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Citizen Tayne posted:Germany has the world's most highly-educated factory floor workforce, and their manufactured products are almost without exception leaders in their respective industry. Really makes you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo
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Jun 4, 2015 16:39
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Subjunctive posted:pets or meat? heh, igi
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Jun 4, 2015 16:39
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Pinterest Mom posted:german companies are all jointly managed by labour and capital. employee representatives hold 50% of board seats in all companies, by law. it is easy to do when you are bleeding the southern Euro countries dry. just economically now instead of militarily
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Jun 4, 2015 16:40
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Cold on a Cob posted:
yeah that dude's a pretty hardcore realist, he's talking business and he knows it but doesn't ignore the ethics
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Jun 4, 2015 17:08
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fits my needs posted:it is easy to do when you are bleeding the southern Euro countries dry. just economically now instead of militarily bleeding them dry by selling them stuff
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Jun 4, 2015 17:12
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Syncopated posted:bleeding them dry by selling them stuff bleeding them dry by not letting the german currency inflate. if the germans don't bail out greece then the euro is just another fixed exchange rate scheme, not a true monetary union. if it didn't exist, no one would actually be able to afford those german things because the german currency would be through the roof.
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Jun 4, 2015 17:14
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i had to explain how foreign exchange rates work (mostly in a china-us-debt context) last week but I got to drag in how the euro totally screws not-germany so 
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Jun 4, 2015 18:21
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Pinterest Mom posted:german companies are all jointly managed by labour and capital. employee representatives hold 50% of board seats in all companies, by law. 
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Jun 4, 2015 18:30
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Cold on a Cob posted:employees, eh? like, with benefits and stuff? yeah, in the "friends with" sense I.e. they get hosed repeatedly without any commitment or stability in the relationship
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Jun 4, 2015 18:52
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kwinkles posted:bleeding them dry by not letting the german currency inflate. There's also the way that the german unions basically agreed to zero wage increases for years to keep industry growth high by reducing costs except this combined with the currency valuation gives an insane price advantage compared to the rest of the eurozone also germans are like the most frugal people ever so they don't even care about the pay. i saw an interview with a factory worker and he was all "yes i have had no pay rise in 5 years but its ok because really all i need is new boots every year and cheep beer and i am happy"
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Jun 4, 2015 18:56
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:There's also the way that the german unions basically agreed to zero wage increases for years to keep industry growth high by reducing costs except this combined with the currency valuation gives an insane price advantage compared to the rest of the eurozone its almost as though they figured out the key to a happy labor class is a little bit of infrastructure and they will then chill the gently caress out and be productive and show up to work without also bringing guns and a manifesto
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Jun 4, 2015 19:06
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they still hate Muslims though, Turks specifically
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Jun 4, 2015 19:12
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computer parts posted:they still hate Muslims though, Turks specifically YEP
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Jun 4, 2015 19:18
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:he was all "yes i have had no pay rise in 5 years but its ok because really all i need is new boots every year and cheep beer and i am happy" unions here cover a lot of workers who are subject to wage freezes as well hth
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Jun 4, 2015 19:18
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also isn't there a two tier minimum wage system in germany right now? i remember hearing about it probably on (tw:npr) planet money
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Jun 4, 2015 19:19
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Cold on a Cob posted:also isn't there a two tier minimum wage system in germany right now? i remember hearing about it probably on (tw:npr) planet money iirc during the start of the recession germany told their industries to not fire anyone just reduce their pay to 1 euro and then the government would pick up the tab with unemployment i'm not sure if I got that right though
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Jun 4, 2015 19:22
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:also germans are like the most frugal people ever so they don't even care about the pay. i saw an interview with a factory worker and he was all "yes i have had no pay rise in 5 years but its ok because really all i need is new boots every year and cheep beer and i am happy" this guy has it figured out more than you probably realize
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Jun 4, 2015 19:22
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graph posted:this guy has it figured out more than you probably realize
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Jun 4, 2015 19:23
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unions are good cya
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Jun 4, 2015 19:28
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MORE CURLY FRIES posted:unions are good cop unions are not unions
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Jun 4, 2015 19:30
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i would want at least an xbox though, if i unionise that would be part of the demands
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Jun 4, 2015 19:31
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What the gently caress did I just watch?
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Jun 4, 2015 19:32
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graph posted:cop unions are not unions there are caveats but if you're not in a union esp in 'unskilled' work and someone says 'hey we should Union' you should Union if no one is saying it then your the one who should be saying it
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Jun 4, 2015 19:33
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unskilled or large corp/govt work
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Jun 4, 2015 19:33
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∪ cops = ∅
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Jun 4, 2015 19:35
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:decent human beings ∪ cops = ∅
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Jun 4, 2015 19:38
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super hyper meta rub out cops
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Jun 4, 2015 19:44
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Citizen Tayne posted:Germany has the world's most highly-educated factory floor workforce, and their manufactured products are almost without exception leaders in their respective industry. Really makes you think. the treaty of versailles was such a clusterfuck idunno how anyone didnt expect it to cause wii
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Jun 4, 2015 20:04
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Subjunctive posted:pets or meat? rabbits?
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Jun 4, 2015 20:13
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Moist von Lipwig posted:the treaty of versailles was such a clusterfuck idunno how anyone didnt expect it to cause wii nintendo did nothing wrong
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Jun 4, 2015 20:14
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the police are actually epic ftw  and they keep us safe from criminals  please donate to your local police charity 
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Jun 4, 2015 20:16
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Xoidanor posted:What the gently caress did I just watch? a classic?
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Jun 4, 2015 20:19
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Moist von Lipwig posted:rabbits? 
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Jun 4, 2015 20:19
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ok, part of this i accept, but i am pretty sure there are cops
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Jun 4, 2015 20:39
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Cold on a Cob posted:
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Jun 4, 2015 21:06
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Smythe posted:the police are actually epic ftw this, but unironically
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Jun 4, 2015 21:18
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Munkeymon posted:link? Necc0 posted:here's a follow-up to the four-horsemen vid that was pretty popular here a few months ago:
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Jun 4, 2015 21:26
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computer parts posted:they still hate Muslims though, Turks specifically I don't know if its firmly held racism or the entire country being a white echo that lets awful stereotypes become fact but I know quite a few german people and the amount of racist poo poo out of their mouths is staggering
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Jun 4, 2015 21:56
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europe doesn't have a tradition of multiculturalism. lovely immigration policies and poor integration/equality laws have reinfroced the idea among them that multiculturalism 'doesn't work', hence poo poo like, well, modern europe
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