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[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Happens more often than you may realize. Someone being "correct" on a topic in an objective sense is good, but that doesn't necessarily outweigh their flaws. Also worth keeping in mind that "left" or "right" ideology can mean very different things in different parts of the world.

An easy example from my own country - our left wing worked hard to shut down functioning nuclear power plants with plenty of time left to run whilst the right wanted to preserve them. Left largely got their way on the issue, and now we're in an electricity crisis due to a lack of dispatchable capacity.

Think for yourself, consider ideas & statements based on their own merits rather than judging them by who is embracing them at the current moment. A century ago it was the Democratic party pushing jim crow laws in the US and the RNC were championing civil rights.

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're talking about Germany? The final nuclear shutdown law came from CDU/FDP. And the problem with dispatch energy comes mainly from conservatives against power lines

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not, but German grid mismanagement is a major contributor to the crisis in our country.

Y'all seriously need to stabilize your grid so that it can handle a bit of unpredictable weather without causing electricity price spikes across the entire European electricity market.

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

We are working on it, but nimbys were against power lines over ground so it was decided to build them underground which the farmers didn't like... It's complicated.

But how is it bad for you if we buy expensive power from you? Shouldn't your energy companies make big money from that situation?