E. Germany: We ain't got dames

The Economist ^ | 6/28/2007

[Schwaeky]

Solution, send to Germany the women wanting out of E. Europe (Ukraine, Russia, etc) and the women from Mexico that would otherwise cross to the U.S. illegally. Then will solve two demographic problems with one stone, because happy with spouses may moderate the extremism of the otherwise extremeist elements in Eastern Germany...

[lowbridge]

Best pickup line in Germany after the surrender: “Would you like a pair of nylons, fraulein?”

[SupplySider]

The government is the problem here but not in that way. Having been raised under socialism is the problem. They want to lay about and get drunk and not work. Few have any concept of self achievement. Same problem we have in the united sates for people on the public dole. And the same problem is all over Russia.

You're right, I am looking at it through the lens of the Great Society programs and the effect they had here in the US. I think, though, that the principle might apply in Germany.

If young women could not count on government benefits for child-rearing, I'd bet they would, as women have throughout history, put pressure on the young men to work and marry in return for being with them. If the men could not be with women without a job and some prospects, I think they would change. When women can have babies without a breadwinner, they settle for "boyfriends", and the boys needn't become men.

[dfwgator]

I’m afraid what you say is right. And while I can appreciate how Kaczynski is trying to keep some semblance of Western values in Poland, will it matter, if there simply isn’t enough economic opportunity for young Poles to want to stay and help build their country.

In the end, perhaps the most damaging thing the Nazis did, was forever destroy the concept of Nationalism, for they did take it to an extreme. But in the aftermath, it resulted in a feeling among many that any form of nationalism, or pride in one’s country is Nazi-like, and therefore bad. So people simply seek out the best opportunities for themselves, and have no loyalty to where they were born. Is this the “Brave New World” the globalists wanted?

[Grzegorz 246]

“Nevertheless even Poland will be deserted within a few decades and the Kaczynski brothers will rule over a elderly home.”

No. It will simply become a “multicultural” crap like western Europe.