Merz is a fucking idiot, the first genuinely incompetent chancellor we've elected in a long time. Kohl, Schröder, Merkel, Scholz… you could disagree with their politics, but they weren't stupid. Merz is.
(Of course if we wanted truly competent, we could've had Habeck, but true competency is too dangerous to be electable in German politics.)
If someone acts against your interest it doesn't mean that they're stupid and if that person gets to the top of the hierarchy, they certainly aren't stupid.
You clearly have very little insight into German politics. He's there because there was noone better. He has no prior experience in actual governing, like, not even as a mayor. It's just that the remainder of the CDU is even more paper mâché.
Friendly reminder he EXPLICITLY ran on protecting debt-limits in the German constitution, got elected on those promises and then changed course literally on day 1 after being elected.
Okay, yeah, sure, maybe the "don't assume malice" is out the window at this point. There are things he's genuinely incompetent on, though. Just google "Merz realitätsfern" (= lost touch with reality).
> Friendly reminder he EXPLICITLY ran on protecting debt-limits in the German constitution, got elected on those promises and then changed course literally on day 1 after being elected.
Having less debt was indeed a major election topic of the CDU. But often in summaries of the media it was reported as if it he was against debts completely, while when he was asked in interviews if he wanted to abolish the dept-limit, he clearly refused to deny it. He answered that he *also* wants to cut funding to reduce the budget elsewhere. So in my opinion, the reports about him reversing course completely where exaggerated, and his actions were an obvious continuation to his prior election talks.
It’s astonishing how literally every statement I read from him is just a boomer ranting at “kids these days”. People not working long hours and taking too many sick days, immigrants making cities look different, and now people being anonymous on the internet. Get off my lawn!
Merz is a fucking idiot, the first genuinely incompetent chancellor we've elected in a long time. Kohl, Schröder, Merkel, Scholz… you could disagree with their politics, but they weren't stupid. Merz is.
(Of course if we wanted truly competent, we could've had Habeck, but true competency is too dangerous to be electable in German politics.)