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Re: Europeans Are Becoming Poorer

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Post by allarm »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #111
ramblerman wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By food I meant preparation, i.e. cuisine. You are right that food quality in supermarket although expensive is not bad (I wouldn't say it's as amazing as you claim either though, any french/spanish market would knock switzerland out of the park for fresh produce/meats). xenofobia is subjective, and maybe wrong word, but expat society is largely cut off from locals. I know many germans firsthand that feel they can't…

>expat society is largely cut off from locals. I'm not Swiss but, I think you don't know what xenofobia means. Honestly, I'm getting pretty tired of these tropes, of expats who think that because locald don't chat them up, and if the baristas never greet and smile at them like it's the norm in their home country they immediately take it as the country being xenofobic. Expat societies are mostly isolated in most other…

> Then Germans get to experience exactly how expats feel in their country.

Not my feeling/experience at all. I’ve moved to Germany 1.5 years ago and the locals are the most welcoming people I’ve ever met. Especially comparing to Singaporeans, where I spent 6 years before.

I live in the North though, if I lived in Bayern my experience would probably be different.

Re: Europeans Are Becoming Poorer

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Post by allarm »

rob74 wrote: post #48

Many of the examples given in the article are complete rubbish: > The French are eating less foie gras and drinking less red wine. foie gras involves torturing animals, and drinking less alcohol is healthier, so good for them! > Across Germany, meat and milk consumption has fallen to the lowest level in three decades yes, more people are eating less meat - good for them and for the environment! > TooGoodToGo, a compa…

It’s not for you to decide what is good for the others.

Re: Europeans Are Becoming Poorer

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Post by gfedtbyby »

boffinAudio wrote: post #157
gfedtbyby wrote: post #128

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What prejudices? And please enlighten me. What could Russia bring besides oil, gas and various other raw resources? I'm genuinely curious. Of course I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting. Obviously Europe and Russia could have economic relations which would be beneficial to both sides if Russia dropped it's revanchist/imperialist policies and stopped pretending it's still a global superpower. However even then R…

> revanchist/imperialist policies Which policies exactly?

Really?

Re: Europeans Are Becoming Poorer

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Post by boffinAudio »

gfedtbyby wrote: post #159
boffinAudio wrote: post #153

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Demonstrate to me that you have observed Russia's attempts at peace-making in the last 20 years, and then we can have a discussion. If all you have to base your argument on is what you've learned in mainstream western media, I'm afraid you're not informed. Mainstream western media is literally owned by the same people who make the bombs that are dropped every twenty minutes on innocent people around the world... Russ…

Nobody was at war with Russia over the last 20 years. > If all you have to base your argument on is what you've learned in mainstream western media, I'm afraid you're not informed As opposed to Russian state media or deranged fringe conspiracy theorists? If you said something like this instead: NAZI GERMANY has made plenty of attempts at peaceful relations with its neighbors. It has been rebuffed countless times beca…

Never mind state media, or owned corporate military industrial media.

What is the official state policy that you are referring to, which leads you to make these conclusions about Russia. Actual policies, which the government follows.

Not what you've been told to think about it - what the stated policies actually are?

Because if you're not referring to official state doctrine that drives the execution of that governments actions, all you're doing is pushing propaganda for your own side ...

But I guess there's a fairly low chance that you've actually studied Duma policies. Its about as likely that you're familiar with the CFR doctrine which leads America to invade and demolish other sovereign states with impunity, too...

Re: Europeans Are Becoming Poorer

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Post by chrysler »

boffinAudio wrote: post #164
gfedtbyby wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody was at war with Russia over the last 20 years. > If all you have to base your argument on is what you've learned in mainstream western media, I'm afraid you're not informed As opposed to Russian state media or deranged fringe conspiracy theorists? If you said something like this instead: NAZI GERMANY has made plenty of attempts at peaceful relations with its neighbors. It has been rebuffed countless times beca…

Never mind state media, or owned corporate military industrial media. What is the official state policy that you are referring to, which leads you to make these conclusions about Russia. Actual policies, which the government follows. Not what you've been told to think about it - what the stated policies actually are? Because if you're not referring to official state doctrine that drives the execution of that governme…

Funny that you accuse him of "not studying Duma policies". Unlike in the west, Russian parliament has as much power as Reichstag had in Nazi Germany. It yields no actual power. They are button-pushers who do as they are told, or get replaced.
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