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bloodydingbat t1_iy7gwsv wrote

You can’t make this shit up.

While the German National Football Squad is putting its neck out there, calling Qatar out on human rights, the politicians are wheeling and dealing.

Hypocrisy at its finest.

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jonathanrdt t1_iy8aqw6 wrote

Germany doesn't have enough energy to run their country because they tried to establish meaningful ties w Russia in the hopes of making Russia a more useful economic partner.

They need the gas, and they don't have great near term options. The middle east is sitting on a ton of energy, and until we shed the majority of our need, the world will continue to buy their oil.

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Zombie_Harambe t1_iy90y31 wrote

All these useless European nations with no natural resources but coal should have gone nuclear and saved the headache.

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Spirited-Daikon-1245 t1_iybwnp2 wrote

As the Irish said, Renewable energy is possibly the greatest world peace initiative in history... because nobody could ever invade a country to steal its solar energy

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Zombie_Harambe t1_iyc0unm wrote

Lol same for wind and geothermal. Though the later is niche.

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graveaffairsod t1_iy7ppwa wrote

I am sure you believe letting people freeze in a notoriously harsh German winter is better, but it is better to find an alternative to Russian gas.

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Vulturedoors t1_iy815ki wrote

They should never have been so dependent on Russia in the first place.

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GMFPs_sweat_towel t1_iy87cay wrote

Hindsight doesn't keep the heat on.

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_sevxz t1_iyc30he wrote

It’s not hind sight, any sane person knew Germany was making a mistake when they shut their Nuclear stations after Fukushima and erected coal in it’s place.

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jens-2420 t1_iy7mhhb wrote

No. Politics and Fifa events are totally different topics. For every country.

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dellett t1_iy83d1f wrote

The sad thing is based on this user’s other comments here it actually doesn’t seem to be sarcastic. It is a great joke though.

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colossalboom t1_iy9ofl7 wrote

Dude, what? Do you want the Germans to freeze to death?

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8604 t1_iy872s5 wrote

Look man sometimes it's better to buy oil/gas from despots instead of ruining pristine European land to drill it themselves.

It's called values

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N8CCRG t1_iy8hpjh wrote

Not hypocrisy, unless the football squad is following directives directly from the government. Otherwise it's just two contradictory viewpoints from two different groups.

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bloodydingbat t1_iyawwi9 wrote

Your politicians were at the games in Qatar flaunting LGBTQ colors. Germany made it political.

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N8CCRG t1_iyaymrb wrote

Mine? Do you think I'm German?

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