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BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 4:21 am
I don't necessarily need you to explain it exhaustively or anything, but what's this going on with German pensions?
Like, they're age tree looks pretty bland and boring (unlike say Japan or Ireland). Are you talking about automation or something because of them being heavily industrialized?
Nobody is as bad as Japan but Germany is not doing good
And, you're an American. Madner Kami, a legitimate German, has told you otherwise. Who do you think is more accurate here?
"A culture's teachings - and more importantly, the nature of its people - achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking."
— Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
edit: I thought I remember in my population class that Ireland (the one with 4-5 million people) was aging, but they don't seem to have that problem from what I'm seeing.
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Yukaphile wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 5:07 am
And, you're an American. Madner Kami, a legitimate German, has told you otherwise. Who do you think is more accurate here?
I am finding stuff online about Germany's aging population, but I needless to say haven't speculated on these sources. I'm not recognizing them per sey, but there is a good amount that came up on Google.
Yukaphile wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 10:59 pm
I know a young Libertarian who has so many conflicting political views, it's amazing he can't see what a hypocrite he is - like all humans, myself included, are. He thinks that Europe could kick Russia's ass if they invaded, and yet... at the same time, wants the EU AND NATO to fail. He also thinks at the same time we shouldn't antagonize them because they have a lot of nukes... wha? How do those views reconcile? Has he never heard of doublethink?
Motherfucker as soon as a real war starts in which the EU is not fighting barely literate conscripts from a poor country, every country is on their own.
Yukaphile wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 12:55 am
I find it more than a little ironic that Americans like ABS who have no fucking stake in Europe at all want the EU to fail so badly. I mean, shit, even political leaders like Putin have more grounds to want it to fail - granted, that's for completely evil reasons, but still, it makes them a wee bit hypocritical.
Why would they want to see an European Super state based on what the EU did so far?
Can you order your words a bit differently? This is why it's hard to understand you.
"A culture's teachings - and more importantly, the nature of its people - achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking."
— Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
"A culture's teachings - and more importantly, the nature of its people - achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking."
— Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
