I can’t believe that he doesn’t understand what his actions are doing, he just doesn’t care. I think he is following the FDP-model: once you’re in government, pass as many neoliberal bullshit, so your rich buddies can become even richer and reward you with a cushy “job”, and don’t care about tanking your parties ratings in the process, because when it is in the opposition, your buddies that own the media will “help” the voters forget all your bullshit within 2-3 legislative periods.
Although with Merz the plan might be even more nefarious: Tank the CDU, so the AfD can establish a nice fascist dictatorship and pass as many anti-consumer and anti-worker laws as they want without having to worry about elections.
I can’t believe that he doesn’t understand what his actions are doing, he just doesn’t care. I think he is following the FDP-model: once you’re in government, pass as many neoliberal bullshit, so your rich buddies can become even richer and reward you with a cushy “job”, and don’t care about tanking your parties ratings in the process, because when it is in the opposition, your buddies that own the media will “help” the voters forget all your bullshit within 2-3 legislative periods.
Although with Merz the plan might be even more nefarious: Tank the CDU, so the AfD can establish a nice fascist dictatorship and pass as many anti-consumer and anti-worker laws as they want without having to worry about elections.