The Old Continent: The Economist says “Germany becoming more open and diverse, a model for Europe”. Der Spiegel begs to differ radically .
On 12 and 14 April, English magazine The Economist strutted onto the stage to fret for its hour, describing the ‘modern Germany’ in the older article, and using the newer article, presented as “Germany is becoming more diverse and open. It could be a model for Europe“, to sing the praises of its ‘special report’.
“Germany is becoming more diverse, open, informal and hip. (…) Many of the country’s defining traits—its ethnic and cultural homogeneity, conformist and conservative society, and unwillingness to punch its weight in international diplomacy—are suddenly in flux.”
The article goes on to praise Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ‘open door’ policy towards refugees, bringing in 1.2 million new migrants in 2015-16 alone, which The Economist says had “confirmed” the transformation of Germany into a melting-pot.
This, of course, is nonsense. The ‘melting-pot’ metaphor was originally intended to symbolise the exact opposite: the coming together into a homogeneous society of heterogeneous elements within a political unit. Quite apart from the failure to use the metaphor correctly, one does not get a melting-pot if the elements do not mix. Simply adding a large number of people in an existing society, does not make them mix. The Economist labels this segment of its article as ‘promising signals’, which says a lot about the ideas with which it was written. It praises the disappearance of “a patriarchal culture” because the share of working-age women with jobs has risen from 58% to 70%, while one of the ‘promising signals’ it observes is the fact that “Germans are divorcing more and marrying less.”
Meanwhile, the wonderful ‘melting pot’ is characterised by “opening cultural divides“. So not actually melting together, but rather breaking apart, as “the country is grappling with the rise of a more plural society.” Yet The Economist seems unable to grasp the meaning of this, and cynically opts to use migrants as tools for “preserving [German] prosperity“, writing that
“the flow of newcomers to Germany can help cushion the demographic crunch, especially if immigration procedures are streamlined, education is improved to break the tight link between background and results, and the strictly regulated German professions are made more accessible.“
So if you change everything, you can keep things the way they are? more
Gee Wally, The Economist makes importing barbaric iSlamic Cave Men sound sooooo cozy don’t they…
Yeah Beave, whut’s the German word for Sucker?
When the curtains pulled back it really comes down to money. Large international banks are manipulating politicians for cheap labor. In turn the politicians manipulate the public into buying the diversity scam.
This is evident with companies like google etc who don’t consider themselves american, but international.
They are phucked.
What is wrong with those people?
Why do they keep re-electing Merkel?
In other words Germany continues their plunge to new depths as it swirls around the toilet bowl.
And how many trees died to put into print this BS swill? And how much electricity was wasted composing and putting this crap on the internet. EnviroNazis should picket “The Economist”.
That new law that’s being proposed concerning “truth in the news”? Should be applied to this birdcage liner first.
That’s diversity?
Genocide of millions of the Jewish and Christian populations in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s (which continues today on a smaller scale in Europe and much larger scale in the middle east and Africa)).
Then allow your defeated WW II allies (muslims) in your European “homeland” through unrestricted immigration.
The perversion of society is Democratic Socialism and islam, who are the two deceitful arms of Satan working in tandem.
I still say we (meaning the Allies) killed off almost all the real men in Germany during WW2. That was Hitler’s fault, not ours, but it happened nonetheless. Those that survived the war have pretty much died of old age, as have our WW2 vets. What was left is the reason we have the likes of Merkel. And Macron, too, on the French side. It will probably take generations for Europe to regain its manhood (if it even can, thanks to the Muzzies), but I wouldn’t want to behold their wrath if they ever do. It would make the Nazis look like choirboys.
My eyes have been opened. I had never thought of the immigrants as ‘hip’. Thanks, Angela! I’ll tell my girlfriend to go out in her miniskirt again to show her solidarity with the hip New Germans.
BTW, from what I have read there are some good conservatives in Germany today who are trying to rebuild their national pride and patriotism, but they are facing an uphill battle,
given the current political climate.
Germany is rapidly becoming KAPOOT.
@organgrider
>When the curtains pulled back it really comes down to money. Large international banks are manipulating politicians for cheap labor. In turn the politicians manipulate the public into buying the diversity scam.
Let me add that the government will increase its tax base from immigration, businesses will get cheap labor and more customers for their products, and the Armed Forces get more recruits (at least in the US). It’s a win-win for all except for us, the common folk.
The Economist is one of the worst publications on the planet. I’ve read it on and off for years, and every issues has at least one anti-America article in it.
Remember: “Diversity” means “anything but white Judeo-Christian.”
And the tax base will not go up with this “diversity.” Most “diverse” people don’t pay taxes.