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Germany's Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, as he requested, setting up snap election (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Merz, from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party once led by Angela Merkel, told Scholz his spending plans would burden future generations and accused him of failing to deliver on promises of rearmament after the start of the Ukraine war.

"Taking on debt at the cost of the young generation, spending money — and you didn't say the word 'competitiveness' once," said Merz.

Another one not understanding what the debt is.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The guy is a populist, unfortunately.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Does “populist” have a coherent definition? I don’t use the term. It seems to recently have come to mean: “right-wing politician who claims to be against the ‘elites.’” They aren’t, of course: it’s kayfabe. They answer to factions of capitalist class, just as the neoliberal politicians they hope to replace do.

“Populism” seems to be a liberal construction, meaning a bourgeois one. It gives off “tyranny of the majority” vibes. God forbid the majority—the working class—should ever get real political power.

[–] Liwott@framapiaf.org 1 points 1 month ago

doesn't it just mean “guy who claims to be against the ‘elites.’"?

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