The historical village of Lützerath faces complete razing in the face of a coal mine expansion in 2023, which would displace 1,500 people and destroy several historical landmarks dating back to the year 1000-1800. Including one of the first gothic architecture churches built in 1478.

This site would also be an ecological disaster on an unprecedented scale, destroying nearly 50sq miles of natural terrain and completely destroying all agricultural usefulness of the land, along with the main drive of tourism to the region in the from of several historical old growth forests.

This comes after Germany pledged to phase out coal by 2030. Once again showing the true face of Capitalist Liberalism.

  • Muad'DibberA
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    221 year ago

    Never forget that this is the result of the German Green’s useful idiot policies with regard to nuclear, wind and solar.

    • JucheBot1988
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      71 year ago

      Also a result of the German government shooting itself in the foot with regard to Russia:

      Germany is planning to abandon coal by 2030, as part of the fight for cleaner energy sources. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, however, the energy debate has been revived in the country, which is heavily dependent on Russian hydrocarbons, particularly for gas, which accounts for some 55 percent of its energy imports.

      To ensure sufficient electricity production while reducing dependence on Russian imports, the German government gave itself the option last month of “suspending” the closure of certain coal-fired power stations, while standing by the objective of phasing out coal by 2030.

      There’s a certain gruesome humor here, of the type one usually encounters on the gallows: EU countries propagandizing, in lurid and pornographic detail, the “agony” of Bakhmut and Mariupol, all while destroying their own towns and villages rather than trade with Russia.

  • @ComradeSaladOP
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    201 year ago

    The scenes from the dig site look like they’re out of Dune, or Bladerunner with how dystopian they appear.

    This is our future. Leave and lose your entire livelihood, home, friends, and history. Or die.

    • KiG V2
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      201 year ago

      Or fight!

      Unfortunately, we have all been infected with ideas of pacifism and morality that only applies to the working class while the powers that be operate on the same Game of Thrones rules the world has operated on since time began.

      I myself am being forced into a “do a ‘bad’ or die” scenario by the forces of capital and the sick society they have cultivated.

      I hope the average people can learn that truly sometimes violence is the answer, but so far only fascists who want to kill minorities vibe with that.

      • @ComradeSaladOP
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        141 year ago

        Of course, fighting is the only true option if we as a society wish to move forward. However it must be measured and correctly executed. Senseless crime will get us nowhere, and Propaganda of the Deed is close to worthless. We must make sure that our violence has a cause, and is carefully measured to not hurt the proletariat we claim to represent.

        I was just listing the options that would be left if we blindly followed the system into its death spiral. With of course neither option being even close to good.

    • 陈卫华是我的英雄
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      61 year ago

      The scenes from the dig site look like they’re out of Dune, or Bladerunner with how dystopian they appear.

      It’s not even as stylish, either

    • JucheBot1988
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      1 year ago

      This is our future. Leave and lose your entire livelihood, home, friends, and history. Or die

      It’s actually both worse and better than that. The western capitalist system is absolutely not sustainable, and is in no way the future. What you see is the death throes of a moribund world. The actual future will be one of two things: either total collapse, or adoption of a socialist system and integration into the new economic system with China as its center.

  • 陈卫华是我的英雄
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    141 year ago

    So what if we all freeze this winter, at least we’ll be able to transition faster to green energy!

    Anyway time to destroy an entire ancient town for a giant new coal mine which is even worse than crude oil

    German environmentalism at its finest