Politics                      Micro-Putin                28 October 2025


   Merz has a simple solution to every problem: deport migrants.  It's
   rather remarkable watching a chancellor whose rhetoric echoes
   Goebbels.  The man literally said: "But we naturally still have this
   problem in the cityscape, and that's why the Federal Minister of the
   Interior is now enabling and carrying out deportations on a very
   large scale."  In the context of migration, cityscape naturally
   refers to just a few things: the skin colour of people on the
   streets, their clothing, the shops they run.  And Merz is essentially
   saying yes, of course we're deporting more people to fix this.  As if
   migrants are to blame for all the state's problems.

   Speaking of which, Russians have recently had their humanitarian
   visas under § 22 Satz 2 effectively discontinued.  These are for
   Russians persecuted on political grounds back home.  I came here
   under this same provision myself.  Restricting legal migration is
   always the easiest option, as then you can report to the electorate:
   look, we're not letting Ausländer in anymore.  And this despite the
   fact that these visas are a drop in the ocean.  Only about 2,000 have
   been issued since 2022.

   He's literally a micro-Putin.  Betrayed voters on every campaign
   promise and now allows himself racist statements, knowing full well
   the CDU's ratings are sufficient and society will swallow it.  Or
   perhaps society simply agrees with him.  Especially in the eastern
   part of the country.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if one day he
   decides to stop monitoring the AfD and begins cooperating with them.
   The rhetoric is remarkably similar to what these devotees of racism
   and nationalism use.

   And the cherry on top.  Instead of retracting his comment, Merz
   doubled down.  Asked by reporters on Monday whether he regretted his
   statement, he replied: "Ask your daughters, ask your friends,
   everyone will confirm this is a problem, at least after dark."  He
   added: "I have nothing to take back.  On the contrary."  Yet as the
   outcry continued, Merz changed course late Wednesday and began to
   aggressively walk back his comments.

   By the way, here's another brilliant bit.  The CDU is demanding the
   introduction of video surveillance with facial recognition.  Bloody
   hell, it's literally Safe Region 2.0 (Russia's mass surveillance
   system).  Amusing that in July Dobrindt proposed using Palantir for
   surveillance, and now there's this as well.

   I've always been certain that populations everywhere are more or less
   equally energy-efficient when it comes to thinking for themselves and
   forming their own opinions.  This isn't just a Russian problem.  And
   I'm equally certain that if Kremlin propaganda were broadcast on
   telly here, everyone would support Putin just the same.  Though mind
   you, in the eastern part of Germany even that's not necessary.  Fifty
   percent voted for the AfD in my town in the last elections.  Plus
   I've got a fair number of German Putinverstehers in my circle,
   unfortunately.  Germans who are against the AfD are very reluctant to
   talk about it here.

   In short, my point is that establishing a dictatorship in Europe is
   dead simple.  For instance, I asked my German acquaintances whether
   they'd heard about Denmark's proposed Chatkontrolle.  No one had.
   They didn't even know this was the second time this bill had been
   pushed through.  And even after modest public pressure, the project
   wasn't cancelled.  It was just removed from the agenda until next
   time.  Which means it'll be back.  But parliamentarians pompously
   sent me an email proclaiming: "Hurrah, victory!  We've won!  Hurrah!"





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