German election tomorrow

[vivster]

ArnoldRimmer said:

vivster said:

I can only speak for my own country. And here politics do not have the same attention as other entertainment and as such have not been degraded into the same circus like in the US.

So you can only speak for your own country, but of course, you can also speak for the US.

The way you describe the political system in your country sounds like it's very different from the political system in my country. I was quite surprised to see that according to your profile, your and my country are actually identical.

vivster said:

(On Germany) Parties act upon their conscience and policy and not because they desperately need to win the next election. There are no hardened rivalries because the goal is driven by policies and not elections. [...] Politics in Germany [...] functions exactly as what it's supposed to. [...] Sure, no democracy is perfect but what we have here is pretty much as close as it gets.

Those lines made me laugh so hard that I'm wondering if that was satirical or if you're being serious.

If you're really being serious, you must be about the most indoctrinated (and maybe naive) person I've ever come along.

Maybe you need to think more in context of what you're comparing here. Maybe it's not me that doesn't know enough about German politics and rather you who doesn't know enough about US politics.

I won't stand and let anyone compare the shit show in the US with what we have in Germany. No matter how bad you think German politics is, have a closer look at other places and start appreciating what we have here. You will be hard pressed to find a much better democracy no matter how shit you think our system and politicians are.