[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

You do need to care for the elderly, but you also need to care for young people. Schools, kindergartens, universities and so forth cost a lot as well. As long as the life expectancy and fertility rate are stable, the population ends up with a stable dependency ratio. A below replacement fertility rate, just means that the population ends up shrinking.

As for funding the welfare state, the problem is GDP per capita. As long as that is stable in real terms, the problem becomes distributing the wealth. There are actually some good things in terms of GDP per capita with a shrinking population. Namely we still inherit the assets from previous generations. We can choose to the best housing, factories, infrastructure and so forth. Not only that, but we still have innovation, so a lot of our economies are still growing.

For Germany for example current UN predictions are at 30% of the population being retired starting around 2035 and until pretty much the end of the century. Currently it is 23%, so the impact is happening today. That is about what Japan has right now.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The AfD was never going to end up in government from the last election. They would have to try a three way coalition with the Greens as well. However such a coalition sucks for everybody and can not really produce the necessary change. Even the current one is less the popular in both parties.

That is especially bad with Germany being in a bad place already. The economy has problems as the massive car industry has to transition to electric and those cars require fewer workers. The baby boomers are starting to retire, which helps keep unemplyoment low, but also means less cheap workers and higher social spending. Trumps tariff chaos is horrible for an export power house like Germany. Then the war in Ukraine is too close for comfort, so weapons have to be given to Ukraine, which costs a lot. At the same time no longer buying Russian fossil fuels drives up energy prices. The obvious solution of going green means massive new investment as well, which costs a lot and it takes time. All while infrastructure is crumbling due to the government not wanting to go into debt.

The Palastine situation just sucks badly. Antisemitism accusation are a given, when you attack Israel and they land especially hard in Germany, given German history. So you end up with a very confused foreign policy. Offically calling for full support of Israel, while abstaining in the UN. Politicans being very clear about wanting to sell weapons to Israel, while at the same time blocking anything, which explodes to be sold to Israel for over a year now. Similar with UNRWA, cutting off aid and then resuming it a few months later and restarting that. Basically Germany is talking the big talk about support for Israel, due to being afraid of being called antisemitic, while half assing actual support of Israel. The problem being that even half assed support is still really unpopular globally and people look mostly at what is said, rather then what is being done.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The line for ages was that Germany would recoginze Palastine, if Israel does so. Obviously that is not going to happen.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Die meisten werden schon in den richtigen Zug einsteigen oder halt an der richtigen Haltestelle aussteigen. Der Vorteil an der Anordnung ist, dass wenn man in die U2/U4 umsteigen will, man eine 50% Chance hat nur einmal über den Bahnsteig gehen zu müssen. Das dürften allerdings viel mehr sein, als Leute die gerade einen Fehler gemacht haben.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Mit der jetzigen Unternehmenssteuer wird man kaum ein Bedinugsloses Grundeinkommen finanzieren können. Wenn die Unternehmen weniger als die Existenzgrundlage zahlen, wird aus der Besteuerung des Einkommens auch nicht genug Geld zusammenkommen.

Fakt ist halt, dass Arbeit sich lohnen muss und das heißt halt, dass man wenn man Arbeitet besser als das Existenzminimum leben muss. Mit dem Vorschlag wird das nichts.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

During the Vietnam war the US financed the Hmong to fight against the Communist in Laos, when the war ended the US allowed them to come to the US. So for somebody like Trump he might just believe that is still a problem.

Laos is also common origin country for sex slaves. So Trump might change his mind.....

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Kann Dobrindt auch in die USA fliegen?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

At least someone is not AI

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Die Ukraine hat fast 1200 Kampfpanzer verloren. Die Bundeswehr hat 328 Kampfpanzer. Bei den anderen Europäern sieht das ähnlich aus. Das alles wird noch schlimmer wenn die Amis erstmal weg sind. Die Republikaner hassen Europa und Deutschland ganz besonders. Du glaubst doch nicht ernsthaft, dass die ihre Soldaten für Deutschland einsetzen.

Momentan gewinnen die Ukrainer den Krieg auch nicht. Sie kämpfen noch, aber die Russen rücken immernoch vorwärts und das trotz einem großen Teil der europäischen Rüstungsproduktion, die an die Ukraine geht.

Am Ende geht es vorallem um Abschreckung. Der Beste Krieg ist der, den man nie kämpft.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Das Problem beim Ausbau ist nicht das Geld, sondern die Lobbyarbeit von den Autokonzernen. Bei Straßen geht vieles leichter. Allerdings sind die Elektroautos gerade dabei in der Branche viele Betriebe den gar aus zu machen. Verbrenner brauchen halt viel mehr verschiedene Teile. Das ist auch einer der Hauptgründe für die wirtschaftliche Schwäche Deutschlands gerade.

Demografisch geht es eigentlich. Das Durchschnittsalter steigt mittlerweil sehr langsam und stagniert fast. Die Boomer gehen gerade in Rente, damit sollte es bald sogar fallen. Migration ist halt stark in Deutschland. Allerdings dürften die fehlenden Boomer bald für Chaos auf dem Arbeitsmarkt sorgen.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Kaputtgespart und jetzt wo investiert wird, muss halt für Bauarbeiten auch gesperrt werden. Außerdem sind praktisch alle Bahnstrecken überlastet. Wenn also ein Zug Probleme hat, dann müssen andere auch warten.

Praktisch muss Deutschland die Bahnstrecken wieder in Schuss bringen und massiv neue Strecken bauen.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

Just to say it, but both the far right AFD and tankie BSW got into trouble for holding up signs in the Bundestag. Allowing t-shirts with prints would be such an obvious loophole around that.

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Finde ich spannend das soetwas jetzt vom Spiegel kommt.

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