curtis Yarvin is a conservative philosopher attached to Peter Thiel who is widely considered as one of the architects of the modern right. Yarvin has talked about helping Europe become authoritarian as a result of America abandoning them. He says the chaos caused by American support retreating could open a window for far right politicians. Obviously Russia attacking from the east makes this move far more effective. And Hungary proves that EU countries can become authoritarian puppet states to Russia without any conflict. There is also clear connections between how Orban took over Hungary and how Trump is taking over America. Vance is even visiting Hungary soon to learn from them. I think it’s abundantly clear that America is working with Russia to help push Europe into authoritarianism. Many American conservative leaders, including the Project 2025 authors, view the existing system of western alliances as the enemy of their goals. So their goals of destabilizing the west and ending American hegemony are shared with Russia. I think more people need to pay attention to Yarvin. He hates democracy, is a eugenicist, supports slavery, hates the west, and wants to see America become a techno-monarchy. He sees himself as ideological evolution of the Nazis. From my perspective everything Trump is doing, even the things that seem incoherently stupid, are all helping to create the world Yarvin dreams of. To be clear these people are morons. Bigoted, hateful idiots. And they are reshaping the world in their image because rich people see it as beneficial to them.

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mental_monkey Mar 31, 2026 +15

I just heard about Yarvin the other day and my god, what an absolute horror of a human he is. Didn’t think much more could shock me, but there you go…

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IndependentSpecial17 Mar 31, 2026 +5

On the other side of it there is Aleksandr Dugin. He wrote a play book for the Russian government that seems to be mostly working.

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DeliriousHippie Mar 31, 2026 +4

I wonder has Yarvin ever thought what people like Dugin would do to Yarvin's dream world. In Yarvin's world US is divided between techno states, or what ever you want to call those parts of US. Doesn't he understand that strong nation states like China or Russia would eat those techno states in few decades?

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IndependentSpecial17 Mar 31, 2026 +2

I’m fairly certain there are wealthy people waiting in the wings for the balkanization of the US. Same way the Soviet government collapse helped bring about a bunch of concentrated wealth / connected former party elites/members across all the former Soviet states. Odds are also high that those people will have outside backers to help influence things, namely the two countries you mentioned.

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Infamous_East6230 Mar 31, 2026 +2

From what I can tell from reading Yarvin he isn’t really thinking too far ahead.

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alfadasfire Mar 31, 2026 +46

But muh immugrants! And yeah, fuel is super expensive now. Hurdur i want c**** fuel. Oooh these buffoons say they will get c**** fuel and get rid of immugrants! Let's vote for them! Think of how dumb the average person is, and then realise half the population is dumber.

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wh4tth3huh Mar 31, 2026 +19

Too bad they shut down those nuclear power plants on a kneejerk reaction to a design and planning failure on the other side of the world in an area prone to tsunamis and earthquakes...Damn, if only cooler heads had prevailed and thought that relying on Russian fossil fuel was a bad idea in the not-even-that-long run.

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deathadder99 Mar 31, 2026 +7

They deliberately deepened ties with Russia thinking economic dependence would help relations. And didn’t even back down after Crimea. Shut down the nuclear plants, and worsened the refugee crisis. Absolutely stupid decisions in hindsight.

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Alive_Internet Mar 31, 2026 +5

For Canada and Europe, the top reason is concerns about immigration. Voters are willing to overlook other flaws to address their top concern. If left-leaning parties address immigration concerns adequately, support for right-leaning parties will likely plummet.

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wh4tth3huh Mar 31, 2026 +3

>I’m in Canada where our small town is now predominately non-Canadian username is Hillary4prison...Are the non-canadians you? Why is your handle about another country's politician? Also I'd love to see some stats to support this 600% increase in violence that "your" government isn't reporting. Here's Canada's data from the 60 to '24, and the definition of violent crime was EXPANDED during this time. Where's this 6-fold increase? [https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250722/cg-a002-eng.htm](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250722/cg-a002-eng.htm)

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Corren_64 Mar 31, 2026 +18

A sack of rice falling over would drive German far-right calls for a turn back to Russia

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Matman161 Mar 31, 2026 +9

AFD took Putin's c*** out of their mouths just long enough to invite us all to start sucking

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oingapogo Mar 31, 2026 +6

The far right, no matter which country, never misses an opportunity to move closer to fascism.

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Maeglin75 Mar 31, 2026 +33

Great idea. Let's pay billions to Russia that they spend on building up their army to threaten us. So, we have to spend at least the same amount on top to build up our own military to deter Russia from attacking us, effectively more than doubling the cost of the oh so c**** Russian gas and oil. But I guess the AfD just trusts Putin to randomly stop attacking one neighbour after the other like he did for over 20 years. Or they just don't mind being conquered by Russia.

