Thank you for ending your post with the image "Omer Wenkert reuniting with his parents," as it gave me a good feeling to see a family joined in relief and happiness.
I may be naive, but I think the economic issues are more important, and harder to solve, than immigration. Germany has ended up on the wrong side of a massive transformation in how value is created and captured. Value is pooling in cloud based systems powered by AI. Is there any German company that is even in the game. The entire automotive sector is at risk now (the same is true in Japan) as Germany cannot really compete with BYD, Tesla, Hyundai etc. Add to this accretive manufacturing replacing Germany's traditional strength in tooling and you have a crash coming. Germany's demographics are also going to be challenging. None of the political parties have a clue as to what needs to be done and if they are not careful they will be left fighting for scraps. Denmark and Sweden are doing much better, and so surprisingly (to me anyway) is France. I am afraid that Yeats will be proven correct here, the center cannot hold. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming
Agree and I thought about it. It is a simple distinction between the CDU/CSU which is the old or moderate right. 'Populist' is another term but I hate that one. We'll see how the terminology evolves.
In our current political climate, it would seem to mean something like "pro working and middle class, pro market economy, pro free speech, anti illegal immigration, pro family, criminal justice over social justice, anti-socialism."
Which is a strange kind of stone soup if you ask me. I remember “far right” meant explicitly fascist.
Thank you for ending your post with the image "Omer Wenkert reuniting with his parents," as it gave me a good feeling to see a family joined in relief and happiness.
I may be naive, but I think the economic issues are more important, and harder to solve, than immigration. Germany has ended up on the wrong side of a massive transformation in how value is created and captured. Value is pooling in cloud based systems powered by AI. Is there any German company that is even in the game. The entire automotive sector is at risk now (the same is true in Japan) as Germany cannot really compete with BYD, Tesla, Hyundai etc. Add to this accretive manufacturing replacing Germany's traditional strength in tooling and you have a crash coming. Germany's demographics are also going to be challenging. None of the political parties have a clue as to what needs to be done and if they are not careful they will be left fighting for scraps. Denmark and Sweden are doing much better, and so surprisingly (to me anyway) is France. I am afraid that Yeats will be proven correct here, the center cannot hold. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming
Yes agree with this. The old industry economic engine that Germany once was is the core problem right now.
And not an easy one to solve, though many will propose simplistic solutions and think that you can turn back the clock.
The term "far right" is utterly meaningless (if not grossly misleading) at this point and should be abandoned completely:
"the far right AfD under its leader Alice Weidel which came in second place."
How could a person you described (Weidel) be a leader of the "far right?"
Agree and I thought about it. It is a simple distinction between the CDU/CSU which is the old or moderate right. 'Populist' is another term but I hate that one. We'll see how the terminology evolves.
In our current political climate, it would seem to mean something like "pro working and middle class, pro market economy, pro free speech, anti illegal immigration, pro family, criminal justice over social justice, anti-socialism."
Which is a strange kind of stone soup if you ask me. I remember “far right” meant explicitly fascist.