Prices at the pump have leapt since the start of the conflict – but clinging to fossil fuels will only prolong the pain, says Berlin-based journalist Tania Roettger
For everyone who doesn’t know what exactly is happening:
So as a response to the rising fuel prices our government decided to subsidise fuel in order to give some form of price relief for its citizens. The funny thing is, that this subsidies were not enforced to be given down to the end consumers purchasing the fuel at the gas station. At the same time, fuel prices skyrocketed over night so that every single cent that might have been saved at the Gas station through the subsidies is gone, before a price relief even had the chance to take effect.
What’s even worse is, that this is not the first time this happened. In 2022 (when the Ukraine war caused a rapid rise in fuel prices) the exact same things happened.
The fuel tax reduction being more than completely negated by corporate profits even before it comes into effect is just the shit cherry on the fucking shit cake that is our bumbling response to this clusterfuck. In this stupid fucking timeline that we’ve managed to manoeuvre ourselves into, this is the only bit I’m hopeful about: That this entire situation is so ridiculously blatant that Merz will have no recourse but to shaft Reiche.
It’s not a “bumbling”. That implies they are incompetent while all signs point to criminally corrupt collusion with corpos to extract wealth from the working class, rather than acting in their best interests.
Elect neoliberals or conservatives, and you’ll always get a shit sandwich to bite down on, even if you occasionally like the taste.
We are all continuously, subconsciously, conditioned to repeat the same language the media uses to describe reality. We all gotta keep checkin ourselves before we wreck ourselves.
It’s kinda insane.
The German government just lowered the fuel taxes - with the result of prices going up.
For everyone who doesn’t know what exactly is happening:
So as a response to the rising fuel prices our government decided to subsidise fuel in order to give some form of price relief for its citizens. The funny thing is, that this subsidies were not enforced to be given down to the end consumers purchasing the fuel at the gas station. At the same time, fuel prices skyrocketed over night so that every single cent that might have been saved at the Gas station through the subsidies is gone, before a price relief even had the chance to take effect.
What’s even worse is, that this is not the first time this happened. In 2022 (when the Ukraine war caused a rapid rise in fuel prices) the exact same things happened.
See https://lemmy.world/comment/23514814.
“Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice… … won’t get fooled again” — some fascist war criminal
What do we call it when they fool us continuously for generations?
Kleptocracy
The fuel tax reduction being more than completely negated by corporate profits even before it comes into effect is just the shit cherry on the fucking shit cake that is our bumbling response to this clusterfuck. In this stupid fucking timeline that we’ve managed to manoeuvre ourselves into, this is the only bit I’m hopeful about: That this entire situation is so ridiculously blatant that Merz will have no recourse but to shaft Reiche.
Excuse the French; I’m livid.
It’s not a “bumbling”. That implies they are incompetent while all signs point to criminally corrupt collusion with corpos to extract wealth from the working class, rather than acting in their best interests.
Elect neoliberals or conservatives, and you’ll always get a shit sandwich to bite down on, even if you occasionally like the taste.
Completely valid. I actually used to correct other users on this issue myself. Turns out it’s fairly easy to fall into the same trap.
Thanks for the correction, much appreciated.
Yeah it’s a lot like the anthropomorphism of AI.
We are all continuously, subconsciously, conditioned to repeat the same language the media uses to describe reality. We all gotta keep checkin ourselves before we wreck ourselves.