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Blubbolo Mar 31, 2026 +6

They don't care as long as they get paid. Even if Russia were to bomb Berlin they wouldn't give a f***. I said it and I'll say it again, bombing nord stream was a smart move then and even more so now.

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Admpellaeon Mar 31, 2026 -1

No they should instead pay even more to the USA for more costly LNG so that the USA can...wait also attack EU sovereignty and threaten to seize EU territory. It seems when the USA turns it's warmongering to Europe there's no really good options, but at least the Europeans can negotiate with the Americans, I wonder if they can with the Russians.

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Maeglin75 Mar 31, 2026 +5

How about investing in renewable energy? Yes, there are certain raw materials that are needed that are currently mostly available from China, but that can change if we want too. (Rare earth metals, for example, aren't really rare. It just needs some investment to mine them.) Until then, yeah, it's tough, but given the alternative of one aggressor who is not only threatening us but is already actively waging war against a major European country and one that talks big but is also known to chicken out eventually, I would go with the chicken. Also, I think there is still a better chance that the US government could change back into something reasonable in the foreseeable future than for Russia to change into a reliable, peaceful partner.

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Admpellaeon Mar 31, 2026 -2

How is that going in Germany, pivoting to renewables? The last thing I saw was that they were getting flack for falling behind some climate goals. Yes that would have been a a prudent move, to invest in these renewables before these two disruptions, but they were also pressured by the US not to pursue renewables on the basis this would give leverage to China. I think it's clear that this pressure from the US and cut-off from Russia, that this all benefit's the US significantly and hurts the EU. As for the resources, there's alot of key secondary materials that are made using oil, such as chemicals, fertilisers, plastics ect. Those cannot be replaced entirely by renewables unfortunately. I don't think these countries can afford to bet on the US perhaps changing their policy maybe into something that isn't designed to F the EU. They need a plan which doesn't rely on US generosity (or Trump's mood) and reduces the likelihood of a war with Russia.

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Maeglin75 Mar 31, 2026 +3

While many climate goals are not reached yet, there is still a lot of progress. In recent years more than half of the energy production in Germany is from renewables and less coal and oil is burned than in over a hundred years. (Imaging the disaster we would be in today if that wouldn't be the case.) Renewables are firmly established as the cheapest and most reliable form of energy production. Technology for conserving energy has become a new expanding market for the German industry. There is still a lot of work to do, but it is happening and gaining more and more momentum. Even the current conservative lead government can't stop the progress anymore. I think that is quite a success for a big country that heavily relies on industry.

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Hoodamush Mar 31, 2026 +18

Wow, what a coincidence that all this Iran war bull is helping all those countries calling for a new world order. Weird.

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wabashcanonball Mar 31, 2026 +6

Russia isn’t the answer. They’ll screw you the first chance they get.

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Markus_zockt Mar 31, 2026 +9

They’ve been shouting this “slogan” for the past four years. It’s nothing new and isn’t linked to any particular events.

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RidingRedHare Mar 31, 2026 +3

It is of course linked to them being paid by Russia.

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mostly_fizz Mar 31, 2026 +4

Imagine being a German d*** sucking Russia and acting like you're the strong tough nationalist

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KDR_11k Mar 31, 2026 +2

The whole international community of nationalists is sucking Russia's d*** and not realizing the irony.

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DUD3_L3B0W5KI Mar 31, 2026 +7

Dumb german nazis with their moronic view towards putin. As german I hate the AFD so freaking much

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Deepfire_DM Mar 31, 2026 +8

They were always neckdeep in putin - no news here.

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Ibra_63 Mar 31, 2026 +3

Oh yes let's give the nation who threatens up every morning more leverage !

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MKW69 Mar 31, 2026 +3

They deserve to be put in prison.

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Ornery_Flounder3142 Mar 31, 2026 +3

It’s almost as if it’s a plan for this sort of thing to happen.

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McortezLSU Mar 31, 2026 +3

of course they do it, like they did before the crisis, everyday. I mean thats what they get paid for. You give any of those loosers a truth serum and ask "Why do you exists?" they answer: "To serve at the command of the russians, i am but a slave"

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macronancer Mar 31, 2026 +3

Russian tools pushing Russian agenda? No way!!

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radiohead-nerd Mar 31, 2026 +3

Trump was the best thing that ever happened to Russia

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Techline420 Mar 31, 2026 +1

That‘s exactly why they put him in power twice.

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Pherllerp Mar 31, 2026 +3

The right is always looking for any excuse to turn to Russia.

