but I really don't see anyone more capable

all the people who vote cdu vote cdu because they always voted cdu

thats true

but that doesnt mean merkel is fine

its just that everyone else is incompetent

the best you can have 🤷

I mean I'm not really into this kind of thinking

if someone is the best I would rather say he's good and appreciate him instead of saying all the other people are incompetent

the bueraucratic machine we have in place only allows for small grey lumpf of human beings to get anywhere close to power

so I dont think that she is the best we can have

oonly the best we are allowed to have

do you really think Merkel isn't fine? of course some of her decisions were controversial, some were just utter shit(though I can see some reasoning in them anyway), but after all your country is doing graet

our country doesnt seem to have a backbone when it comes to the us and is a slave to the automobil lobby

impressive economy, billion budget surplus, billion trade surplus

many countries absolutely envy you

do you know why we have surplus

i know

it's still surplus 🤷

I wouldn't complain too much about that

because we dont get money for programs that benefit the citizens

uhh well..

our infracstrucutre is going down the shitter

thats just one thing tbh

just as much as my grammar is

I don't think German infrastructure is that bad tbh

look Italy <:haha:318675605233336330>

its not only physical infrastructure

I am talking digital

tbh

all of Europe is 1000000000 years behind in IT

that's true

but it's not only German problem

it's a thing bigger than Germany and I don't think you're the ones to blame

surely not Merkel

*well actually you're the ones to be blamed for it kek*

under merkel all germany is is a maintenance apparatus

"weiter so"

this IT thing was really inevitable after WW2, massive brain drain to the US and no single European country can match their resources really

you know, there was an open letter recently, by scientists

to fund some European AI research centre

because all our brightest brains are just drained to the US