This is an overstatement of course

Not so much, it is more a generalization, and the degree may vary, but at the core there is truth to this. These are people who refuse the facts of reality, which is why the saying that reality has a liberal bias is not just a joke. But the fact is that Republicans discard reality in favor of their delusions. While the sane adjust their views according to reality.

I respect Richard Dawkins very much, and he is right to some degree. But there comes a point where the evidence is so clear, and the delusion so out of touch with reality, that we have to consider that people also have free will¹. The problem is that people are WILLINGLY staying within their delusions, and when that becomes the case, it is no different from insanity.

¹ Regarding free will this is a question I’ve studied very carefully, and my conclusion is clear, that we have free will within the limits of our understanding of reality and our physical abilities and requirements, and this free will does NOT require a god or a soul. The idea of a soul is completely made up nonsense with absolutely zero evidence or even indication of being true. Free will is possible within the restraints of a reality guided by physical laws, and has nothing to do with the uncertainty principles of quantum mechanics.

Link #1 doesn’t support your claim:

However, most EU nations had increases in labour costs greater than Germany’s.[33] Those nations that allowed “wages to grow faster than productivity” lost competitiveness.

So the problem was not Germany, but that other countries INCREASED their wages above what was sustainable, Germany is in no way to blame for that.

In Your german link the only appearance of wage when translated to english is VolksWagen. I also checked salary, and that only appears as part of how a fine was calculated.
I see nothing at all relating to your claim. Also I read German fine, but I read English faster, but feel free to post German sources.

Regarding the Harz guy, I have no idea why you find him relevant, apart from being part of the corruption at VW so what?

No. The EU would simply take a credit or cut the budget.

Now you are contradicting yourself from your previous comments.

Are you an AI in beta? Or what the fuck is your argument? So far you have shown NOTHING!
I’m considering simply blocking you, because you make absolutely no sense?!?!

I can throw you links too without explanation:
Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid

https://www.andersenstories.com/language.php?andersen=037&l=en&r=da (includes original text in Danish)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Stauning

The last link in particular is very informative.

Bullshit.

The 10 industries are: Beverages (3.6%), Construction Machinery (5.6%), Electrical Components (7.7%), Food (13.8%), Household Appliances (2.2%), Industrial Chemicals (11.4%), Nonferrous Metals (5.8%), Rubber (3.6%), Scientific Instruments (35.7%), and Semiconductors (10.6%).

There is nothing in that link that shows that patents increase innovation, are you claiming beer is better because of patents?
If you are, that would be like claiming cookies you buy are better than home baked, because bought cookies make use of many patents.
I hope you can see the idiocy of the claim.

No “innovations” happened because they were patentable. But patents happen because they can prevent competition.
And on the other hand evidence that patents stifle competition is pretty clear, and stifled competition decreases innovation.

Steve Balmer expressed it very well IMO, when he claimed Microsoft was a very innovative company because they had created several new types of licenses!

Patents are a disease not a solution.

Point 13 explains this to some degree:

As Murmann’s (2003) study of the synthetic dye industry in Germany during the 19th century shows, the appropriateness of patent strength depends on the circumstances, including timing. The patent law of 1877 was successful because it ‘came after the industry had already developed strong firms and science was providing the tools to do systematic R&D on new dyes … Had the German patent law arrived in 1858, it is doubtful that as many German firms would have developed into strong competitors. Fewer firms would have entered the industry, and inefficient firms would have been more likely to survive’ (p: 33).

Clearly showing the authors are aware that patents harm competition, and if patents had been introduced earlier, a few companies could have taken over the market and kept competition out.

They are however completely wrong about the “timing” of patents, there is no good timing of patents. Patents will always be harmful after the fact.

which, in my eyes, promoted innovation

There is no evidence of that.

Where are the Epstein Files?

China has copied every peace of technology

Same as every other country since farming was invented.

That’s how it should be. Innovate and create new jobs

Nonono you can’t just explain it away with more platitudes. How do you define that the wages were to low after the job reform?
If they are to ow, why don’t the unions fight to make them higher?

Technically correct but I didn’t specify next year’s budget. The EU will decide differently when the income declines.

That simply doesn’t make any sense, are you saying other countries pay more on a budget already decided? Because what you wrote before was wrong, but this is crazy!

Oh I thought it was Grok spreading lies that was the final straw, and before that the fascism, and before that it was the manipulative algorithms promoting racist views, and before that it was lack of oversight to keep content legal.
But OK let’s say it’¨s the illegal AI generated sexual abuse. Which by the way are clearly illegal in Denmark, not because of nudity, but because it is illegal to exploit the likeness of a real person.

