Loose bolts

[GasTeddy]

Other countries like Germany are going to be way worse off.  But young people are not going to have the same advantages that earlier generations had (post WWII).  And no, it has nothing to do with "socialism".  If anything, it has more to do with crony capitalism.  But really it's demographics.

Germany and many other EU countries, which have had long time left wing in power, are economically in dire straits. And it is pretty much because of demographics created by socialists. Billions and billions every year for those who come to EU just to live with social security, without any attempt to learn the language, work or study. And then they show their gratitude by complaining, rioting and committing crimes.

[CptTrips]

Germany and many other EU countries, which have had long time left wing in power, are economically in dire straits. And it is pretty much because of demographics created by socialists. Billions and billions every year for those who come to EU just to live with social security, without any attempt to learn the language, work or study. And then they show their gratitude by complaining, rioting and committing crimes.

The demographics are largely due to increased urbanization since WWII. 

People in apartments have less kids than people living on farms.

[AKIron]

Iran is doing their darndest to get WWIII going. Will be dramatic changes for everyone if they have their way.

[GasTeddy]

The demographics are largely due to increased urbanization since WWII. 

People in apartments have less kids than people living on farms.

These demographs I mean are caused by open borders, leftist "everyone welcome"-attitude. Leftist need to haul more and more "families in distress" (where mother, father and kids are all male, about same age) to show, what kind of angels they are. That costs more than they can afford and has lead to totally reckless borrowing and many countries are up to their ears in debts. 

Everyone telling the truth of these actions is immediately stamped with names I don't want to mention in here. Like in Finland, where right wing won the last Parliamentary elections and is now trying to patch the sinking boat, opposition is doing everything to topple them. 

[CptTrips]

Iran is doing their darndest to get WWIII going. Will be dramatic changes for everyone if they have their way.

China has told it's military to be prepared to pacify the province of Taiwan by 2027.

If Russia takes Ukraine, they will very soon move on to Romania (Bessarabian Gap), Poland (Polish Gap), and the Baltic states (Baltic Coast).  Maybe Sweden and Finland.  They will lose millions but Russians don't care.  This generation is expendable and the last one they will have anyway to have a chance at capturing those defensible geographic choke points.  A tactical nuke will get used by someone at some point. 

We should be spooling up our industry to wartime production now. 

So yeah.  A stickier world today than the late 70, 80's and 90's.  Even VN as painful as it was, as far as scale, was really nothing compared to WWII and what's coming.

[AKIron]

The world is definitely more volatile today than in recent decades. We came pretty close back in Oct of '62 though. Frequent "tornado" drills at school back then.

[CptTrips]

These demographs I mean are caused by open borders, leftist "everyone welcome"-attitude.

Well, part of their reasoning may have been to use immigration to soften the demographic apocalypse.  Germany will NOT be able to sustain it's current economic output with it's natural born population.  That's already baked in and can't be reversed in time now.

Of course the numbers don't work.  Even if they took every immigrant that wants to come would not be enough at this point. It would barely even soften the curve.

It's always hard to absorb immigrants.  At one time, in this country, bars would have signs, "No <n-word>, dogs, or Irishmen allowed!"  But at least if you are white, within a generation you can lose the accent, ditch the funny hats, make a little money bootlegging and Bobs-your-Uncle!  You go from fresh off the boat to being a Kennedy in the White House. 

[TryHard]

What does any of this have to do with a door flying off an airplane?

[AKIron]

Loose bolts maybe caused by declining maintenance standards. Maintenance standards declining because less pride, lower morale. Lower morale due to less hope for economic future. All speculation of course, which is what we do here.

[GasTeddy]

Well, part of their reasoning may have been to use immigration to soften the demographic apocalypse.  Germany will NOT be able to sustain it's current economic output with it's natural born population.  That's already baked in and can't be reversed in time now.

Of course the numbers don't work.  Even if they took every immigrant that wants to come would not be enough at this point. It would barely even soften the curve.

Numbers would help a lot, if those taken in would integrate and start living like natives, but it's 1-digit per cent number, which do it. Most just come to have all inclusive for rest of their life and some say it may have something to do with clash of religions, as why exactly young men suitable for armed service are filling all 'rescue' ships and asylum centers. Rescue ships, which pick them few miles from African coast, and bring them to closest safe harbor, which is surprisingly some hundred miles more north.

That has costed governments billions, and will cost as long as this kind of asylum tourism for better economy in life is supported. Main reason, why right wing parties are rising. Especially very much  right ones, as folks in many places have had enough.

[CptTrips]

Numbers would help a lot, if those taken in would integrate and start living like natives,

Every immigrant group does that at first.  That's how you get Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Italy, Boston.   We survived it.  Even Boston.  Sure religion is always an issue, but the Irish were called dirty Papists. As hated as any other and clannish and insular answering to a foreign prince. We survived it.

Within a generation their kids assimilate.

The big problem is countries where they don't ALLOW them to assimilate.  That's why places like France had much more problem with Muslims that the US.  In France they are never really accepted and kept in the ghettos festering.  They were never gong to be accepted as truly French so no true assimilation is possible. 

[DmonSlyr]

Hate to say it, but until Islam gets reformed, allows woman to educate themselves, allows the removal of burka and hijab, and stops allowing their 6 year old daighters to be married, and learns how to work outside of the government jobs. They will never assimilate, and only bring the culture they are invading down. This has happened to so many countries. Then once one of them gets into power, they change the system, try to implement sharia policies, and eventually turn it into thr same place they left. It happens over and over again with Islam. people's niceness will be taken advantage of.

BTW, I don't buy the "not enough people to work" theory. They said the same thing about slavery. And then walla new technology was invented.  Just like what AI will do.

[Eagler]

It's Idiocracy in full swing..

The intelligent couples don't want to bring children into this mess so the lesser intelligent are doing most of the breeding these days...

Add illegal immigrants with a high school diploma at best and you have the decline we are experiencing today

Throw in record obesity and you have the health and intelligence crisis we face today in our work force,  health care and military

Eagler

[Brooke]

But at least if you are white,

Or are any of these, which have higher than the US median:

1    Indian    152,141
2    Filipino    101,157
3    Iranian    96,056
4    South African    94,159
5    Argentine    93,798
6    Lebanese    92,697
12    Turkish    87,648
28    Guyanese    83,412
33    Syrian    82,532
49    Palestinian    75,521

[Brooke]

If Russia takes Ukraine,

It seems like Russia already has most of the portion it wanted.  I doubt that Ukraine is going to win.

they will very soon move on to Romania (Bessarabian Gap), Poland (Polish Gap), and the Baltic states (Baltic Coast).  Maybe Sweden and Finland.  They will lose millions but Russians don't care.

I doubt that.  I don't think Russia could handle the losses or the economic cost (let alone both) for more than Ukraine.  Invading those other countries would be an order of magnitude harder for them.