I came to Germany in 2016 to start my PhD. Germany then was a hotbed of scientific and engineering activity. And now in a span of 9 years I have had the incredible opportunity to witness a first world country on the cusp of becoming a great superpower systematically decimate itself through a series of bad policies each aimed at neutering itself further.
There is a common thread between all of these self neutering policies: they were all pushed by a few wealthy urban millennials who wanted to feel morally superior and wanted a pat on the back for being a “good person”. It is crazy how the narcissism of a select few can destroy an entire country. On some level I feel bad for hardworking ambitious Germans especially those who put in the hard work to build the country watching it all being ruined by a bunch of virtue signaling entitled fucks.
NOW - Germany has just blown up the cooling towers of another decommissioned nuclear power plant. This time in Gundremmingen, Bavaria.