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Public policy reformer | Satire, media, foreign policy, neo-colonialism, philhellenism, Titoism | Jayaprakash Narayan/Kwame Nkrumah/Koča Popović revivalist |

Sep 27, 2021, 7 tweets

Ah, I see German political memes are evolving with this election, even if the sclerotic political culture might not. 😉

Translation: "When you hear that the AfD is going to reach double figures again"

Plus, the top comment on German Reddit: "It seems Snoop Dogg has grown old."

Christian Lindner, the leader of the neo-liberal corporate lobbyists called the Free Democratic Party, after increasing the party's vote share by a massive 0.8%.

The joint leaders of The Left, after (the iconic founder of the party) Gregor Gysi saves their backsides again.

After Stefan Seidler, a candidate of the obsure South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) somehow won a direct constituency seat in Parliament despite the system designed by and for only those parties with more than 5% vote share,

"I see no God here.

Except for myself."

- "The Social Democratic Party is the strongest party!"
- "Yes."
- "What did it cost?"
- "The Left."

Armin Laschet, leader of the Christian Democratic Union.

- "Worst CDU electoral result in history."
- "Is this a mandate to form the new government?"

Voters: "Wait, nothing has changed."

CDU, CSU, and SPD: "That was never the plan."

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