• plactagonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I think that the biggest problem is the lack of long term thinking and planning. The polarization in politics doesn’t help - every party is trying to say that it is different from the other one so even in the stuff like defense policy is so fractured across the spectrum.

  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Germany: The nuclear showdown with China and Russia is an accepted path to continue western domination. As a counter measure, the military bases with nuclear weapons will be hit with nuclear weapons.

    Without that, we don’t prepare for China taking over technological leadership which makes all German and European products second class. The trade advantages will melt which will destroy the economic surplus that is financing everything.

    • remon@ani.socialEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Also the new trams have a SOS button exactly where the door-open-button on the old version was.

      • FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Imagine living in a city that isn’t walkable (this post was made in lucerne) (I’m only jealous we have buses and not trams)

        • remon@ani.socialEnglish
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          5 months ago

          It’s really nice here. Most of the tram stops have the markings for where the disabled-friendly section of the tram will stop (and it’s usually accurate, also on the newer models it doesn’t matter because they all have level access). You have the white stripes for the blind people, as well. Also during work/school hours the interval is 3.5 minutes. You can’t miss a tram because the next one is already around the corner.

          Basel here.

    • syreus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      *Fascism

      Fashism is a failed startup backed by Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, and a bunch of venture capitalist nobody would recognize. Imagine how many people watched that happen and said nothing.

      Ignoring the other typo but this word gets misspelled a lot.

  • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Denmark… I don’t think we have a lot of serious national problems. Our main problem seems to be climate change, a global issue, and our allies in the US having lost their marbles.

  • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Fascism, Nazis, Housin, no future retirement for young people, russia and too much bureaucracy! School system and schools that havent been updated since 1960/1970s. And nothing is digital

  • Ontimp@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Germany: Risk of (nuclear) war, reversion to digital quasi-feudal economic structures, far-right politics, etc.

  • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    Poland: We have a fucking war in the neighborhood, keeping the support for Ukraine and refugees costs fuckton of money.

    • Melchior@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Does Poland ban Ukrainians from working? I thought Poland(like the rest of Europe) has a massive demographic crisis, so more workers would be needed.

      • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
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        5 months ago

        The problem is that working age males aren’t allowed to leave Ukraine (because war they enacted special laws)

        90% of Ukrainians with refugee status in Poland are women and children. Out of remaining 10% males most are either elderly or have chronic conditions

        In the peak, Poland was spending 3% of entire GDP on refugee support, and another 5% on military support

        There’s separate group of Ukrainians who emigrated before war, and they stay based on work permits - but they aren’t refugees