It's interesting how differently Germans and Americans talk about their governments...
In the U.S., everybody bitches about the current administration, if they didn't vote for it themselves. In Germany (where we have a coalition government), if the parties you didn't vote for won, then you shrug it off and say "who gives a shit - next election's in four years".
I guess that's why American politics is so much more interesting - you basically have two big parties, each of which is somewhat extreme in one way or another. And in Germany... It doesn't really make a difference, they're all equally boring. :D But really, a liberal Democrat would be considered a conservative over here.
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Date: 2010-02-10 03:14 am (UTC)In the U.S., everybody bitches about the current administration, if they didn't vote for it themselves. In Germany (where we have a coalition government), if the parties you didn't vote for won, then you shrug it off and say "who gives a shit - next election's in four years".
I guess that's why American politics is so much more interesting - you basically have two big parties, each of which is somewhat extreme in one way or another. And in Germany... It doesn't really make a difference, they're all equally boring. :D But really, a liberal Democrat would be considered a conservative over here.