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Nobody is forced to eat (Italian!) Nutella instead of local made alternatives. As such many Germans do that.

I do look for regional food, though they are more expensive but also Aldi + Lidl are a bless.

The government it can use its media to influence its citizen and try it to change election results or create propangada.

France is executive heavy democracy similar to US and Latin American States. This is a very big flaw and state owned media might be contribute to.

Chinu != All Asia.

Esspecially on geopolitics Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are anti China.

Chromium and Kubernetes do have their business function. Tensorflow had a business function but it failed.

So Google is not a great counter example.

working in a car factory is highly well paid, definitely way above average (so well paid, costs are too high for German factories). VW Poznan in Poland pays worser but still good amount.

to add to the neighbour comment: Night shifts are very popular in German car factories as they give good money.

who is they? I doubt the Italian state can tax American or Singaporean rich tourists.

Great idea! Unfortunately sign ups are closed so any plans to repeat it?

thank you! These are the comments I drive on HN. Not the lazy take, EU economy is failling because of fashion regulation.

How do you know about German news if you don't read in social media? Maybe judge your media consumption. Your thinking is very emotional and very close to Afd members.

Some kinky members are lost anyway politically.

While I disagree with the doom of some posters (especially coming over from r/de) I do think this is a systematic issue we need to tackle.

These organisation fights for a direct democratic veto right so any change change can be fought against with enough signs. Please support (and people from other countries feel inspired)

https://www.vetorecht.de/

Sorry this is more an effect of your social media consumption .

I don't deny the problem the country is facing but your doom is multiplied by social media.

Touch some grass, maybe pay for traditional media and you get a view of the trade offs the government is facing. It doesnt mean you have to agree with the choice but you know...

" Industry and trade associations aren't happy either, which raises the question who asks for this? " A comprise is good if everyone involved is unhappy.

" As a German citizen let me tell you, the rate of decline this country is in is truly shocking. " Just let you know. Most AfD members share your sentiment. Maybe you should qquestion this feeling.

Im really happy for Poland for its growing economy. (though it has the same challenges as Germany roughly speaking)

But You can't just deny the political problems. Propably some Americans do it - to cope with Trump who is worser than any PiS president. Poland has the EU as democratic layer but US with Trump doesnt have it.

The US is more in decay than Germany. Currently it becomes more and more a broken democracy. Cope is strong here.

sorry, but the European defence is more decentralised.

no its not and the great example is the Sowjetunion.

why do you think military sub marines are easy to build and there is no / not much progress there?

Some nationalistic articles are just cringe.

Besides the mentioned comments Spanish speaking immigration is much more welcomed by radical right AND Germany had a lot of German speaking immigration from Eastern Europe. There are just no German speaking minorities left in other countries.

Company might be registered in NL but phone number + hosting happens in Germany => maybe only tax reducing?

I think you make an too easy argument: Compared to e.g. Christian places in Europe where people still the same tongue like before the Christianisation (roughly speaking), Aramic, Demotic or Berbic languages, once majority languages are now minority languages in Arabic enviroments. Ironically Aramic and Demotic are spoken mostly by Christian minorities.

Also I see the Islamic movement in recent years pushing for Islamic homogeneous countries and driving ethnic, religious, language and sexual minorities out of their homelands (mainly into Europe).

Compare to today (often secular) European counterparts Arabic nations are homogenous and root cause was Anti enlightenment ideologies.

"And do you think the people in Europe are voluntarily a part of your undeclared, but very much existing, empire?"

I think most people are voluntary part of the EU or Germany. Both aren't empires because the broad majority of people living in these entities wants to be part of the entity.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/700661/earns-steady-high-approv...

Did you seriously assume I am from the US?

Its called DMA and DSA. Much hated by many American HNlers here.

I think this shows how much we need better democratic institutions like a full functioning parliament and (in my view) direct democracy on EU level.

If the councils make stupid ideas, citizen could start an initiative or at least the MEP can annoy the commission.

I believe just someone who got too deep into Russian propaganda rabbid hole. The comment is too leaky for somebody working in St. Petersburg / a LLM.

well, so you think, all parts and peoples of USSR were voluntarily part of USSR?

Switzerland want less than B1? I find B1 barely can have a normal conversation.

Mistral and stackit begs to differ

" Europe is relatively a much smaller fraction of the global economy or population than it was a few decades ago. It is militarily less significant. How is that not a decline? "

Yes and most of my friends are aware. It isnt a big problem because Quality of Life is still very fine. So present your arguments. How are people in denial?

Thanks and you're right I misread the sentence (in line with other commentaters). Though because of xenophobia there was much hesitation against open borders (e.g. Germany and Poland, where Germen didnt like incoming Polish)