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JS96 said:
I teach English to unemployed German professionals. What I've noticed over 15 years is people were mid 40s, well educated and able to do the work the job market demanded.

Now a lot of my students are generalists often of a non German background and are just so far away from what the economy demands. Of course they can be trained up but this takes time and miracles are expected of very advanced topics where the previous generation has died off and don't want anything to do with teaching the next gen.

Germany has this odd festish of thinking a migrant who can't read and write will somehow modernise the economy with the latest ground breaking ideas.
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you're beginning to sound like a right winger, ...not the footballing variety
 
Football us life said:
What is the feeling amongst everyday German society about the war in Ukraine.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has lifted longstanding restrictions on the range of German-delivered missiles and aligns Berlin with some of Kyiv’s other allies, including the UK and France. This is bringing Germany right into the 'nitty gritty' of this war.. How does that effect people's views of the conflict?


And there's a real strategic dilemma for Germany here of which the outcome could be profound.

Firstly the sanctions against Russia have reportedly had significant consequences for Germany. The economy is struggling under the weight of high energy prices, while it seems the pro-Ukrainian course is fueling support for populist fringe parties. The longer the war drags on, the greater the strain on Germany's economic and social stability or so it seems.

I heard an interview on the Jordan Peterson podcast with the AfD MEP Christine Anderson and she spoke of her party's opposition to military aid for Ukraine and concerns over the war’s economic fallout have also played a role. Her party is obviously capitalising on growing public fatigue with the war...

And I think it is not only the AfD that owes its rise in part to the government's Ukraine policy. The two left-wing populist parties, the BSW and the Left Party are also playing on these concerns over energy prices and supply....

There's definitely something in the poltical dynamics in Germany that might change the political establishments hold on power here...
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Germany is an occupied nation. Nothing will change as long as the weapons keep flowing. Blackrock Merz will continue to escalate on behalf of his handlers.
 
JS96 said:
Fatigue and frustration has set in. Something had to be done but like any extremely expensive thing, analysts and people are annoyed that military money would never have gone to other things had the conflict not happened. Infrastructure and public services are destitute. One big issue is even if they choose to splurge, there isn't anyone to do the work. Tradespeople are missingm
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Sounds like Germany is suffering from the same political inertia as France and the UK.

I'm not sure what the answer is. The political establishment in these countries are virtually unmovable and it would take a seismic political earthquake to move them on....

And then what?

Populism?

Part and parcel of populism is that it encourages antagonism, an emotional appeal that addresses a popular grievance, pitting 'the people' against 'the elites,' insisting on an 'us vs. them' view of politics. Casting 'the people, as morally good and 'the elite' as morally evil.

It's amateur hour politics against elitist theorism, careerism and self-interest....
 
Football us life said:
Sounds like Germany is suffering from the same political inertia as France and the UK.

I'm not sure what the answer is. The political establishment in these countries sre virtually unmovable and it would take a seismic political earthquake to move them on....

And then what?

Populism?

Part and parcel of populism is that it encourages antagonism, an emotional appeal that addresses a popular grievance, pitting 'the people' against 'the elites,' insisting on an 'us vs. them' view of politics. Casting 'the people, as morally good and 'the elite' as morally evil.

It's amateur hour politics against elitist theorism, careerism and self-interest....
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Hmmm don't really wanna think about a re-armed Germany dealing with populism ..... Sometimes the devil you know , ISN'T better than the devil you don't.
 
Lupi said:
you're beginning to sound like a right winger, ...not the footballing variety
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It's not right wing when the facts are staring at tor blatantly in the face that people with zero education can't become engineers. That goes for the reskilling ideas of locals too. Some receptionist is supposedly to become a green tech specialist.
 
JS96 said:
It's not right wing when the facts are staring at tor blatantly in the face that people with zero education can't become engineers. That goes for the reskilling ideas of locals too. Some receptionist is supposedly to become a green tech specialist.
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Germany and the UK are in a very similar situation. Neither country has any kind of in-demand natural resources that they can sell to the world.

All they really have is their brains. For Germany it's their supremacy in engineering, cars, aerospace technology, bio-engineering, chemicals, pharmaceutical products etc.

For the UK it's their supremacy in financial services, law, medical research, education and cultural services and some engineering services such as aerospace, and advanced electronics.

Once you lose your supremacy in providing these types of products and services both countries will struggle to find their way in the world.
 
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JohnKasich said:
Fun fact: Australia is currently taking in 50% of the number of the migrants that at the USA is currently taking in.
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Good little doggy. Keep posting
 
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