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Posted on 07/07/2026 2:54:53 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
n Germany, the trains have stopped running on time, bridges have been shut over safety fears, and the country’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen, is cutting a sixth of its workforce. The government’s response amounts to a shrug, dressed up as reform. It seems like Germany is on a bad streak – and the AfD looks set to reap the rewards.
Take the railways, the infamous Deutsche Bahn. A few weeks ago, they ground to a total halt. Every train in the country stood still, because the radio system that lets drivers talk to signal boxes – a system that appears to date, in spirit if not in silicon, from the Kaiserreich – simply stopped working. For several hours, nothing moved on the tracks of Europe’s largest economy.
Stranded passengers shrugged at reporters when asked how they felt about it. This is just what Deutsche Bahn does, several said, with the weary resignation of people describing the weather rather than a national infrastructure failure. That reaction tells you more about the current German mood than the failure itself does. It is not anger. It is fatalism.
Transport minister, Patrick Schnieder, responded with the platitude every politician reaches for in a crisis: he demanded “comprehensive clarification”. It is a mark of quite how unglamorous his brief has become that Schnieder – a man nominally responsible for one of the most consequential portfolios in government – remains almost entirely unknown to the German public. Nobody expects him to fix anything. Nobody, really, expects anyone to.
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But at least they have Jurgen Klopp as their soccer coach now.
Wie schade.
“What a sad, sad, story....”
Trivago guy.
Better than the nose picker they used to have I guess.
Ja, bestimmt. Verwundet mein Herz mit einer monotonen Schwermut.
And Germany is not even under the kind of bombardment they were catching in 1944 and 1945. All the damage to their economy is coming from sources now internal to Germany.
I was stationed in Germany in 81 through 83. I liked it and have been thinking about going back after Mrs. Dutch Boy passes. I will take that off my list, along with the test of Europe.
Bkmk
Import the 3rd world, become the 3rd world.
They’re committing economic suicide.
* Insane “green energy” policies
* Full push toward EV’s
* EV’s pouring in from China far cheaper
* Literally destroying their own car industry
* Import the 3rd world and drain resources
It’s nuts.
I was at Hessisch-Oldendorf from ‘80-’83. Very fond memories.
so islam is taking over ,LOL
Boots on the ground input appreciated.
Sort of emulating a Mercedes Benz or a BMW.
They need someone who can make the trains run on time.
Not to worry.
Sharia Law will save them.
All the damage to their economy is coming from sources now internal to Germany.
They shouldn’t have fired that Kaiser guy.
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