• TheOtherwise [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      asking in all seriousness, but isn't Germany one of the better Western countries? at least to live in and raise a family? I mean still capitalist, but that aside..

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The social democrats have a lot of sway, and you see it come through in things like nationalized pensions and how workers in every company have elected representation in the board of directors.

        But like other EU countries a ton of its surplus wealth is imported from hyper-exploited countries in Africa and Eastern Europe, and the politics skew conservative (despite their definition of conservative being to the left of most Democrats).

        • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Doesn't Germany also have a ton of stolen wealth from Greece that they've refused to pay any reparations for?

          • ssjmarx [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            I don't know about that but it wouldn't surprise me, Germany was a big part of why austerity got forced on Greece a while back during an economic crash.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        isn’t Germany one of the better Western countries?

        Eastern Germany, maybe.