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minus-square@copacetic@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkDeutsch5•30 days agoBecause our own consumers don’t matter. Germany is export champion. What matters is that other countries buy our stuff. I think that is a stupid argument but I suspect it is how people like Merz think.
minus-squaretrollercoasterlinkfedilinkEnglish2•29 days agoReducing people to the status of mere consumers is a part of the problem, and this pervasive throughout society.
Because our own consumers don’t matter. Germany is export champion. What matters is that other countries buy our stuff.
I think that is a stupid argument but I suspect it is how people like Merz think.
Reducing people to the status of mere consumers is a part of the problem, and this pervasive throughout society.