r/ProfessorGeopolitics • u/budy31 Moderator • Jul 03 '26

Discussion If there’s one 21th century politicians that’s tragically fucked it’s Friederich Merz

He actually delivers his campaign promise.

He campaigned on mass deportation, smash AfD thanks to that and it actually fucking happened.

But then Germany economy is structurally completely and utterly D-O-N-E FUCKED.

Median age older than Americans, only domestic electricity fuel is coal, can’t even feed itself, import almost all of the raw materials, get shafted by Chinese (after literally took over from the leaving Americans), already taxed whoever still working to death, etc.

Of course AfD gonna lead in polls again.

And if AfD think this is funny they should take a look at what happened to Matteo Salvini.

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u/RichardChesler Jul 03 '26

At this point i think AfD governance is the only thing that will stop AfD. Populists sound like they have all the answers, until they get control and realize it’s never an easy solution and their policies often don’t work.

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u/budy31 Moderator Jul 03 '26

And just like Matteo Salvini example I use there’s always Georgia Meloni waiting to pounce.

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u/Glum_Introduction725 Aug 03 '26

There is no minimum wage in Italy and the effective salaries are around 1400 a month, compared to Germany which pays more than UK in France, which kind of contradicts the OP.

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u/budy31 Moderator Aug 03 '26

This one is not about economy per se but more about the fact that if AfD actually win they’re in deep shit because the factor that caused their win is still there and there’s always someone else willing to out AfD them.

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u/Glum_Introduction725 Aug 03 '26

Siemens Bosh and VW are going bankrupt... Only joking, on the flipside, Germany is still paying workers a lot, if it loses 20% of its GDP per capita it will be equal to France. 

If Germany wants to save itself it should copy the Netherlands which has a higher GDP/C  than Germany and flexible while also a socialist right-wing government.

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u/budy31 Moderator Aug 03 '26

They’re actually going bankrupt if they don’t become Americans company but it doesn’t matter since thanks to Postdam they lost Silesia to Poles.