• Zacryon@feddit.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    36
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    “A nation built on efficiency”. These times are looong over. We had a good run with our Wirtschaftswunder in post-WWII times and that’s about it.

    • exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yes. But travel to other countries and hear their thoughts about Germany and you’ll discover this image is very much alive still. It’s important to spread the word outside of Germany, too.

      • taanegl@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Had some Germans visiting Norway recently. They said Germany is becoming way too individualistic. It’s a race to the bottom now. Liberalism has taken it’s hold, so efficiency will fade away.

    • geissi@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      The Wirtschaftswunder also had a lot to do with the Social Market Economy which, along with our train network, has been crippled by decades of neoliberal reforms.