But by my count this is at least the fifth final straw.

Oh no the Chinese economy is crashing to grow only 4.8%. 😱
/s

To those who constantly claim the Chinese economy is crashing.

Or high wages unfairly shifted jobs away from Germany previously. There is nothing to substantiate your point, it is merely a biased opinion.
By the same logic all previous eastern European countries, and Portugal and Greece and Italy and France are unfairly shifting jobs to their countries by having lower wages than Germany.
And Denmark is shifting jobs away from Denmark by having some of the highest wages in EU. Yet we have the lowest unemployment rate in EU.

Somebody has to pay the EU budget. If Germany is in a recession then other countries have to increase taxes to compensate.

No that is not how things work, this is such an extreme oversimplification to the point that it is decidedly wrong. (just as your previous claim).
Budgets are negotiated, and obviously the state of the economy is a significant part of those negotiations. But when making the budgets a certain percentage is decided for each country to pay of their GDP or a fixed amount is decided, depending on which program. One country paying slightly more or slightly less because of variations in GDP has no impact on how much the other countries pay. All countries can pay the same percentage on next years budget if that is what is decided.

Your economic thinking is wrong, you need to educate yourself more if you want to have valid opinions on economic issues. As it is now, you have controversial opinions but without the required understanding to validate them. If you had the understanding, you wouldn’t make these claims.

So many Americans are delusional. Minimal state and maximal God is their wet dream.
Deregulate everything and get rid of both controls and services.
So now Americans can look forward to getting cheated by fraudulent businesses, getting food that is even more unhealthy, and die in unnecessary accidents because there are no safety standards, and enjoy more pollution in both cities and out in the country.

Minimal state is a moronic idea, what the state needs to be is streamlined to make society better through good regulation and standards that make everything work smoothly.
Come to Denmark and see how it works, I spend about 3 seconds doing my taxes. I spend zero seconds filling out forms when I need healthcare. This is not about maximal or minimal state, but about having good systems and good regulation and public services that actually work.

When Japan entered the Western car market in the 60’s and 70’s, it was disruptive too. Especially in USA where it was made worse by the oil crisis, because American cars were giant gas guzzlers, and Japanese cars were the most fuel efficient.

Now China is entering the market, but compared to Japan, China has a 10 times bigger home market to draw from, which is a huge benefit for Chinese manufacturers in several ways.
First it helps manufacturers build large scale production for higher efficiency. Second it helps pay development of new models as cost is distributed on more cars, making it cheaper per car.
Third it allows China to experiment more, as new models that would be minor niche cars in other countries, can sell at scale.
Combined this has resulted in a development pace in China which is about three times faster than what we see in the rest of the world!

So it is no wonder that Chinese cars are gaining market share in the world outside China too. And we can expect the disruption to be bigger than when the Japanese cars arrived in the west.

But there are also a factor of diminishing returns, where scale and development speed will not yield as much benefits beyond a certain threshold.
So the Chinese advantage is probably at its peak right now, and manufacturers that can keep up with the Chinese competition for the next few years will have a good chance of making it in the future.

Germany is the biggest economy in Europe, and especially before East and West Germany were reunited, Germany did contribute the most as the biggest economy, but Germany also reaped the biggest benefits.
And yes EU will keep existing because it remains beneficial for all member countries. And calling it silencing problems with money is a weirdly skewed way to put it. Conflicts were not “silenced”, problems were solved, and the distribution of how to pay for it settled.

Only for bisexuals is it a choice whether they are with a man or a woman.

I too am annoyed that I’m not allowed to keep slaves and beat them to death when I like as is described in the Bible.
It’s a God given right that God gave to the rich white man. It clearly says so in the Bible. Why is my faith being oppressed?
Why are Christians persecuted like this? We just want to keep slaves, and kill LGBT people, and discriminate everybody who isn’t a white Christian. And to be left alone to live in peace and love of Jesus and the Lord, with our slaves and religious bigotry. 💘

/s
Fuck religion and fuck racism, and fuck Republican voters for voting for it.

Yes it’s fucking scary how people in a cult can be so disconnected from reality and evidence.
It doesn’t matter if the cult is religious or political, for both their cult fantasy is more important than reality!

And the idea that it is a choice can only come from bisexuals.
That should be pointed out EVERY fucking time someone makes that claim.

That makes it a fact, it’s right there in black on white!

Religious fanaticism = insanity.
It should not be treated as normal in a civilized society.

Edit:
Sorry I misplaced the response, it was supposed to be to the u/thenoirwolfess comment.