NUREMBERG: Seated before the tram's control panel, Benedikt Hanne, 24, deftly steered the red and white wagons, hours before heading to his Nuremberg university to study for a social work degree. As an apprentice, Hanne was watched closely by a trainer, and the tram he drove had no passengers. Bu
That is fair, too, Germany’s minimum wage is €12 which is slightly more than half of their neighbouring Switzerland’s 23 CHF per hour. I bet tons of people would be willing to drive a tram if they payed more.
That said, I don’t think it’s nice to refer to immigrants as “cheap labour from overseas” especially when the alternative is literally children.
Do you think the ruling class see it as anything other than?
The ruling class of Germany…? The fuck? On every democracy index Germany places 14th or higher.
And?
You think you don’t have career politicians, billionaires, lobbyists, and backroom deals?
Germany on-budget allocation is 477 Bn Euros and their off-budget special funds are 869 Bn Euros, as long as people vote for who is in power then German Billionaires are far below them on the food chain.
Do I think backroom deals occur? Yeah, enough to put them at #14 in the democracy index instead of #1. That’s what that number means, how compromised they are on a scale. The German ruling class are the average people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
According to this, my country, Australia is tied with 14th and 100% there is a ruling class who favour corporate lobbying and billionaires over everyone else.
This ranking means jack shit. The only way you’re not going to have a ruling class is to be a true democracy, a direct democracy, and not have a class of people dedicated to leading for you. Anyone else is too easily and systematically bought out.
I entirely reject your premise that being 14th in a democracy ranking means you don’t have a ruling class.
That’s because Australia is lower than Germany on that particular list. Australia has a massive corruption ring particularly in NSW, but they also have housing projects, single-payer medical, and full subsidized higher education degrees.
TBH I agree they should be ranked lower, they’ve been declining in the score given by Economist Intelligence Unit since 2012, I expect their score will continue to decline in 2024’s rankings.
It’s 12 and 14, barely a difference.
Stop being so delusional about your country.
You had corrupt politicians selling masks during Covid and getting kickbacks, you allow politicians to also be lobbyists, that’s institutionalised corruption.
62% of Germans feel government corruption is a big problem in your country.
https://www.transparency.org/en/gcb/eu/european-union-2021
You have a ruling class and you’re burying your head up your arse to pretend you don’t.
Only 44% of Chinese are worried about Corruption, are you saying that means China has a more functioning democracy than Germany?
Lol you are very naïve
Lol you are very naïve