The silent revolution in Germany against the welfare state.
In the good old days, we would start a war over a tax increase. Revolutions were not rare. You want my money? Over my dead cold body!
Today tax increases are not rare. The average German pays about 48% of his salary in taxes.
If you are in the upper middle class, it is already 52%.
But people stopped fighting. Most just gave up.
Germany will increase social contributions next year by about 4%.
But where is the revolution, where is the indignation?
It will mean that 50% will give half the money they earn to the state!
Are the Germans that retarded or hopeless?
Not really.
I would say that the Germans have found a "new way".
If you cannot stop the robbery of the state, you just earn less, so they cannot rob as much.
There is no country that works less than Germany.
Almost 30% of its population works in part-time jobs.
Every 3rd of the workforce is not working full time anymore.
27% of part-time workers do not think it is worth working full-time. Another 37% value family time even more.
So more than half of part-time workers have no desire to work more.
If work does not pay what you think it is worth, you will learn to live with less and just enjoy your free time.
Of course, even the Germans want to keep the welfare state! But they just don't want to work for it anymore.
This silent revolution will hopefully lead to the collapse of the system because they cannot tax as much as they need to and people are not willing to work more.
Beautiful slow implosion of the system if you ask me.