goat@sh.itjust.worksM to worldnews@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 years agoMacron slams two-term limit on French presidency as ‘damnable bullshit’www.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down124cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squaremayo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 years agoI can’t imagine some politician I didn’t like getting 3 terms. That would blow. That’s 15 years.
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoMeanwhile in Germany: https://i.imgur.com/WuA8KtC.png
minus-squaremayo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoI didn’t know that! Makes me think :) thanks
minus-squarelol3droflxp@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 years agoLong terms in office promote stability
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 years ago*stagnancy, not stability Which is, incidentally, exactly what happened both with Kohl and Merkel.
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoHow did Germany stagnate between 2005 and 2021?
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·3 years agoIs this question serious? Lack of social reforms, lack of financial reforms, lack of infrastructure reforms, lack of energy reforms, the list goes on. All that was ever done was kicking the can down the road and here we are today.
minus-squarelol3droflxp@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoIt’s not like countries with term limits fared better on average
minus-square0xc0ba17@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoMaybe not, but I think it’s overall better to have term limits than to be stuck with an asshole leader for 20+ years
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoGermany had a higher than average anual GDP growth (Europe), so yeah, the question was totally serious.
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 years agoAs serious as only caring about the economy can be, I suppose.
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoYou said it stagnated, which it didn’t. Don’t lie if you’re not prepared to face some head wind for it. Putting words in my mouth won’t make your statement any more true.
I can’t imagine some politician I didn’t like getting 3 terms. That would blow. That’s 15 years.
Meanwhile in Germany: https://i.imgur.com/WuA8KtC.png
I didn’t know that! Makes me think :) thanks
Long terms in office promote stability
*stagnancy, not stability
Which is, incidentally, exactly what happened both with Kohl and Merkel.
How did Germany stagnate between 2005 and 2021?
Is this question serious?
Lack of social reforms, lack of financial reforms, lack of infrastructure reforms, lack of energy reforms, the list goes on. All that was ever done was kicking the can down the road and here we are today.
It’s not like countries with term limits fared better on average
Maybe not, but I think it’s overall better to have term limits than to be stuck with an asshole leader for 20+ years
Germany had a higher than average anual GDP growth (Europe), so yeah, the question was totally serious.
As serious as only caring about the economy can be, I suppose.
You said it stagnated, which it didn’t.
Don’t lie if you’re not prepared to face some head wind for it.
Putting words in my mouth won’t make your statement any more true.