Selenskyj has just denazified the German Bundestag on the spot. (The seats of the AfD and BSW party members were empty when he appeared.)

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1. There you see Putins’ political influence on German politics.

2. Russian bootlickers.

3. Can we get him to come to other countries like that?

4. It’s pretty amazing that they’re so blatant about it. They’re total shills for the Russians and yet they’re in the German parliament. How could you trust them on any government committees or with any government secrets?

5. Nice! Can he come regularly? Like every time the Bundestag is in session?

6. You know, if I didn’t show up to work, I’d be fucking fired. 

   Maybe I need to pivot to politics/corruption. 

7. Could you please export him to Hungary? Likely 7 politicians would stay in our Parliament…

8. Germany needs to keep its fascists in check.

9. The likes of AfD leaving the room when you are speaking is something that should be considered a compliment.

10. They aren’t there in full quite often anyways, half of them only see the mandate as getting paid and have no clue what the should be doing luckily.

11. I mean, i would somehow understand if they would be against military aid – the “we need peace” crowd. But by leaving they are essentially saying we fully support Russian actions and would like Ukraine to be subjected to genocide.

12. Bonhoeffer wanted to figure out how his fellow Germans could succumb to a society of cowards, crooks, and criminals.

    The same model of explanation can be applied to the MAGA cult and to all who readily believe Russia’s manipulated reality propaganda.

    Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. We can push back, protest, or use force against malice. We cannot fight stupidity. Facts that don’t fit the stupid person’s worldview are pushed aside as inconsequential or irrelevant.

    When confronted, the stupid person goes on the attack, which makes these people very dangerous. Stupidity is not an intellectual defect but a moral one. One can be intellectually bright and stupid as well as being intellectually dull but anything but stupid. People are made stupid by their surroundings. Stupidity is less of a psychological than a sociological defect. It affects groups more easily than people who prefer solitude.

    The power of the one affects the others. Ignorance and stupidity see upsurges in times of great national or religious surges or power. (Revolutions, the crusades, great wars such as WW1, Napoleonic wars, etc.) It appears that one cannot exist without the other. These humans are deprived of their inner independence, and they give up an autonomous position. When talking to them, one is confronted with slogans, catch words, and alike. They are under a spell, blinded misused, incapable of seeing evil as evil. Only active liberation, not instruction, can overcome this state. (The collapse of Nazi Germany was such a moment, for example)

    Genuine internal liberation is normally only possible after an external liberation has preceded it.Until then, we must abandon all attempts to convince the stupid person.

    According to Carlo Cipolla, there are 4 broad categories of human stupidity: y and x on a graph

    1) Helpless stupid people. (naive) These are easily exploitable for the benefit of others. Then, they suffer individual losses

    2) Intelligent people act reciprocal. Which means they reap benefits from others, and they also reap individual benefits

    3) Stupid people (the worst kind of stupid)

    These people take individual losses, and they cause losses to others.

    4) Bandits. Those can be even highly intelligent, but they lack high ethics and moral vigor) Bandits will reap individual benefits and cause losses for others to maximize their own profits.

    The two broad categories of behavior are:

    1) Behavior that affects one self either positively or negatively.

    2) Behavior that affects others either positively or negatively.

    On the zero line in the middle are: Ineffective people. This means they achieve nothing, neither benefits themselves or others with their actions.The range of these actions and their effects can vary widely across categories.

    These people had always existed only the internet and constantly polling stupid people for their opinions in our society with an emphasis on “knowledge” production without a proper knowledge acquisition gives these troglodytes the idea that their opinions are worth something and aren’t useless garbage. Anyone who trusts Trump for anything is a menace to for society and the continued existence of human life on this planet.

    Meanwhile, Amy Chua writes “humans, like other primates, are tribal animals,” in an article and continues, “We need to belong to groups, which is why we love clubs and teams. Once people connect with a group, their identities can become powerfully bound to it. They will seek to benefit members of their group even when they gain nothing personally. They will penalize outsiders, seemingly gratuitously. They will sacrifice, and even kill and die, for their group.”

    According to Chua, tribalism remains a powerful force everywhere; indeed, in recent years, it has begun to tear at the fabric of liberal democracies in the developed world, and even at the postwar liberal international order. “To truly understand today’s world and where it is heading, one must acknowledge the power of tribalism. Failing to do so will only make it stronger,” she says.

    These people will believe anything the algorithm tells them to believe, as those who know nothing must believe anything. Giving the masses a vote no matter their mental state was a truly adventurous idea. Always remember how stupid the average person is and 50 percent are more stupid than that.

    The word “courage” should be reserved to characterize the man or woman, who is leaving the infantile sanctuary of the mass mind. Sam Keen Fire in the Belly

    A good chunk of all voters simply cannot formulate their own thoughts or think for themselves

13. You can be against the war or Zelensky, but you cannot deny that the country was brutally invaded and is suffering. At least be present out of respect for that.