🇩🇪🔴 A young German teen ponders what Germany would be like if Merkel had not welcomed over 1 million migrants.
She was only 4 when the former chancellor made her decision, but life has dramatically changed.
"I can hardly recognize the Germany you tell me about today. And since then I’ve been asking myself. What would it be like if you could go to the outdoor pool without fear?
What would it be like to listen to German in the pedestrian zone?
What would it be like if you didn’t have to feel like a foreigner in your own country?
How would it be if the news didn’t have to report new knife attacks every day?
What would it be like if a “Welcome Culture” didn’t mean that you yourself were worth less?
What would it be like if “home” wasn’t just a word in books?
And how would it be if you could ask yourself all this out loud?
You said, 'We could do it,' but nobody asked us."
Merkel lives with a constant security detail and never had any children of her own. These are all issues she will never have to deal with.