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0·3 hours agoIt’s so lovely to see how the mask has finally fallen off and we get to see the EU as the totalitarian regime that it really is.
0·4 hours agoThe same way Trump ran on draining the swamp. It’s amazing how credulous you are.
1·4 hours agowas my first thought as well
7·8 hours agoYou know the war is lost when the UK decides they want to talk to Russia.
lmfao the fact that Ukraine is corrupt as fuck has been well established for over a decade now https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/04/welcome-to-the-most-corrupt-nation-in-europe-ukraine
Next you’ll start telling us that Ukrainian news are spreading Russian propaganda https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/11/10/8006609/
0·21 hours agoIf they are then they’re hiding it pretty well.
After the pipeline was destroyed there was no way back because the bridges were burnt. This effectively shut down any possible debate on how far support for Ukraine should go even if it harms German economy. If the option to get cheap pipeline gas was still on the table, business interests would have put immense pressure on the government to avoid the industrial collapse that we see now. But with the pipeline being off the table, that discussion could no longer happen.
You could reasonably argue that Germany should have been investing in renewables and nuclear the way China has been. Had that happened then it wouldn’t have found itself in the same dire situation. However, it is worth noting that despite having absolutely mind boggling amount of renewables deployment, China still relies on Russian energy today. That’s likely to be the case for decades to come. Given that, I find it highly unlikely that Germany could’ve completely switched to renewables by 2022 even with the best of policies. The situation could’ve been less catastrophic, but the underlying problems I outlined above would still be largely present. German industry would still have to compete with other industrial powers where input costs are lower.
And here’s what’s happening with coal. Germany reopened a bunch of coal plants
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2022/10/28/the-iron-law-of-electricity-strikes-again-germany-re-opens-five-lignite-fired-power-plants/
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-000165_EN.html
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-approves-bringing-coal-fired-power-plants-back-online-this-winter-2023-10-04/
As of 2025, coal-fired power production increased 9.3 percent, while electricity production from fossil gas increased by 11.6 percent. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/fossil-electricity-production-germany-increased-10-first-half-2025
That does not look like a green energy transition to me.
No, that’s backwards. Pipeline being blown up ensured that Germany had no option to get pipeline gas which removed it from public debate on whether Germany should participate in the war and the economic impact that would have on Germany. Had the pipeline remained operational, that would’ve obviously had an impact on German politics because there would’ve been significant economic pressure.
Meanwhile, it’s pretty clear that Germany has failed to replace cheap Russian energy with any green alternatives. Not only that, but Germany has now gone back to using more coal instead, which is far worse for the environment.
Germany being cut off from cheap pipeline gas, which was primarily coming through Nord Stream, is very obviously the reason. Pipeline gas was a fixed price, long term contract. LNG is traded on the market and it’s an order of magnitude more expensive.
Clearly you’re either completely ignorant on the subject you’re attempting to discuss here, or you’re just a troll. In ether case, it’s very clear who’s actually arguing in bad faith here.
0·1 day agoI’m in my 40s and I’m really glad I got into martial arts back in my 20s and kept up with it.
One has to be a complete imbecile not to be able to understand that surge in input costs compared to competitors would in fact lead to industry collapsing. Germany is now forced to buy expensive energy from the US, meanwhile the US has cheap access to domestic energy and China gets energy at a discount from Russia. This makes manufacturing in Germany entirely uncompetitive. But yeah, I’m sure it’s a total coincidence that the industrial collapse in Germany coincides with it being cut off from Russian energy. You are so very intelligent.
gas usage is lower because German industry is now extinct, but yeah aside from that no other major effects 🤣
usually having coupling with the database being used as shared state
also true 🤣
I did in fact address your drivel repeatedly. You just have poor reading comprehension. I love how you just quote shit randomly as if it’s going to add weight to the nonsense you’re trying to spread here.
I have demonstrated that the current government in Ukraine is fascist. This is not difficult to do when they openly say that they follow Bandera ideology, and pose with nazi symbols, and have literal nazi battalions like Azov as core of their army. I did not merely point to individual Ukrainian soldiers. I’ve repeatedly explained that it’s systemic. None of this is happening in Russia. In fact, Russia has been the country that has put out UN resolutions on combating fascism, and the countries that voted against it were the US and Ukraine 🤣
Either you’re utterly clueless or you’re just a troll. I wonder what you’re trying to achieve here to be honest. Everybody reading this thread can see you’re full of shit. You’re certainly not going to convince anybody of anything. I guess you’re just really dedicated to making a clown of yourself in public.
I’m going to stop here, and let you you have have the last word that you so desperately need.
It’s about as productive as trying to turn a lion vegetarian.
Capitalism systematically demolishes every form of non monetized social connection. We’re working longer hours, living in atomized families, and have fewer and fewer third places to just hang out. A genuine community that grounds you and calls you on your bullshit is a barrier to the total commodification of life.
People who are isolated, starved for connection, and psychologically precarious create a lucrative market niche. And like vultures, tech capital swoops in to fill that hole with the AI companion engineered to maximize engagement. Their entire business model is to be a Skinner box that provides endless, unconditional validation. It’s a “friend” that never asks for anything but your data and your subscription fee.
The “spiral” these people are experiencing is the ultimate product lock in. It’s a closed, monetizable feedback loop where you and the algorithm build a reality together that’s completely detached from material reality. Corps managed to replace basic human interactions that keep us sane with profit driven algorithms that drive people to psychosis.