One of the things I admire about her is that she doesn’t seek more press. She does her job well. Occasionally incredibly sexist things happen to her and she doesn’t take it lying down, like when Erdogan tried to snub her, but the many reasons to admire her are not about her being a woman. Unlike the fascist under discussion. |
| Is she the one who loves Mussolini? |
LOL She's a fascist who doesn't think any other views should be allowed. |
| Will she make the trains run on time? |
Yes. Berlusconi was bad but she is next level. It really scares me. |
Italian trains are quite good already actually. They’re so good, they pretty much killed domestic air travel. Trenitalia freccia and ítalo both work well nationwide Trenord connectivity in the north is good Way better than amtrak |
| She has internalized the patriarchy and is not a woman leader as a result. |
She's conservative. Also her time as family minister in Germany would be very controversial among the US left. |
Also, same party as merkel. Merkel had excellent rep and press with us left pre-Russia/Ukraine. The difference I see is that merkel was a uggo and childless and UVdL isn’t and that makes people uncomfortable in 2022 |
I mean and Merkel was PM of Europe’s largest economy and UVdL shares top billing with that bald dude whose name I can’t remember. Her time wouldn’t make the left very uncomfortable because if the left could secure the medical and social/labor protections Germany has, they’d be nearly irrelevant. |
Charles michel? The older I get the more life really is high school. given than uvdl and merkel share similar politics in general and are from the same generation, Occam’s razor reasoning really comes down to looks and money and “winning at life”. UVdL truly comes off as being “better than you” compared to merkel due to her lineage, looks, and ability to seem to “do it all” with careeer and family. |
It was her job to encourage people to bear children, in addition to overseeing things like kindergeld and maternity policies. The left is busy demonizing things like crisis pregnancy centers, so UvdL would not be pure enough. |
Your word choice betrays your bias. |
It’s funny because the people who run crisis pregnancy centers were caught on tape saying they want to give as little support as physically possible after a baby is born. That’s…look at that 180 degrees from the kindergeld and maternity leave policies in Germany. So it’s almost like you made that whole problem up! |
| Has she won yet? |