Toward Friday night last week....ARD (public TV in Germany) went and did a live interview the vice-Chancellor (Habeck, Green Party, Economics Minister).
Most of the interview was BS, and simply Habeck trying to give a positive-spin on the Green Party strategy and politics.
So the youthful moderator for ARD asked some question about the 'record' (it wasn't a record of super-positive numbers or trends). He used the term 'poor record' and asked how the public should view things.
To which Habeck responds: (my German is never that great) 'Look, we worked hard to ensure that things did not get worse.'
For a moment or two....I thought he was just being sarcastic or trying to show a humor side....then I realized....nope, he was serious.
As screwed-up as the economy is in Germany, yeah....it could be seriously worse. Maybe that's the attitude that everyone should have....moderately worse is better than absolutely worse. There's some German logic to the idea.
Maybe this is the attitude that all Germans should have.....getting struck by lightning is better than having sharks attack you, or some mad elephant stomp on you.
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I think that the Greens have demonstrated throughout Europe that they are not the party you want running their countries or all of Europe for that matter.
I'll just say that on economic strategy....every Green in charge of it....has never really run a company . Doesn't matter which country you are referring to...same story. Maybe one day, it'll change.
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