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UntimelyGhostTickler Mar 31, 2026 +3

I mean we all know that our far right is literally sponsored by Russia so there is absolutely 0 surprise

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Luckydog12 Mar 31, 2026 +3

Yes. I’m sure THIS is the reason the German far right wants to back Russia.

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CANYUXEL Mar 31, 2026 +6

I love the far-right. Anywhere in the world, they’re predictable in the same stupid ways. They have this “genius idea” that’s already been tried and has spectacularly failed, yet every time things aren’t ideal, they just poke their heads up and say they have this “genius idea.” What’s in their favor is that anywhere in the world they operate, there’s always a constant stream of “upset youth” who believe these “genius ideas” are original and worthwhile. Let’s pick a despot who’s “always right about everything” to lead us. He’ll (of course it’s a “he”) “get shit done.” Let’s get chummy with Russia. Let’s find a group of people we can collectively hate and bond against. Let’s highlight and exaggerate anything wrong those people do. Let’s rewrite history with so much bias that nobody even bothers correcting it, so it becomes the truth.

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bullhits Mar 31, 2026 +8

I don't care even if oil price reach $500. Turning back to Russia would be EU's greatest folly.

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umbium Mar 31, 2026 +1

The greatest folly was to block our trade routes just because the US told us so. We need to diversify our trade partners, to avoid a power to have hegemony over out economy.

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Va3V1ctis Mar 31, 2026 -3

I get your point, however if oil price reaches close to $500 whole EU would go hungry and/or broke as a consequence. And any politician will go begging to anyone who will be able to sell oil to them, regardless of the consequences, as they all understand that if that happens people will go to streets and protest and even throw them out through closed doors head first!

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bullhits Mar 31, 2026 +2

Caving to threats only funds the next invasion. Europe would be better off broke and free than comfortable and under a dictator's thumb. Street protests pass but Russian occupation lasts for generations. Losing an election is a small price for preventing a total continental collapse.

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Va3V1ctis Mar 31, 2026 -3

Brave words from a person who is well fed and in warm bed. I wonder how fast you might change this tune, when you are broke and hungry.

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BrainBlowX Mar 31, 2026 +2

A third of russians don't even have indoor plumbing, and even more russians live in abject poverty. Spare us the laughable pitch that caving to russian authoritarianism is the road to warm beds and safety.

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Visual_Collapse Mar 31, 2026 +1

Lol. Where you got this "no plumbing" bullshit from?

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Rhywden Mar 31, 2026

You do know that Orcs literally ripped out porcelain toilets in Ukraine houses because they do not have those? There's also been a yearly contest by Domestos (Unilever) in Russia since 2019 crowning the worst school toilets. Have a look at some of those photos. Sometimes they're simply holes in the floor.

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Visual_Collapse Mar 31, 2026 +3

Do people really believe in such crude propaganda? That things are heavy and brittle, no way you're stealing them from warzone.

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BrainBlowX Mar 31, 2026 +1

> That things are heavy and brittle, no way you're stealing them from warzone. Of course you don't steal them from a war zone, *they loot them from occupied regions.* This also happened in WW2 btw. It is primarily Siberian troops who do it.

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Visual_Collapse Apr 1, 2026 +1

You're trolling me don't you?

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Nova55 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Timo Chrupalla up russias ass as usual. Despicable, rotten human being.

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mariuszmie Mar 31, 2026 +2

They really ‘love’ Putin…. Or rather his cash - so transparent and obvious and sad…. German far right famous for being cozy with Russian communist spy… History on repeat

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Nilsbergeristo Mar 31, 2026 +2

Of course, that is what they are paid to do.

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Pinki-Blub Mar 31, 2026 +2

Wenn Ruzzia so toll ist warum leben die dann hier ?

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tootaflute Mar 31, 2026 +2

This is how our "enemies" use democracy as a weapon to undermine us.

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Roaddog113 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Putin’s dogs are barking 🇷🇺💩🤡

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AccomplishedBrain309 Mar 31, 2026 +2

They can go! They wont like the reception they get.

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Sad-Breakfast-5671 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Doesnt make sense as the soaring gas prices are cause by trump and putin which is russia.

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rabbitjockey Mar 31, 2026 +2

I'm sure they thought the same thing when prices spiked after Putin invaded Ukraine

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jar36 Mar 31, 2026 +2

sadly it is human nature to turn our backs on right v wrong when it requires a personal sacrifice. Few are we who would stand the line. I think paying a little more to weaken an evil nation is better than shooting back and forth with them

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hughcifer-106103 Mar 31, 2026 +2

The west would be really benefitted if we could simply deport all of our far-right losers to Russia or maybe the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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aswecare Mar 31, 2026 +2

Do Germans regret the closure of their nuclear power plants?

