[ChuckNorris89]

>And for 40 years they could not change?

Of course they 'could', but that would mean for corruption to have gone down and political competence to have gone up in those 40 years but unfortunately it hasn't, quite the opposite.

In Germany, high level corruption and political incompetence has only increased in that time (see BER airport, VW emissions scandal, and the handling of COVID).

Basically if you're well connected and rich, you're untouchable in Germany and your corruption mishaps will be swept under the rug as casual political 'whoopsies' right after you retire to a gold plated pension.

[CaptainZapp]

Well, quite a number of politicians got shitcanned after it turned that their dissertations were plagiarized.

So it's not that you're completely untouchable. Even with friends in high places.