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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It would actually depend on where in Germany you are going, but since the first Turkish "Gastarbeiter" (among others, quite some nationalities) came to West Germany over 60 years ago, it is not uncommon to meet people of Turkish descent there. (East Germany not so much, they had Vietnamese workers but mostly deported them back to Vietnam after the re-unification.) Combine these Gastarbeiter (and the three generations after them) with a declining native birth rate and an influx of asylum seekers, and it could well be 40-50% all together.

The big question is what the problem is here, and the answer is that the far right wants it to be a problem so they can come to power. So they'll bloody make it a problem and try and sabotage any solutions. These last lines are my personal opnion obviously.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

To be honest, as a Dutchman I think our current right-wing government parties will decide that their dislikes for "the environment" outweigh any economical advantages.

"The environment" is in qoutes because they've separated the word from the meaning, to them the inveronment is an abstract thing that "left" people talk about. Also, not actual left, just all the people who don't agree with them.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This saviour complex is a big part of it. That said, all these big "self made" billionares suffer from it. That's why they all refuse to pay taxes but will instead make a charity foundation so they can choose which public interest is best served by "their" money. Like another poster said, Elon's public interest is apartheid, which aligns with Trump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

LOL. Also, it wouldn't be my ass since I'm the donut stacker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Calorie restriction is not the same as not eating.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Depends on the thickness of the donut and the butt cheeks. So probably less than one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'd rather not stop eating...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

After his town hall meeting, it's safe to say he isn't going to do anything when elected since Vance will be president.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Depends on your definition, but most foods are healthier than not eating.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

From what I gathered (years ago, so take it with a grain of salt), he couldn't get funding because he hugely miscalculated the distance to India if you'd travel west, like more than half the the distance. Most sailors and scolars knew better, but somehow he got the funding from the Spanish queen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Dutch government is basically controlled by the PVV party, who's founder and leader used to be a settler on the west bank. They run on a heavy anti Islam/ anti refugee platform. So basically, "Isreal good, brown people bad".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The reversed rule in plumbing is only for gas lines in the Netherlands.

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