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Damn we got a German using critical thinking...
Online they are always frothing at the mouth at negative mention of Merkel and her shiti economic and geopolitical policy
Has the public opinion turned on her within Germany yet or we still calling her auntie?
You sound like you're doing wild stereotyping. But no, not every single German thinks the same way.
And you may not want to hear it, but while Merkel's policies often did a disservice to Germany and the EU, she did have strengths. Just compare her to the utter non-presence that is Olaf Scholz, who somehow snagged the chancellor's seat.
We called her "Mutti", i.e. "mommy". There isn't even a German word for "auntie" in German afaik. ~~And I should k because growing up, I had a very motherly neighbor. We never had a special term for her.~~
Wouldn't auntie literally be Tantchen? However, I've never heard somebody using it except perhaps in translated US TV.
Hmm. According to Collins you're right. That makes me a lot less sure about the definitions I had in my head:
Tantchen, either a) your favorite aunt or a b) random short and/or middle-aged woman that you're being condescending towards.
auntie, a woman that you may or may not be related to but who you look up to for advice etc. and who may fill the role of a parent at times.
Maybe someone wants to comment on the veracity of these. :)
I deff am but I am going off my shitposting experiences dealing with German topics.
Nobody is all bad but her leadership put Germany in some weird spots especially in light of ukraine invasion. She and scholz like many of our dear leaders is just another neo liberal maxi pad between the elites and the people.
Useless when it comes to policy setting and driving but always around to give big business a handy.
I mean, generally I liked her. But I think she would have been better in the social party. She was an expert at making absolutely everything sound good and deflected any and all criticism. But under her government absolutely nothing got done. And now the new government is slowly trying to fix stuff and it's getting more and more apparent what is broken so they get the blame.
In general I think the left hate her because she's too right and the (far) right hate her because she's too left. "Danke Merkel" has become a meme similar to "thanks Obama".