tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post3947869254682426677..comments2023-12-28T05:09:46.498+00:00Comments on Skin Flicks: Some notes on GermanyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-77356514074657450832010-11-02T17:08:37.713+00:002010-11-02T17:08:37.713+00:00Conan, we already have Polish graduates in those j...Conan, we already have Polish graduates in those jobs, despite a 500,000 unemployment rate here.<br />No equivalent rate in Germany. Interestingly, Merkel recently declared multiculturalism a failure based on the inability of the Turks to integrate.<br />As for our birthrate, what is it, exactly? On the one hand, nationally it's one of the highest in the EU. On the other, it's plummetting among ethnic Irish people, with the shortfall made up by largely ethnic parents.<br />By 'get German', I mean we need to develop our own industries that make stuff people want.<br />But we could also usefully follow the German lead by declaring the multicult project dead too. That would instantly free up millions in asylum appeal legal fees, social welfare payments, and BS cultural festivals.JC Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591722111393071007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-90824402048722291162010-11-02T10:25:10.572+00:002010-11-02T10:25:10.572+00:00"It's time we got real. It's time we ..."It's time we got real. It's time we got German about things."<br /><br />So, we should massively reduce our birthrate and begrudgingly welcome hundred of thousands of Turkish gastarbeiters to do the menial jobs we consider beneath us?<br /><br />The Germany you visited was a bit two-dimensional.Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-48253360116952870152010-11-01T07:46:23.073+00:002010-11-01T07:46:23.073+00:00I could not agree more. I made a trip to Germany s...I could not agree more. I made a trip to Germany several years ago and was very impressed. In many ways their culture seems the opposite of what we have in the USA. People are quiet and respectful in Germany, where people are downright out-of-control here.<br /><br />I also have wondered exactly why GM and Chrysler failed, and Ford struggles, while I see VWs, BMWs, and Mercedes everywhere. Fat lazy Americans and our precious entitlements have caused a lot of major industries to disappear.<br /><br />The Germans are doing something right.The Shaved Apehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889474059940193535noreply@blogger.com