• zout@fedia.io
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    7 months ago

    I have a lot of questions. Why is this important? Do we need to be divided in Europe because of this? Actually, as a (not German) European citizen, why should I even care? Is the economy that important for me as a citizen? How does it effect my household budget? What is even the metric for the European economy?

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      7 months ago

      First off, it’s a load of bullshit that Germany’s economy is tanking. Second, yeah it is kinda important, but it’s just a fucking stretch of slightly lower productivity after a massive increase due to catching up what was missed out on during Covid.

      Fuck these alarmists. They just want the workers to maintain this bullshit productivity, which has sent many people into a burnout.

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      7 months ago

      You’re privileged (no offense!). For some people, a bad economy means losing their jobs, turning homeless, etc. critical hits from which it’s difficult to recover.

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      7 months ago

      Every thing depends on the economy. The food on your plate, the roof over your head, the train you take, every thing.

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        7 months ago

        I know, but how does it depend? I have lived trough times where the economy was called bad, and the only thing I saw was that shareholder value went down. It didn’t really effect me. The roof over my head was still mine, the food got a little more expensive for some time but not that much, and gasoline got cheaper.