This is why people turn into tankies

    • Usernume@lemmy.worldOP
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      Centrist neolibs like him are the plague of a society. They chafe away at people’s hope, doing more for big corporations than for the people, throwing some bones of social benifits. Long run though… Long run their policies degrade standards of living and erode moral fiber until the desperation creeps in and extremism of any flavour becomes the dominant path.

      Then all act like they didn’t see the Spanish Inquisition coming.

      • einkorn@feddit.org
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        Really? First he says all limitations are off the table, and next that Taurus will not be sent.

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          First he says all limitations are off the table

          Tbf, he did not.

          One of the many failings of Merz is, that he is a terrible communicator.
          What he said was: “All range restrictions have been lifted”, which was understood by most to be the announcement of a new policy change.
          But actually he was just referring to something that had already happened half a year earlier under Scholz.

          His defenders will point out, that what he said was factually true and that he did not announce anything new. But once again, Merz seems incapable of considering the context under which such questions are asked and how his words would be interpreted.

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              Because there is a chance that Mertz actually considered doing something, but something went wrong (Trump, probably).

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                He formed a coalition with Scholz’s party after the election to become chancellor. That’s what went “wrong.” But he said “no limitations” AFTER forming this coalition, knowing full well that Taurus will never be sent as long as he needs the SPD (Scholz’s party) to stay in power.

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            Merz or Scholtz… It’s absolutely heartbreaking that more is not being done to bring justice to the Ukranian people. Help should be delivered and should have been for a long time.

            Instead it’s this constant geopolitcal dance from weak people in power