Mastodawn

Like putin, #Trump is a megalomaniac. In Europe, we can shield ourselves, not look for rational motives

🖊️ Robert Habeck

I had to deal with energy shock in Germany after putin invaded #Ukraine. The solution now is the same: buy ourselves out of the fossil fuels trap

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/25/like-putin-trump-is-a-megalomaniac-in-europe-we-can-shield-ourselves-not-look-for-rational-motives

Like Putin, Trump is a megalomaniac. In Europe, we can shield ourselves, not look for rational motives

I had to deal with the energy shock in Germany after Putin invaded Ukraine. The solution now is the same: buy ourselves out of the fossil fuels trap, says Robert Habeck, former vice-Chancellor of Germany

The Guardian

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Jones Murphy 3d ago

@EugeneMcParland European racists/Nazis continue to trap Europe on fossil fuels, and fight renewable energy. It's the same or worse in the USA.

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Silkester 3d ago

@jonesmurphy @EugeneMcParland
They're still one small step away form fascism and the laws and structures are still mostly social-democratic.

Yes, they use racism like fascists in early stages, but they're still extremist neoliberal sociopaths. Most neoliberals, currently in power, don't want a dictatorship, the hallmark of fascism.

We should fight Friedman thinking, which causes a power imbalance in favor of exploitors. And energy crisis and worse: (human) species murder suicide by climate...

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Jones Murphy 3d ago

@silkester @EugeneMcParland we agree on everything except that we do disagree on one thing. I'm confident that Orban, Trump and friends are actively pursuing dictatorship.

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Silkester 3d ago

@jonesmurphy @EugeneMcParland

They do.
Macron and Merz don't but their politics are they same that radicalized Republicans in the US. Granted the US started their path to fascism via neoliberalism much much earlier than Europe and European neoliberals are fighting a much deeper understanding of social-democracy than the US ever did.

But European neoliberal sociopaths made huge strides towards the US disaster politics that leaves the majority of the population out in the cold, ...

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Jones Murphy

@silkester @EugeneMcParland the real sociopaths are right wing voters. They're elevating AfD, RN, Reform and other racist parties across Europe. Dictators will arise as this continues. Trump and Orban are almost there.