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  • Oh yeah so a singular french study finds that french will be the lingua franca and not english, and were supposed to just take that granted. Since the colonial days english has been the language that was the most imposed onto other cultures so it just became the universal language. Currently in the eu from what i know there are two countries where one of the official languages are english: ireland and malta. Malta is negligable and tbh even as an ireland fanboy, it doesnt really matter with its population of 5.1 million yet the lingua franca of the eu is still english usually with spanish, french and german being the secondary ones usually(idk why but i havent really heard of italian being the fallback which is strange). So yeah even if there are more speakers(like chinese for example) it doesnt matter because in the western sphere, english will stay cause thats what everyone knows.






  • There is basically nobody who leaves because of a high level of immigration. Its either people who welcome immigrants or ones that will fight tooth and nail to have immigrants everywhere but their country. They will try to get them deported but not leave their own country cause that very flawed logic itself also prevents them from assimilating to other cultures. The national budget on the other hand is fucked because of reckless and unbalanced spending rather than immigrants, spain for example functions because of immigrants. Look at the stark contrast between portugal and spain, one just “deals” with immigration, the other thrives with immigration. The economy is shit in every single country basically so you cant really blame it on immigrants when countries with 0%, 1% and 30% immigrant populations are being hit equally. For fucks sake theres a war in ukraine, gaza and iran, all of which contribute to this and all of which are completely unnecessary. The immigration crisis from syria is also kinda the wests fault but thats a different discussion. I cant really comment on such domestic issues cause i dont have that much insight but from what i hear, the social contract is mainly “failing”(putting that in quotes because you make it sound like theres a better alternative) in the areas of public transit and public builings, havent heard of very large problems with the healthcare other than overdiagnosis(this is something a german doctor friend said, once again not my own experience). Overdoagnosis being a problem where doctors follow precedures 1 to 1 and test for a million different things that dont really affect you and the treatment often causes more harm. Of course this is not about cancer and such but rarer, “less important” diseases.

    The fax and nuclear reactors are were/are horrible decisions but i dont think thats something that would effect emmigration so directly. In general germany should modernise, but this is true for every sector in germany and also in general for every european country without the exception of like estonia.

    As for the low/no skill argument, brother, you are either stupid af or racist. Most syrian immigrants(and others from the middle east and tbf the rest of the world) who came to europe used to have means and education. The ones who could escape syria often were the better off ones with companies and degrees. Its enough to spend like 2 seconds with any immigrant and all of them are doctors and entrepreneurs and whatever but they had to leave their life in the middle east cause they were escaping from a fucking war. Doctors licenses from the middle east are not valid in europe. I know nurses who sell doughnuts and doctors who had to redo their whole university education(6+ years) to be able to practition in europe. The only people spreading the “low skill” argument are people who are racists or the ones who believe and follow the racists.


  • Okay, hear me out. If a bunch of germans want to go to different countries and a bunch of people want to go to germany from different countries, you could just make immigration easier and allow a constant flow of people arround the eu. We already know international exchange programs are good for people, so im guessing moving to a new country also is. You get a new perspective, learn a new language, have to adjust to new conditions, etc, all really good things to learn in the long run.






  • Okay hear me out, this ones gonna be a doozy: trains. I know radical right. If there was no need to drive cars wouldnt pollute. I could still go fuck off to tracks and few rural roads to drive on the weekend, there would be no pollution and the travel times would be better and easier. Thats the thing, i love driving but commuting is horribly boring. Theres probably like a few percent of people who will actually go out to the track and race and ive said this is another comment like a year ago but those people can use biofuels or carbon capture fuel. Yes its tripple the price but youre not using it to get to work but just for weekend fun. I think this is the best ballance. Also you would still have electric cars because theyre fun(tho even i have to admit i would almost always pick a hybrid or gas over one) and for the people in rural norway and sweden to get to their houses for example.


  • Its kinda insane having lived in four different countries over the years. In Ireland the weather is very oceanic which means its very mild but quite cold all year round. We would be suprised of it went below 0 during summer and it never went above 30 during summer. They put basically zero insulation in houses. This meant during summer it was in the twennies but during winter it was really cold for being inside. Next one was hungary. Kinda the opposite of ireland being very continental. Most houses have good insulation and ac’s as well or if its an older house at least a fireplace which provides really good warmth. During the summers some parts of the house would become quite unbearable even with ac. My grandmas place was quite something in 40 degrees with no ac. Then spain. They have hot summers as well so every house has ac but the winters are short and very mild, not going below 5 degrees evem during winter where i lived. This meant they had very little insulation and it got quite cold in a lot of apartments but i think houses generally had better insulation. Lastly sweden, the summers are mild here as well which means no ac but opening a window is always enough to cool down a room. As for the winters, the insulation is excellent and its quite hot inside. Even tho sweden gets a good 15-20c colder here than where i lived in ireland, it feels warmer just because of the good heating inside. It makes a huge difference.