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German Federal Elections 2017 |OT| Electing the new leader of the free world
- Thread starter Xando
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I'll probably go
In 2011, I accidentally ran into a satirical pro-Guttenberg demonstration in Berlin. Their posters were hilarious. "Wir sind dein Volk", "Monarchie, jetzt oder nie", "Solidarität mit dem Oberbefehlshaber" in gothic letters.
You are obviously a selfish rich fuck who lives off a huge inheritance and believes in social Darwinism, amirite.
I've got a friend in the Bundeswehr.
He LOOOOOOOVES Guttenberg.
1.21Gigawatts
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I tuned in just as this segment started. Lasted about 10 seconds.
This walking trash can of a no-name moderator will also be doing the Merkel/Schulz talk(s) afaik. Pass.
They should really get Stefan Raab to do it again.
I bet Schulz would call himself King of Kotelett
Only if you show your RAF-collection first.
No, thanks. His parts were super cringeworthy back then.
The one thing that should actually be broadcast by the ÖR, and they give it to trash TV producers...
Shots fired
I watched the Bader-Meinhof-Komplex once on TV. Does that count?
Great movie
Bitch Pudding
Member
The more you know!
Muffin1611
Banned
How did I miss this one
http://www.der-postillon.com/2017/08/cdu-fdp-spenden.html
Postillon on point as always
http://www.der-postillon.com/2017/08/cdu-fdp-spenden.html
Postillon on point as always
By american standards she probably is.
D
Deleted member 98878
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perfect 😂
Probably... I mean someone like Bernie Sanders gets called a socialist in all honesty there xD
TanookiTom
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Ugh I am so unsure whom to vote for this time round. Wahl-o-mat says "Die Piraten" ahaha, followed by the Greens, which I hate and will never vote for.
I prefer the Wahl Navi though:
Guess die Linke maybe :/
I prefer the Wahl Navi though:
Guess die Linke maybe :/
Bitch Pudding
Member
3 weeks to go, things are looking good.
Muffin1611
Banned
I'd be fine with the second choice.
I'd be fine with 2,3 and 4 tbh
Can't wait for Schulz to destroy Merkel on sunday and still lose by 15-20%
Muffin1611
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We Germans take our Politikverdrossenheit very serious!
Jamaica might be unrealistic if the Greens are really serious about making it a necessary condition for a coalition to phase out combustion engines.
I dont know. I already know that Schulz is the far superior speaker and I wont vote for Merkel, so I can watch a movie instead.
Maybe I will watch it anyway because I am going to wait for Tatort, but this years I really have not that much reason to watch it.
kingkaiser
Member
The moment you realize democracy is so dead in your country not even Russia cares to manipulate your elections...
PdotMichael
Banned
We are a bunch of Kaisertreue people.
Bitch Pudding
Member
Pf, in 2030, who cares what people decided more than 10 years ago...
Believe me, this is not a show stopper, neither one way or the other.
Eh, democracy isn't dead just because most people are relatively satisfied with the status quo and don't seek for change. Germany is pretty well off compared to most and our right-wing party failed to get traction (compared to other countries), so that Russia trying to support the AfD wouldn't be worth it anyway.
They did and are?
https://wikileaks.org/bnd-inquiry/
RT has an article about it as well, but is blocked here (thankfully)
Fantastic 😂
kingkaiser
Member
Apparently people are so satisfied that 30 percent of the electorate doesn't vote anymore.
It's not that life is so good in Germany, it's just the majority has lost all faith in politics and pretty much gave up.
But hey, Exportweltmeister! Am I right?
Yeah right, almost forgot NSA spying on Germany was just fake news...wait what?
Patrick Bateman
Member
People don't see the difference between the big parties anymore.
It's all the same. There will probably be another big coalition and nothing will change. Why vote then?
It's all the same. There will probably be another big coalition and nothing will change. Why vote then?
To keep the idiot parties out!
Non-voters are a diverse group, there's no singular reason why people don't vote. Trying to paint all non-voters as people who've lost faith in politics is utter nonsense.
People in Germany are generally satisfied with both the state of their democracy and their individual lifes, that's just how it is.
Grand total of 6% aren't "satisfied at all" with the state of German democracy, 73% are satisfied.
https://de.statista.com/statistik/d...riedenheit-mit-der-demokratie-in-deutschland/
There's a huge difference between east and west, though. 77% satisfied in the west, just 47% in the east (59% previously, the huge drop can likely be attributed to the refugee topic).
http://m.bpb.de/nachschlagen/datenreport-2016/226945/zufriedenheit-mit-der-demokratie
According to Pew Research 86% of Germans regard the economy as good, the second highest value in the poll.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/05/global-publics-more-upbeat-about-the-economy/
According to the DIW life satisfication in Germany is currently the highest in 25 years.
http://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/sozi...nie-seit-der-wiedervereinigung-a-1139233.html
We need another Schröder-esque personality.
The dudes from SPD and FDP.... man... I dont feel them at all. I think its especially embarrassing how the FDP tries to be so cooll and modern, by putting the blonde dude on every poster or facebook post.
But I dont trust that guy one single bit.
The dudes from SPD and FDP.... man... I dont feel them at all. I think its especially embarrassing how the FDP tries to be so cooll and modern, by putting the blonde dude on every poster or facebook post.
But I dont trust that guy one single bit.
PdotMichael
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30% isn't even especially high.
kingkaiser
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hanspampel
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but that is not true
at least i never saw any poll or studies to confirm that
it's more the perception of the minority, that most of the people gave up and don't care anymore.
voter turnout is also pretty good. not the best, but far from bad or the worst
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/15/u-s-voter-turnout-trails-most-developed-countries/
it's just that it grew a lot
and that is a problem, of course
SporeCrawler
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no afd should be sub 5. they are going to be in the next BT because their dear leader said something about deporting german citizens to turkey and its just sad.3 weeks to go, things are looking good.
i would never vote for FDP but lidner is much better than westerwelle or roesler
yeah i know a lot of people that dont vote.. sometimes its due to sheer lazyness. sometimes its because the parties dont represent their views (disgruntled SPD voters)
it's a perfect match for this poster. Whoever came up with these slogans isn't familar with the #Neuland but at least it's edgy and not as bad as the AfD campgains
The thing is that it's not even true.
The last time we were "Exportweltmeister" was 2008.
We haven't even been "Exportvizeweltmeister" for years.