Current Events > So it looks like Merkel won

(+) Yeah! (+)

Exit polls are suggesting her party received the highest percentage of votes, which means she'll remain as Chancellor of Germany.

Second place was the SPD, although they suffered heavy losses.

The AfD managed to come in third.

The Gruene and the FDP have also made large gains.
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Who
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Literally who
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Irony posted...

Who

One of the most important world leaders, the ruler of Germany and since Germany is the big fish in Europe she's the psuedo ruler of Europe.

Alongside Trump and Putin in terms of global importance.
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Irony posted...

Who

NeonOctopus posted...

Literally who

Amended the OP <_<
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If she's so important, how come she isn't on a dollar bill then?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Irony posted...

Who

One of the most important world leaders, the ruler of Germany and since Germany is the big fish in Europe she's the psuedo ruler of Europe.

Alongside Trump and Putin in terms of global importance.

The Fourth Reich
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@UncleBourbon33 posted...

The Fourth Reich

wut
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NeonOctopus posted...

If she's so important, how come she isn't on a dollar bill then?

Because she's a modern political leader from a foreign country....
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Doom_Art posted...

@UncleBourbon33 posted...

The Fourth Reich

wut

The EU basically.
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More blood on Bush's hands
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UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?
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Doom_Art posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?

Depends on who you ask.

If you ask the right-wing they will tell you yes as it is Germany economic and social dominance/rule across Europe.
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Doom_Art posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?

In the sense that it's an establishment of German power in Europe.

I believe the whole 'Reich' chronology is effectively:

First Reich: Holy Roman Empire
Second: unified Germany by Bismarck's shenanigans
Third: Nazi Germany
Fourth: Current situation where Germany has effective control of the EU.

I dunno, it's out of my purview so I could be misrepresenting things.
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A little
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Doom_Art posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?

They're already arresting people for differing opinions.
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Lol Germany is doomed within 2-3 generations.

Merkel will destroy the country.
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Tropicalwood posted...

Doom_Art posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?

They're already arresting people for differing opinions.

European countries arrest people for saying mean things about Muslims online or saying anti left rhetoric but they don't arrest terrorists and rapists. Joke of a region that will be destroyed in a few generations.
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ThePieReborn posted...

Doom_Art posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?

In the sense that it's an establishment of German power in Europe.

I believe the chronology is effectively:

First Reich: Holy Roman Empire
Second: unified Germany by Bismarck's shenanigans
Third: Nazi Germany
Fourth: Current situation where Germany has effective control of the EU.

I dunno.

I mean that's a fair assessment I suppose. If it's referring to the German influence in the EU and not "THE NAZIS ARE BACK AND THEY'RE THE EU"

Though I'd argue that France is probably as influential

I'm going to be referring to German Unification as "Bismarck's Shenanigans" from now on btw.
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Trumpanzee meltdowns incoming
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Doom_Art posted...

I'm going to be referring to German Unification as "Bismarck's Shenanigans" from now on btw.

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TrollSlayer11 posted...

Tropicalwood posted...

Doom_Art posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

The EU basically.

the EU is the hypothetical successor of nazi germany?

They're already arresting people for differing opinions.

European countries arrest people for saying mean things about Muslims online or saying anti left rhetoric but they don't arrest terrorists and rapists. Joke of a region that will be destroyed in a few generations.

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

Trumpanzee meltdowns incoming

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Weird, all the redhats told me she ruined Germany.

Broseph_Stalin posted...

Weird, all the redhats told me she ruined Germany.

liberals thought Bush ruined america and were shocked when he got reelected. just cause a side picks a leader doesn't mean they are or aren't bad. maybe they are just good at fooling the citizens . when Bush got reelected, a european paper had a headline about "how can so many people be so stupid?" I wonder if we could make a similar headline

Imagine comparing Merkel to Bush lmao

NeonOctopus posted...

More blood on Bush's hands

Don't know why I found this so amusing.
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Broseph_Stalin posted...

Imagine comparing Merkel to Bush lmao

thye are both world leaders who were controversial

Sweet. I hope she screws up really really bad.
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Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.
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I wanted the pirates to win so that the leader would start of his or her victory speech with "arrrrr, mateys!'
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RIP germany
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CarameIDistress posted...

RIP germany

Zikten posted...

thye are both world leaders who were controversial

Merkel controversial LMAO

She's been elected four times with almost constant economic growth and low unemployment rates. Her approval rating rarely ever dips below 50%.

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

No you don't understand THIS time she'll ruin Germany, just you watch.

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

And politics in general really.
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Lordsai posted...

CarameIDistress posted...

RIP germany

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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

I wanted the pirates to win so that the leader would start of his or her victory speech with "arrrrr, mateys!'

I wanted the pirates to win, but for different reasons
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Broseph_Stalin posted...

Merkel controversial LMAO

She's been elected four times with almost constant economic growth and low unemployment rates. Her approval rating rarely ever dips below 50%.

you don't just count the people able to vote for her. you count the entire world

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

this. europeans that act all superior forget the differing circumstances of life in europe and life in north america

weapon_d00d816 posted...

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

It's not that hard to follow global affairs, even if you aren't directly bordering the countries in question.
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Zikten posted...

weapon_d00d816 posted...

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

this. europeans that act all superior forget the differing circumstances of life in europe and life in north america

Which is why so many (presumably) Americans are claiming: TrollSlayer11 posted...

Lordsai posted...

CarameIDistress posted...

RIP germany

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I'm just glad afd only got 13%
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

lmao they're willingly talking about European politics but when someone points out how wrong they are its elitism?

Also, redhats aren't knowledgeable when it comes to American politics so your argument is dumb anyway.

NadYobWoc posted...

weapon_d00d816 posted...

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

It's not that hard to follow global affairs, even if you aren't directly bordering the countries in question.

But it's not exactly as important to follow global affairs when those countries aren't in your near vicinity with comparable power and influence and their own goals.
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teepan95 posted...

Exit polls are suggesting her party received the highest percentage of votes, which means she'll remain as Chancellor of Germany.

That's not how it works.
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

NadYobWoc posted...

weapon_d00d816 posted...

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

It's not that hard to follow global affairs, even if you aren't directly bordering the countries in question.

But it's not exactly as important to follow global affairs when those countries aren't in your near vicinity with comparable power and influence and their own goals.

yeah but people still give their uniformed opinions such as "rip germany"

if people who didn't know anything about other countries weren't so vocal about how much they don't know about other countries, no one would ever know that they don't know anything
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

NadYobWoc posted...

weapon_d00d816 posted...

Ilishe posted...

Reading this topic has informed me of just how ignorant Americans are of foreign countries.

How knowledgeable are you of foreign countries that aren't in your immediate vicinity? If you're European, it's a lot easier to say you're knowledgeable of many foreign countries when a good handful of them are your neighbors. And then you get to be elitist about knowing more of America than Americans do of Europe thanks to the fact that American media and issues have immense global presence.

It's not that hard to follow global affairs, even if you aren't directly bordering the countries in question.

But it's not exactly as important to follow global affairs when those countries aren't in your near vicinity with comparable power and influence and their own goals.

I guess. This seems small minded though.
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i am absolutely shocked.
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