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Ihor_90 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Check their message history. Likely have Lavrov on speed dial like the Slovak and Hungarian governments.

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mahanutra Mar 31, 2026 +2

In Germany you may call those peaple simply "Nazi" like this [Bernd](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_H%C3%B6cke) Not to be confused with another [Bernd](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_das_Brot) although the second one is noticable brown.

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LordSlyGentleman Mar 31, 2026 +2

What's wrong with your other energy sources? (Nuclear Power, Wind, Solar, Geothermal)

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Silly-Elderberry-411 Mar 31, 2026 +4

They don't have former stasi officers.

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TonyTheTerrible Mar 31, 2026 +1

Germany is very nice in many regards but is such a shitshow when it comes to the energy and fuel sector.

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Bison308 Mar 31, 2026 +1

How about they use the perfectly good public transport services and shut the fck up

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redheadedandbold Mar 31, 2026 +1

Thus unravelling the best chance the world had of toppling Putin.

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MyDadsGlassesCase Mar 31, 2026 +1

Day of the week with a vowel drives German far-right calls for a turn back to Russia

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Few-Welcome7588 Mar 31, 2026 +1

Just imagine if Germany would have some nuclear plants,you know that produce f*** ton of energy and not be so dependent b**** and seat on Russias cockpit.

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zeolus123 Mar 31, 2026 +1

Didn't Ukraine blow those nordstream pipes up? Do they have existing pipeline capacity to Russia, or would it be coming off terminals?

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Notwerk Mar 31, 2026 +1

It was never a question who all these far-right groups really answered to. This is the end game, folks. This is what they've been building to for 10-plus years.

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Fortspucking Mar 31, 2026 +1

"Drives" is an inaccurate word, I imagine. "Excuses" is probably a more operant term.

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Mango-143 Mar 31, 2026 +1

They are shifting sources from one crappy country to another. Russia was a huge supplier of gas and it was replaced by USA. It seems that politicians don't have coherent policies for energy security. There is far less investment in battery storage capacity. In summer, electricity prices go negative which is bad. Investment in new grid is lagging far behind. Phased out all nuclear power plants and there is billions of euro to be paid for clean up. Most of the renewable technologies comes from the China.

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3p2p Mar 31, 2026 +1

Going back to Russia because they do what? Charge the same as all the opec countries? Russia or no Russia oil prices won’t change a jot.

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naughtyrev Mar 31, 2026 +1

What doesn’t cause the German far right to call for turns back to Russia?

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redsparks2025 Apr 1, 2026 +1

In approx. 47 years from now - long after that old fart Trump who created this mess is gone - the oil would be all used up anyway and as such that old fart left nothing for his children or grandchildren to inherit but a collapsed society. However if (if) the concept of "rebirth" is true then that old fart may(?) find himself reborn to this mess he may have thought (or hoped) he left behind; a sweet karmic payback for his avarice and self-centeredness. Wikipedia = [List of countries by proven oil reserves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves) Worldmeter = [World Oil Statistics](https://www.worldometers.info/oil/) the "*silver lining"* of soaring fuel prices is to slow down that fuel consumption to make that fuel last longer and force nations start to consider alternative energy sources and gear up for them before it is all too late. as fuel becomes more scares in the future those prices are going to soar again. [How do we create a better economy?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MK6tuZ7Rws) \~ TED Ed \~ YouTube.

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King_Fisher99 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Sounds like a bunch of weak pussies!

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chemistryplayer Apr 1, 2026 +1

Hint: they're working for Russia because they have all been honeypotted

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aerodynamik Apr 1, 2026 +1

thus revealing their actual purpose

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CutSenior4977 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Nooo, noooo, Germany, you’ve already been through this, nothing ever good comes from the far-right.

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InsanityRoach Mar 31, 2026 +1

I mean, they were calling for a turn back to Russia before too

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HappyHaggisx Mar 31, 2026 +1

It has never been a secret the far right in all of Europe world like cheaper fuel and sitting down next to Putin's table rubbing their dirty grubby little hands. Just look at hungry and the USA the only reason trump is not talking to Russia is the USA has it's own oil from fracking and destroying people's homes and his dirty grubby hands on Venezuela's. This is why we need to never let up on trying to make life easier and fair for everyone. No man or woman should have 852 billion dollars { Elon musk } in their bank account. Who is buying anything he wants and no one can stop him not even the president of the USA. Just remember who went on about the Epstein fails it was musk to trump's face. Like to see anyone else do it.

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Va3V1ctis Mar 31, 2026 +1

It is easy to moralize about good and bad, and condemn such ideas, when your stomach is full of food, and you are worm. If you are cold, hungry and broke, due to raising oil prices, most of your moralization, thoughts about good and evil quickly don't matter anymore.

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