Surely there’s some 30-letter German word for the irony of going for a nuclear bomb right after you shut down all your nuclear power plants.

I posted this on X too, and my German-speaking friend actually came through with one lmao

Surely there’s some 30-letter German word for the irony of going for a nuclear bomb right after you shut down all your nuclear power plants. https://t.co/9m13XtbZm4

@AlexCKaufman Kernkraftwehwaffensehnsuchtswiderspruch

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I posted this on X too, and my German-speaking friend actually came through with one lmao https://x.com/sarahl_sax/status/1897994805470208389?s=46

It should be:
Kernkraftadekernwaffensehnsuchtswiderspruch

But “Kernwaffensehnsucht” alone is already quite descriptive, translates to “longing for nuclear weapons”.

But the debate is not about Germany becoming a nuclear power state itself, but France or UK taking the US place to provide a nuclear umbrella for whole Europe.

There is panic for quick solutions.