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Supporters of the Greens party react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on the general elections in Berlin, Germany, September 26, 2021.
German politics, in its entirety, appears to be a kind of frontispiece. A strange and largely nonsensical virtue signal that goes beyond even the normal politicking of other nations.
The true leader of Germany - and, it seems, of many other European nations - might be said to be young Greta Thunberg, who angrily scolds the frightened Eurocrats from her various 'concerned' media pulpits. See them scatter like frightened mice before her, their ties and pantsuits fluttering.
The recent elections in Germany have proven that environmental, or green, activism is
on the rise. This might be largely because it's the only kind of oppositional social activism permitted or recognised by the Western media machine, where protesters won't find themselves persecuted by the ever-scrutinizing surveillance-state apparatus. And, of course, that alone proves it's no threat to the capitalist, industrial-distribution system.
But what exactly is the make-up of these European eco-parties? Why are they often called 'watermelons' - green on the outside and red within? Certainly, what you often see at green-party gatherings are flags and slogans unrelated to supposed 'green goals', but related instead to progressive social justice.
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