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by FiniteField 408 days ago
"The current times" are a direct result of decisions like that of Merkel to throw open the borders of Germany to a million unchecked foreign men. If there's one reason that the AfD is the largest party in Germany today, it's because of that decision Merkel made a whole decade ago. How was that "based in facts, truth and science", or "slow and steady"?
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Aeolun 408 days ago
The million unchecked foreign men (and women) are presumably propping up the German economy as we speak.

There will always be people that dislike change, but it may ultimately be better to start integrating them earlier rather than later. If you make it through the bad times (e.g. now), at the other end is the outcome you desire.

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alephnerd 408 days ago
> The million unchecked foreign men (and women) are presumably propping up the German economy as we speak.

The refugee crisis didn't appear to have a significant impact (positive or negative) on the labor market based on a recent study by the IZA and ZEW [0] - "Our estimates suggest that those migrants have not displaced native workers but have themselves struggled to find gainful employment. We find moderate increases in crime, and our analysis further indicates that while at the macro level increased migration was accompanied by increased support for anti-immigrant parties, exposure to asylum seekers at the micro level had a small negative effect." [0]

There are systemic issues with the German economy that aren't related to immigration. A lot of the current malaise can be attributed to the economic slowdowns in Russia (with the Russian Invasion of Ukraine) [1] and China (due to Zero COVID and the subsequent indigenization) [2], due to how tied German industry was with both markets [3].

[0] - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecca.12420

[1] - https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/no-more-illusions-...

[2] - https://ecfr.eu/article/the-end-of-germanys-china-illusion/?...

[3] - https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2024/130/arti...

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FirmwareBurner 408 days ago
>The million unchecked foreign men (and women) are presumably propping up the German economy as we speak.

How many of those unchecked are women? What's the point of having borders then? Or law enforcement putting criminals in jails, when they could be out there propping up the economy. As long as your illegal activities are putting money into the state coffers, you should be allowed to continue unchecked, screw the laws.

Yeah sure, they might cause some trouble for the lower and middle class living amongst them, but think of the economic gains for the top 1%! Their real estate and stock portfolios have never looked so good. And if people vocally disagree with this you call them fascist and put them in jail for threatening your "democracy".

How does Poland's economy manage to grow faster than Germany's without illegal immigration? Maybe they can send some researchers there to find out.

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Aeolun 406 days ago
> How does Poland's economy manage to grow faster than Germany's without illegal immigration?

They are having babies.

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FirmwareBurner 406 days ago
>They are having babies.

Do you research things before you say them? A quick google search shows Polish fertility rate (1,26) is lower than Germany(1,46).

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