German politics is a mess and has been one since Kohl came to power in 1983 - including the few years of Schröder social democrats/green government in between the Kohl and Merkel years. Corruption in politics is common and nobody seems to care (from the CDU party donations scandals to all the shady deals around Covid masks).

But to me things in Germany still seem to be a bit more rational than all the things that are going on in UK politics since BoJo became prime minister... of course, it's far from ideal, but which country is close to ideal in these crazy times?

Unfortunately, academia doesn't pay well enough to buy my own little island in the Carribean (which would be submerged in a couple of years anyways)... :)