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Germany's economy is currently collapsing because they can't import cheap energy. I don't think unions matter much, except to democracy. The british isle is al
by MangoToupe 1y ago
Germany's economy is currently collapsing because they can't import cheap energy. I don't think unions matter much, except to democracy.
The british isle is also unlikely to become a steel production hub unless it both grows massively and reorganizes its labor around efficiency rather than profit.
- mike_hearn 1y agoThat's true today but is a very recent thing. The trends I'm talking about were mostly in the 20th century when Germany had cheap energy. Britain was a steel production hub once, making 40% of the world's output. But I agree it's unlikely to become one again. For one many of its coal mines were shut down and flooded or otherwise destroyed.