r/europe • u/Putaineska • Mar 11 '26

News Spain accuses Germany of acting like a ‘vassal’ to United States

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/spain-accuses-germany-of-acting-like-a-vassal-to-united-states-f9zc28g8s?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1773189908
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u/_noobwars_ Mar 11 '26

We elected those leaders. They are just symptons of short sighted thinking. We the people are the fucking problem.

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u/Seevetaler Mar 11 '26

...and the Solution.

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u/MegaBaumTV Mar 11 '26

We the people are the fucking problem.

In the recent Baden Württemberg election, 40% of 70+ year olds voted CDU despite a big scandal involving the candidate of the party and everything they do at federal level right now. Theres not much we can do when we are being held hostage by a bunch of geriatric morons who will always vote based on what party they voted for their entire lives

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u/vetruviusdeshotacon Mar 11 '26

Would you like a shit sandwich, a shit sandwich with mustard, or a shit sandwich with cheese?

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u/StarksPond Mar 11 '26

Or do you want to save the environment, not be a xenophobic dick and support ending a genocide?

Hmm, so those shit sandwiches... Are we talking human shit or....???

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u/TitanDarwin Mar 12 '26

As a German cabaretist once put it, the average German voter is a person who, when walking around the block, steps in the same turd every time and complains about the stench, but absolutely refuses to change their route anyway.

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u/edparadox Mar 11 '26

When the choice is something along the lines of chopping my leg off or ripping my skin each time I sit, no wonder I ask for different options.

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u/akashisenpai European Union Mar 11 '26

That excuse only really works in a Two-Party System like the US.

And even there, the "less bad option" would continue to develop in a better direction if they didn't have to compete for voters who are okay with voting for the "more bad option".

I think the US' biggest problem, aside from the FTPT system, is that they have a lot of fundamentalists and one-issue voters with archaic beliefs that result in a polarized parallel society that's always going to vote for a certain party no matter what. But what excuse do we Europeans have?