[diskzero]

Have you not encountered classism in Germany? I am a fluent German speaker who lived in Erfurt, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich and encountered similar amounts of racism and classism that I have seen in the USA, France and England. The attitudes of some people from the former West to those from the East are shocking. While in Erfurt, I saw the most horrific treatment of immigrants and refugees. I want to make sure that people understand that Germany is not some sort of magical place devoid of serious issues. The country is still suffering from the post-war division and unification, is battling a resurgent fascist political movement and the people are deeply divided over recent waves of refugees in addition to long-standing resentment against much earlier waves of immigration.

[elliotec]

Austria and Vienna in particular is incredibly classist and I'm shocked that was even mentioned as something worse about the US. We have greater inequality but culturally it's another world.

[formerly_proven]

> Have you not encountered classism in Germany?

Anyone who hasn't has to be blind or something. Germany has a highly stratified society besides the N/S/E/W split.