• @realitista@lemm.ee
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    647 months ago

    IMO a lot of this had to do with Schroeder’s and Merkel’s connections with Russia and running the country’s manufacturing base on cheap gas and oil.

    • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      27 months ago

      It was also a geopolitical attempt to get some economic leverage on Russia iirc. Obviously massively backfired when it turns out tyrants are willing to sacrifice profit for power.