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LookThisOneGuy t1_j4mrtuz wrote

Reply to comment by BanthasWereElephants in German defense minister announces resignation by misana123

I feel like you confuse 'Germany not leading' with 'Germany not letting France lead'. Which is aboslutely not the case.

The first article: France leading would be France sending tanks and then Germany following. How is Germany 'not letting' France do that? Germany has shown very well that they will let France lead. After France decided to send their AMX-10, Germany followed less than 24h later.

Same with Poland. If they want to 'lead' then maybe they shouldn't push Germany to send Leopard 2s first, hide behind that they would only send Leoaprd 2s in a coalition. Just send the export request already and Germany can approve it like Habeck has already said.

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LookThisOneGuy t1_j4mcot3 wrote

Reply to comment by BanthasWereElephants in German defense minister announces resignation by misana123

>The NATO treaty documents require a 2.0% GPD expenditure.

I guess you can just make wild claims. Or you could link the official NATO funding documents:

Official NATO funding calls it 'The 2% defence investment guideline' to be met in 10 years (decided 2014, so until 2024) and NATO members have agreed to raise their military funding each year if they aren't already at 2%.

Also just in case this wasn't alread known: German contribution to direct NATO funding is at 16.3444% of NATO total budget. Exactly the same value as US funding and way ahead of the UK at 11.2823%.

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LookThisOneGuy t1_ixv272z wrote

Reply to comment by The_RealKeyserSoze in Germany approves welfare reform, extends nuclear power | Germany's upper house of parliament approved measures aimed at helping people hit hard by high energy prices and the high cost of living. The country's nuclear power extension will also take effect immediately. by misana123

The full part of my comment:

> The narrative simply cannot be that Germanys =bad for no nuclear but other countries, like Poland or Lithuania = good for no nuclear. > > Well it can be, if nuclear doesn't matter and the arguments are just racism.

But you might be right:

> And also google what racism means

It could have been xenophobia instead of racism, according to some definitions.

Still, ask yourself: Why do I only blame Germany when this seems to be widespread phenomenon across all of Europe? Check your privilege and accept inernalised bigotry. Say no to hate!

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LookThisOneGuy t1_ixuwd9p wrote

Reply to comment by The_RealKeyserSoze in Germany approves welfare reform, extends nuclear power | Germany's upper house of parliament approved measures aimed at helping people hit hard by high energy prices and the high cost of living. The country's nuclear power extension will also take effect immediately. by misana123

I aksed why Germany is seen as stupid for not doing it and other EU countries are not. The answer is racism.I haven't seen 10 reddit threads ever week calling CEE countries stupid for not building nuclear. Why? Racism

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LookThisOneGuy t1_ixuuxep wrote

Reply to comment by The_RealKeyserSoze in Germany approves welfare reform, extends nuclear power | Germany's upper house of parliament approved measures aimed at helping people hit hard by high energy prices and the high cost of living. The country's nuclear power extension will also take effect immediately. by misana123

Of course. Germany shutting down nuclear is because they are dumb.

Other EU countries not having nuclear can't be because they are dumb, it must be China!

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LookThisOneGuy t1_ixrxxtt wrote

Reply to comment by visitor-2024 in Germany approves welfare reform, extends nuclear power | Germany's upper house of parliament approved measures aimed at helping people hit hard by high energy prices and the high cost of living. The country's nuclear power extension will also take effect immediately. by misana123

> Germany had many nuclear power plants. Where are they now?

Some shut down because they are old. Some shut down because of politics. Some still operating.

The big question is: If nuclear was the cheap better obvious answer these last 30 years, why have the super smart and way better countries not built any?

Since the 1992 (30 years ago) only three nuclear reactors have started construction in Europe. One in France, one in Finland and Hinkley Point C in the UK (counts as two?).

The narrative simply cannot be that Germanys =bad for no nuclear but other countries, like Poland or Lithuania = good for no nuclear.

Well it can be, if nuclear doesn't matter and the arguments are just racism.

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