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When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.

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Supply chains are complex ecosystems built over decades. They rely on proximity to raw materials, specialized manufacturing, trusted relationships, and deep technical expertise. You can’t just shift production to a new location and expect it to work the same.

Take eMountain bikes as an example, something my company designs. Developing a new model takes 18 to 36 months from concept to market. Design, prototyping, testing, sourcing, every step involves close collaboration across continents with suppliers and long term planning, Components come from dozens of highly specialized suppliers, mostly based in Asia, and even minor changes can delay production by months if not years. The supply chain isn’t just where things are made, it’s how the whole system functions.

The lions share of the value in this industry already accrues to the West, through design, IP, branding, and distribution. But that value depends on a stable, efficient manufacturing base. Even if it were somehow possible to build and sell affordable ebikes at scale in the U.S. which it isn’t, the factories and know how just don’t exist for all the parts and complex components like derailleurs, motors, suspension, integrated gearboxes, brakes and batteries etc. we work with suppliers all over the world and the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Vietnamese are not just way cheaper but are also the best to work with. High end eMTB’s already cost 14k dollars. Nobody would buy them if they cost double or triple that, which is another reason it wouldn’t work.

In finance, sausages appear magically by shifting digits around. But in the real world, if you don’t understand how the sausage is made, you can’t make accurate claims about how it gets to the plate.

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@HMueller_567 I agree to an extent but output is not always linked to input, especially if you can leverage technology, then working smarter can be more productive than working more. That said, working more on top of that is likely going to help too.

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@MichaelAArouet To be fair, the last Time Germans wanted to fight for their country it wasn’t the best decision.

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@MoneyHacks16 Because babies cant vote

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How can you possibly think that redistributing wealth from those who earned it to those who haven’t will do anything except create a sense of entitlement in those who didn’t earn it and force those who did to leave the country for somewhere which rewards people for their hard work?

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That’s pretty wild

[Unamuno 📜 @UnamunoAgain]

Los coches de más de 15 años de antigüedad eran en 2005 el 4% del total en España.

En 2025 son el 62'8%

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@jdisselhoff @paolino @FlorianGallwitz Happened to me, honestly feel sick about it. They are demanding what is equal to an entire years profit + interest. Thank god we left profit in the company the last years or we would be insolvent. I get nothing in return, even my tax guy said it was legal robbery. Shameful.

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@marcosagusstinn Nice to read some positives about Germany, just need to adjust their course to get back on track.

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@Schuldensuehner It’s already very hard to keep the money you make here. I love this country but when I see this I just wonder do I really want to keep working here to pay the gov rather than build security and try to save something for me and my family?

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@MichaelAArouet Too much bloody negativity!

[Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner]

Good Morning from Germany, where the road to socialism is paved with ever-rising govt consumption. Since 1999, state consumption is up 63%, while GDP has risen only 31% and capital investment a meagre 16%. The public sector keeps expanding, but the investment base is stagnating. Germany is becoming less of a market economy and more of a state-led redistribution machine.

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@Sceptivestor @humantransit Depends, I’m rather partial to the Münchner Schnitzel.

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@Sceptivestor @humantransit Come on now, a good Schnitzel is hard to beat!

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@MasterMaliq If that was true then why do we now have to now put safety barriers around our Christmas markets in Germany?

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Has your salary stayed ahead of inflation?

A 5% pay rise does not mean much if inflation has moved faster.

I built a free Pay Rise Calculator to show the difference between nominal pay and real pay.

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Well, to be fair, which was the first major empire with lasting large scale abolition? Britain, 1833. At the time it was a very white, very Christian Britain. The Royal Navy was used to suppress the Atlantic slave trade which was culturally and institutionally deeply Christian, because Britain itself was a Christian state.

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@Kristof_Poland I think you are right to a degree but this divide actually runs down the Center of Germany itself. Just look at this image.. west with a free market has competition, while the east having previously been part of communist Russia has none.

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@MichaelAArouet There is no way that is accurate sorry. Poland burns way more coal. This is the data right now.

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@activedaemon85 @internpierre 25k to setup a GmbH in Germany plus notar fees and weeks of admin… it’s not complicated but it’s slow and expensive.. I have an accountant and a lawyer, they are good but expensive. There is way too much other admin for a small biz in my experience. I have 7 employees..

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

It's hard to oversell this map - make sure to bookmark it and share it with your friends. Fantastic research that must have been soooo labour intensive: How has the population of evert single small geographic region across Europe changed from 1961 to 2024? You will want to study this map in detail. Source (keep scrolling for a while): https://t.co/2akdcsaBpm