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- Aug 18, 2020
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Yeah there are some countries which still insist on importing a lot of Russian resources. Some other countries/ experts say by doing that they finance Putin's war.
My opinion could be controversial. I am quite sure the rest of the world sees Germany as hypocritical and selfish.
I follow the news closely. You can read both positions in the newspapers of my country. I think we are hypocritical. Germany always pretends to be morally superior and acts like that. Always lecturing other countries about their policies. I think it is selfish of my country to further import these Russian resources.
On the other hand if I was chancellor I would probably also be hesitant on it. Many in this forum would probably critize this a lot. I can somewhat understand why we are not boycotting Russia completely. Is it selfish? Without a doubt. But I am pretty scared about inflation. And Germany is absolutely dependent on Russia. Our economy would be pretty fucked without Russian gas.
There are a lot of smartasses in German newspapers which pretend like Germany was not hypocritical. I think we are hypocriticial. There are different narratives in our newspapers which defend the import of Russian gas. My favorite is: other countries like Italy pretend like they would be in favor of a boycott but secretly they hope Germany will block it. And in the end Germany will get blamed. I think some people like that the model student (Germany) which loves being self-righteous is now exposed.
Others write this would hurt Germany more than Russia. We could not do this longterm. We would buckle fastly because the damage to our economy would be too severe. We cannot predict whether this would really stop the war. There are experts with different assessments how much the GDP would crash. etc.
To add one thing: I am absolutely in favor of giving Ukraine the best military technology we have. I think our army is bullshit but there are some pretty good German military companies.
On the other hand you can see this as quite cynical. We provide Russia with the money for the war but at the same time we are too hesitant on giving Ukraine the help they deserve. I think Putin knows he cannot start a war against NATO now. I think Russia's army is already very weak. This is why I am a full supporter of tanks, etc for Ukraine. I am not too scared about WW3.
I think the vast majortiy of countries on earth think Germany is exposed as a hypocrite with this policy. What is your opinion? Is there anyone who understands why Germany is doing that? Do you think some countries are secretly in favor of importing resources but just hope Germany gets the blame for it?
My opinion could be controversial. I am quite sure the rest of the world sees Germany as hypocritical and selfish.
I follow the news closely. You can read both positions in the newspapers of my country. I think we are hypocritical. Germany always pretends to be morally superior and acts like that. Always lecturing other countries about their policies. I think it is selfish of my country to further import these Russian resources.
On the other hand if I was chancellor I would probably also be hesitant on it. Many in this forum would probably critize this a lot. I can somewhat understand why we are not boycotting Russia completely. Is it selfish? Without a doubt. But I am pretty scared about inflation. And Germany is absolutely dependent on Russia. Our economy would be pretty fucked without Russian gas.
There are a lot of smartasses in German newspapers which pretend like Germany was not hypocritical. I think we are hypocriticial. There are different narratives in our newspapers which defend the import of Russian gas. My favorite is: other countries like Italy pretend like they would be in favor of a boycott but secretly they hope Germany will block it. And in the end Germany will get blamed. I think some people like that the model student (Germany) which loves being self-righteous is now exposed.
Others write this would hurt Germany more than Russia. We could not do this longterm. We would buckle fastly because the damage to our economy would be too severe. We cannot predict whether this would really stop the war. There are experts with different assessments how much the GDP would crash. etc.
To add one thing: I am absolutely in favor of giving Ukraine the best military technology we have. I think our army is bullshit but there are some pretty good German military companies.
On the other hand you can see this as quite cynical. We provide Russia with the money for the war but at the same time we are too hesitant on giving Ukraine the help they deserve. I think Putin knows he cannot start a war against NATO now. I think Russia's army is already very weak. This is why I am a full supporter of tanks, etc for Ukraine. I am not too scared about WW3.
I think the vast majortiy of countries on earth think Germany is exposed as a hypocrite with this policy. What is your opinion? Is there anyone who understands why Germany is doing that? Do you think some countries are secretly in favor of importing resources but just hope Germany gets the blame for it?
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