An ‘earthquake’ at Volkswagen – and a crisis for Germany? - eviltoast
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    2 months ago

    Why am I getting the sense that Angela Merkel made an enormous mess of Germany in the energy sector in so many different ways?

    From sucking on the kremlin’s pipeline, lowering Germany’s guard to corrupt and corrupting russian influence, to negotiating the short end of Beijing’s stick on renewables as stated in this article, I get this nagging sense of tepid myopia, of giving free reign to immediate corporate appetites and impulses, as if tomorrow wasn’t coming soon to cash its’ checks.

    The more time passes, the more corrosively mediocre her legacy seems to become.

    See here… corporations don’t know what is best for them in five years, ten years, all they always care about is “Gimme more more MORE MORE…! Gimme now now NOW NOW…!”, they have to be monitored and guided like impulsive children that might drink the goddamned bleach under the kitchen sink, they might start playing with matches and burn the whole goddamned house down.