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What a load of BS. Of the top of my mind: -Germany pratically "invented" 100% of the chemistry we use today. Pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, you name it

What a load of BS. Of the top of my mind: -Germany pratically "invented" 100% of the chemistry we use today. Pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, you name it. -The fertilizer revolution that made it possible for today's 8 billion humans to exist. - Rocket science, and jet propulsion technology, that made the world the small thing it is today. - The internal combustion engine, that made it possible to cheaply deliver the food the fertilizers made cheap... Germany is rich because it's people are industrious and smart. What the hell, why does entitled 1st world millenials have become soviet lunatics?

dontlaugh 4y ago
German workers did all that, while they themselves are exploited by German capitalists. The same capitalists then extended their exploitation to other countries, where they could get away with even worse. I recommend you read Lenin's Imperialism. I'm from a poor country, still exploited by Germany, Austria, France, Britain, Italy, Hungary, the US, etc. My country used to have collective control over resources and industry, but that was destroyed in 89 and we were forced to privatise, deregulate and be in debt again.
- kikokikokiko 4y ago
  It was "destroyed" by whom really? I thought the collective control of "the means of production" was such an amazing thing that it could never lead to the "destruction" of a society that engages in it, who would have imagined. I'm also from a poor country, but at least down here the powers that control everything weren't dumb enough to let this place become a collectivized wasteland. Being poor is alright, at least here you can work hard and give a better life to your kids than your parents were able to give you. Just like you know what, the cities that have a large population of german immigrants down here do. These cities have in general a GDP per capta that is 3 times larger than the average GDP in my country. It seems like those guys are just industrious, smart, and have a culture of hard work you know, who would have thought...
  - dontlaugh 4y ago
    Most countries actually grew tremendously with collectivisation. My country got electrified, food production was vastly increased, industry was developed, large numbers of homes were built, etc. It's just that they started from very poor in the first place and developed in spite of foreign aggression by much richer countries. Rich countries force poor countries to do things all the time. There's propaganda, coups, sanctions or even outright invasion. Some countries manage to resist, like Vietnam. Others don't, like Eastern Europe or Libya. The problem isn't German workers. The problem is the economic system which subjugates workers in general and workers in poor countries in particular.
    - kikokikokiko 4y ago
      So who destroyed your country in 89? Maybe it was the economic system that subjugated the workers? I'm lost here. And I'm done, discussing politics/economics on the internet is the dumbest thing anyone can do, every 2 or 3 years I make this mistake. Have a nice life.

dontlaugh 4y ago

German workers did all that, while they themselves are exploited by German capitalists. The same capitalists then extended their exploitation to other countries, where they could get away with even worse. I recommend you read Lenin's Imperialism. I'm from a poor country, still exploited by Germany, Austria, France, Britain, Italy, Hungary, the US, etc. My country used to have collective control over resources and industry, but that was destroyed in 89 and we were forced to privatise, deregulate and be in debt again.

kikokikokiko 4y ago
It was "destroyed" by whom really? I thought the collective control of "the means of production" was such an amazing thing that it could never lead to the "destruction" of a society that engages in it, who would have imagined. I'm also from a poor country, but at least down here the powers that control everything weren't dumb enough to let this place become a collectivized wasteland. Being poor is alright, at least here you can work hard and give a better life to your kids than your parents were able to give you. Just like you know what, the cities that have a large population of german immigrants down here do. These cities have in general a GDP per capta that is 3 times larger than the average GDP in my country. It seems like those guys are just industrious, smart, and have a culture of hard work you know, who would have thought...
- dontlaugh 4y ago
  Most countries actually grew tremendously with collectivisation. My country got electrified, food production was vastly increased, industry was developed, large numbers of homes were built, etc. It's just that they started from very poor in the first place and developed in spite of foreign aggression by much richer countries. Rich countries force poor countries to do things all the time. There's propaganda, coups, sanctions or even outright invasion. Some countries manage to resist, like Vietnam. Others don't, like Eastern Europe or Libya. The problem isn't German workers. The problem is the economic system which subjugates workers in general and workers in poor countries in particular.
  - kikokikokiko 4y ago
    So who destroyed your country in 89? Maybe it was the economic system that subjugated the workers? I'm lost here. And I'm done, discussing politics/economics on the internet is the dumbest thing anyone can do, every 2 or 3 years I make this mistake. Have a nice life.