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Infrastructure spending is not the best way of propping up the economy. You get more for your buck by giving the money to the people who will immediately spend

Infrastructure spending is not the best way of propping up the economy. You get more for your buck by giving the money to the people who will immediately spend it. Germany doesn't need to increase the military. It's not running an empire like US. And doesn't need to find that kind of employment for the uneducated lower class. And Germany is what it is because of migrants. Do believe. And Japan is fucked because it's not accepting any.

jk2323 9y ago
"Infrastructure spending is not the best way of propping up the economy." We were not talking about "propping up the economy", we were talking about sustaining it. "You get more for your buck by giving the money to the people who will immediately spend it." This is true. But by "importing all of India we don't make Calcutta rich, we make Germany a Calcutta" as somebody said. "Germany doesn't need to increase the military." Indeed it does not. Germany is in violation of her NATO contractual obligations. As long as she can "outsource" her defense and make the US defend her, maybe. In fact, Germany has no military anymore, Germany has a military museum. "It's not running an empire like US." She is unable to defend herself. Even Switzerland would be a formidable opponent in the current state. How many working tanks are left? 200 Tanks? How many helicopter pilots? http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Bundeswehr-fehlen-Hubschrauber-Piloten-article19883351.html http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Bundeswehr-fehlen-Hubschrauber-Pi... There is nothing anymore. And if you are German you will likely be able to understand the Latin saying: "Si vis pacem, para bellum" "And doesn't need to find that kind of employment for the uneducated lower class." What other options do you see for the millions of uneducated, low IQ (please refer to Wikipedia) immigrants do you have in mind? Most of them (75%) are supposed to be illiterate. Just social welfare and mosques? "And Germany is what it is because of migrants." Because of immigrants with a cultural similar background. Not because of a massive invasion of uneducated people from violent and tribal societies with a very different religion (I am agnostic). Why did the population of Christians in Turkey fall from 23% to below 1% in the last 100 years? Some things don't match and mix well. "Do believe. And Japan is fucked because it's not accepting any." Japan is a highly educated, highly industrialized, non violent, non tribal, quite egalitarian society with a tolerant religion. Yes, they are over-aging. But all industrialized countries are over-aging. So far it seems to me that the Japanese are doing the best for a soft landing. By the way, they are extremely restrictive to Muslim immigration. http://allfourestates.com/why-japan-has-no-islamic-terrorism-sakoku-and-immigration/ http://allfourestates.com/why-japan-has-no-islamic-terrorism... You may also want to read this: http://www.martin-van-creveld.com/monsters-ii/ http://www.martin-van-creveld.com/monsters-ii/
- int_19h 9y ago
  >Why did the population of Christians in Turkey fall from 23% to below 1% in the last 100 years? Perhaps because 100 years ago it was still the Ottoman Empire, which was a far larger state incorporating many Christian-majority regions?
  - jk2323 9y ago
    No. Because the same thing happened in all Muslims states.
    - int_19h 9y ago
      I don't know about other states - haven't looked at those numbers. But your statistics about Turkey are deliberately misleading by an extremely large margin, because you are in fact comparing the demographics of the Ottoman Empire to the demographics of the modern day Republic of Turkey.
      - jk2323 9y ago
        Well, the Armenians were Christians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

jk2323 9y ago

"Infrastructure spending is not the best way of propping up the economy." We were not talking about "propping up the economy", we were talking about sustaining it. "You get more for your buck by giving the money to the people who will immediately spend it." This is true. But by "importing all of India we don't make Calcutta rich, we make Germany a Calcutta" as somebody said. "Germany doesn't need to increase the military." Indeed it does not. Germany is in violation of her NATO contractual obligations. As long as she can "outsource" her defense and make the US defend her, maybe. In fact, Germany has no military anymore, Germany has a military museum. "It's not running an empire like US." She is unable to defend herself. Even Switzerland would be a formidable opponent in the current state. How many working tanks are left? 200 Tanks? How many helicopter pilots? http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Bundeswehr-fehlen-Hubschrauber-Piloten-article19883351.html http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Bundeswehr-fehlen-Hubschrauber-Pi... There is nothing anymore. And if you are German you will likely be able to understand the Latin saying: "Si vis pacem, para bellum" "And doesn't need to find that kind of employment for the uneducated lower class." What other options do you see for the millions of uneducated, low IQ (please refer to Wikipedia) immigrants do you have in mind? Most of them (75%) are supposed to be illiterate. Just social welfare and mosques? "And Germany is what it is because of migrants." Because of immigrants with a cultural similar background. Not because of a massive invasion of uneducated people from violent and tribal societies with a very different religion (I am agnostic). Why did the population of Christians in Turkey fall from 23% to below 1% in the last 100 years? Some things don't match and mix well. "Do believe. And Japan is fucked because it's not accepting any." Japan is a highly educated, highly industrialized, non violent, non tribal, quite egalitarian society with a tolerant religion. Yes, they are over-aging. But all industrialized countries are over-aging. So far it seems to me that the Japanese are doing the best for a soft landing. By the way, they are extremely restrictive to Muslim immigration. http://allfourestates.com/why-japan-has-no-islamic-terrorism-sakoku-and-immigration/ http://allfourestates.com/why-japan-has-no-islamic-terrorism... You may also want to read this: http://www.martin-van-creveld.com/monsters-ii/ http://www.martin-van-creveld.com/monsters-ii/

int_19h 9y ago
>Why did the population of Christians in Turkey fall from 23% to below 1% in the last 100 years? Perhaps because 100 years ago it was still the Ottoman Empire, which was a far larger state incorporating many Christian-majority regions?
- jk2323 9y ago
  No. Because the same thing happened in all Muslims states.
  - int_19h 9y ago
    I don't know about other states - haven't looked at those numbers. But your statistics about Turkey are deliberately misleading by an extremely large margin, because you are in fact comparing the demographics of the Ottoman Empire to the demographics of the modern day Republic of Turkey.
    - jk2323 9y ago
      Well, the Armenians were Christians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide