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  • One way or another, the pandemic has put a lot of things in extreme disarray here and politicians are helping to destroy our industry because lobbying and their own pockets full of money are more important… the pandemic in particular has revealed the worst corruption among our politicians. Von der Leyen… the same at European level and now is the time when she has to face up. But it will come to nothing otherwise she wouldn’t have been re-elected…

    As far as quality is concerned… Well, the West (not just Germany) has outsourced a lot to China. Many people still make fun of the fact that the Chinese only copy and produce poor quality. But that has not been the case for a long time. They have left the West behind in many areas (even if there is still a lot of crap from China, of course). You can’t keep up with China, especially when it comes to prices. But well, you can get very good or better quality from China.


  • Thank you for the detailed answer. I guess I had some misconceptions about high school then.

    Mh that’s not true about the 18 year age for work here, I have to say in retrospect. In my youth it was still common to distribute brochures etc. at the weekend around the age of ~14, mh internships still exist, but this is unpaid work, at ~16 years then an apprenticeship and from 18 years then in regular work (or depending on further university).


  • IceFoxX@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldBuilt to last
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    4 days ago

    Well, these predetermined breaking points can be found in all appliances. However, this is nothing new. The current problems at Miele are for other reasons. For example, pushing prices down as far as possible during production.
    Wave of layoffs
    It is questionable to what extent the wave of redundancies will take place
    Well
    as many have already left as a result.
    Another reason… After Germany had managed to turn “Made in Germany” into something positive, things went downhill again. Since many work steps are carried out in China or elsewhere and only the final work steps are carried out in Germany… Just enough to allow the label to be used legally. Our legislators should have done more. Why should you pay more for alleged German quality when most of it is not German quality?



  • Lol sadly. The long life is a loss business. People only buy a new one as soon as the old one is scrap. Once the market is served, the problem of longevity arises and therefore no revenue. That’s why a lot of money has been invested in predetermined breaking points, which are usually designed for shortly after the warranty. (A lot of money, because it has to be achieved by material weakness or something else that cannot be proven. ) This means that there are always customers and therefore revenue. It’s stupid but unfortunately it has to be that way. In many other areas too.




  • Oh yes, look at the falling birth rates in countries with prosperity… Then compare that with other places in the world… then don’t forget that in other parts of the world many die as babies or children and yet there are constant or rising rates.

    I’m not saying that educated people are dying out or that education is dying out. However, there will always be more stupid people. Especially as the prosperity of the educated is built on the stupid.




  • “Once there was a king’s son who went out into the field and was thoughtful and sad. He looked at the sky, it was so nice and blue, when he sighed and said “How well you have to be up there in heaven!” Then he saw a poor old man who came up with the way, talked to him and asked “How can I get to heaven?” The man replied “through poverty and humility. Leap to my torn clothes, hike in the world for seven years and get to know her misery: Do not take any money, but if you hunger, ask comprehensive hearts for a piece of bread, you will approach heaven.” Then the king’s son pulled out his magnificent skirt and hung up the beggar robe, went out into the wide world and tolerated great misery. He took nothing but a little eating, said nothing, but prayed to the Lord that he wanted to take him into his sky. When the seven years were around, he came back to his father, but nobody recognized him. He spoke to the servants “and tell my parents that I came back.” But the servants didn’t believe it, laughed and let him stand. Then he said “and tell my brothers that they come down, I would like to see them again.” They also did not want to finally have one of them and told the royal children, but they didn’t believe it and did not take care of it. Then he wrote a letter to his mother and described her all of his misery in it, but he didn’t say that he was her son. Then the queen let him have a place under the staircase and bring him to eat through two servants every day. But one was evil and said “what should the beggar eat the good!” Keep it to himself or did the dogs only gave the weak, dismantled water; But the other was honest and brought him what he got for him. It was little, but he could live on it for a while; He was very patient until he became weaker and weaker. But as his illness increased, he sought to receive the Holy Lord’s Supper. As it is under half the fair, all bells in the city and the area start to ring. After the fair, the clergyman goes to the poor man under the stairs, so he is dead, in one hand a rose, in the other a lily, and a paper next to him, his story is written on. When he was buried, a rose grew on one side of the grave, on the other a lily out.”







  • IceFoxX@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldRetweeting
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    18 days ago

    I think there would be a civil war first and then a new system would be established if the USA didn’t splinter. It would initially be worse in terms of violence, but in the long term the fascism that Trump imposes will be more brutal. However, Russia, China, North Korea, etc. would take direct advantage of these circumstances. It’s all just absolute shit.