Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act

Post by inigyou » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC

wartywhoa23 wrote: post #74

jijijijij wrote: post #69

As a German citizen let me tell you, the rate of decline this country is in is truly shocking. This is by far the worst government in my lifetime, and remarkably there is wide consensus about it across the population (above 85% dissatisfaction, if you think I am exaggerating here). Industry and trade associations aren't happy either, which raises the question who asks for this? Life is getting forcefully precarious f…

> This is by far the worst government in my lifetime I guess we all can safely conclude that all governments of the word (world's government? shoot that tinfoilhat), at least those who have any meaningful means of destruction at hand, are the worst not only in our, but also our parents' lifetimes (assuming the mean age of HN commenters as 30-40). TL;DR: The fascism is back.

Post by master-lincoln » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

fransje26 wrote: post #108

flossly wrote: post #30

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Denmark? The Swiss? Norway? And I was in Serbia lately, and while it was not as developed as NW-EU, nobody there described it as decaying (and many said they experiences decay when living in western nations over the past 2 decades).

> And I was in Serbia lately [..] With OP postulating that it is to enable corruption, and a sub-reply affirming that it is therefore the trait of a country in decay, bringing in Serbia as a counter-example is hilarious. Serbia ranks 116th in the corruption perception index, Germany 10th. (Lower is better)

Post by master-lincoln » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

greenavocado wrote: post #97

flossly wrote: post #32

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Is fertility so important? Maybe the other western countries are equally infertile, but just allowed many immigrants in (which counts are population expansion) that also have more children on average. How are Japan and Korea holing out? They are further down the infertility down-spiral.

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Post by greenavocado » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

master-lincoln wrote: post #115

greenavocado wrote: post #97

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Please provide evidence. Also westerners from which point of view?

Post by h4x0rr » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC

chrystalkey wrote: post #26

igl wrote: post #11

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"SPD will block this" is contradicted by SPD already voting for the identical Berlin version weeks ago.

Not identical but similar and state vs federal level, might as well be different parties. Thats not to say I am not Just as worried as you