Social welfare payments in Germany will rise by 12% in the new year. Germany has become a magnet for poverty migration from all over the world. These are the latest figures that show that the German social security system, the flagship of the socialists in this country, could soon face collapse. Hard times ahead for contributors.
41 sats \ 1 reply \ @jk_14 30 Dec 2023
yet another reason to have own wealth in Bitcoin, just to be ready to fly away from collapse of socialism...
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 30 Dec 2023
My man!
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Lost_dogz 30 Dec 2023
Surprised to see the number of asylum applications being much lower now than during the Syria crisis. I'd say Germany's taking on more than it's fair share, and the consequences aren't great
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 30 Dec 2023
Imo it's an overstretch of their economic and cultural capacities
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xIlmari 30 Dec 2023
Nice Bloomberg Terminal flex bruh.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 30 Dec 2023
I'll send it to my sister. She is providing me with this stuff.
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25 sats \ 7 replies \ @john_doe 30 Dec 2023
Impressive.
I thought France was worse than Germany in this regard.
Do you know why the number of asylum applications are so high in Germany?
Or is it just a preconception I had?
In my view, cost of labor in France was higher than in Germany because of social "benefits", so I can't explain to myself why the difference just by social "security".
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55 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 30 Dec 2023
I think most Germans are too afraid to say anything against immigration even if it's potentially illegal immigration since we triggered two world wars already and one was the direct cause of a National Socialism party rising to power. Hence, it's pretty easy to make us feel guilty (again) for past mistakes when we openly oppose immigration.
We can't even talk about being proud of our country anymore. That triggers too many people, lol
France on the other hand has a "riot culture". I like it because they are willing to fight for their rights. Even though I have to admit, the most French people I met are too proud of their country. They are so proud, they don't even really learn English. They expect that you talk their language as a tourist. There are exceptions of course. But that's my experience. And sometimes, this experience can also be very funny. [0]
[0] When I was in France with friends, we went into a store but didn't know how to say what we want. A very friendly customer tried to help us since he realized we can't talk much French and the lady in the store didn't understand English. He also didn't understand English but still wanted to help. We tried to tell him that we don't know what we want yet and we need to discuss. He thought for a few seconds. We thought he understood us. But then, he suddenly pointed at a potato and said: "Pomme de terre?". We still laugh about this incident. He was very friendly though.
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 30 Dec 2023
Yes, that's it
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35 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 30 Dec 2023
(or whatever is left of them)
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @john_doe 31 Dec 2023
I see, thank you.
Although I may be biased, for the communication issue in English I think it is a problem of education, maybe also mixed with anti-American propaganda inherited from De Gaulle.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK OP 31 Dec 2023
The open boarder policy approach in Europe and the US points at Davos imo....
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @john_doe 31 Dec 2023
Sorry, I don't live in Europe anymore so I don't know the specifics and I didn't get what you mean by the US points at Davos.
At least until the time I was in Europe, there was anti-American propaganda, although in some cases it was justified in my opinion (e.g.: I was against the war in Irak and I had some doubts about the demolition of the World Trade Center).
After the war in Irak, it was fear propaganda against the US or China to create an enemy and justify the existence of the European Union.
Maybe it changed since then, I don't know.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 31 Dec 2023
Davos is the chiffre for the global policy attack by the WEF crowd that includes, open boarders, the climate narrative or CBDCs to give You three examples.
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