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Berlin is not important, what's important today is whether the major superpower will be the communist dictatorship China aligned with Biden, or Trump who is aligned with the Democratic, free, West, and that includes Berlin, (pre-empting the moron who will post "what's that got to do with Berlin"..
Germans hate Trump because they know America is the biggest importer of German goods and is willing to start an ongoing trade war. Germans have for too long been accustomed to restricting imports with non-tariff barriers (TTIP revealed this perfectly as the Germans obsessed over American sausages called "Thueringer Bratwurst" being allowed to be sold in Germany, much like chlorinated chickens, etc.) and tariff barriers (the personal exemption for non-EU imports into Germany is 25 EUR - in the US it is 800 USD). Then don't even get me started on Germany's unwillingness to fund its own military and willingness to import oil from Russia which is known for shutting off the pipeline for political reasons (see Ukraine). If Germans were capable of long-term thinking they would see that an autonomous Germany with fair trade policies would benefit Germany. But once you've become addicted to free foreign direct investment under the guise of a cold war it's difficult to kick the habit.
On way or another, Germans are going to have to grow up. Either by paying their own way or by ultimately having to resist Chinese aggression. The Belt and Road initiative is slowly usurping all surrounding countries that have weak economies (even countries like Italy). The moment the EU begins to seriously collapse (only a matter of time once the UK is officially out and the world see that that EU mafia is bad for economic growth of developed nations) is when China gains a hold. German politicians know this. Lefty German politicians are basically controlled by China.
In Germany people seem to be shielded from such superfluous topics as economics, global politics and financial markets. Even the newspapers here refuse to cover anything relevant. Even Handelsblatt, once praised by Noam Chomsky as being one of the only European newspapers that accurately reported on world politics, has degenerated in quality. And most Germans actively refuse to learn anything about economics. Try this out: Next time someone mentions anything about business or economics (Tesla moving to Berlin, the FDP supporting opening stores on Sundays, etc.) just say "Oh my God, I don't ever want to hear about the free market again!" and note the looks of approval every German will give you.
They need to watch these videos by Milton Friedman www.youtube.com/watch A crash course in the realities of Capitalism v Socialism v Communism.
A great, great man. Anyway, by the looks of things, American Lefty Idiots (ALI's) are going to vote commies Biden and Cameltoe Harris in, so my advice is if you are a student, you'd better learn Chinese. This is the end of the western way of life that millions of people around the world risk their lives to come to, yes, even the Chinese are scrambling to get to the USA and other western countries, they want their freedom, in other words, we the west, are phucked. The parties over baby.
Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, Thomas Sowell, Friederich Hayek... they should all be mandatory reading for anyone and their works should be amplified by every newspaper. But instead the only pop star economists we have today are Keynesian idiots like Paul Krugman and Hans Werner Sinn.
What the hell is going on with this border,
If you move to Germany especially Berlin from another country and happen to have darker skin, on the ligher side or darker doesn't matter, your social value ist -150 by default. I could go into a full bar, full of Germans right now and take my D out and piss right in front of everybody that would not change the way they see me even if I am nice and decent person. People need to understand that before moving to berlin.
you basically have to lower your standard to be accepted by them. So basically if they feel threatened by you its a good thing. No sense to go trash yourself with a bunch of pooping outfit, just so they will like you. And if you are a POC forget it. I feel bad for german POC, they are born in germany and germans still dont accept them as being there, this is the country of white supremacy, and they learned nothing from the past. morons.
Germans treat ALL foreigners wrong. The only thing is that if you’re white and you keep your mouth shut, they may mistake you for German and not treat you as bad as other foreigners. As soon as you open your mouth, you’re doomed. Totally xenophobic people
I know a lot of people are stuck right now. And I apologize for being an jerk when leaving. I know that I got lucky with thefunding and was able to use the money to leave. I apologize for anything bad I said when I left. If you feel like Berlin is breaking you, please don't become broken by it. Don't hurt yourself and if you need to talk you can always come to Berlin hater. It is like a free support group after all. I still go on it because there are some people I care a lot about in Berlin. And to remind myself however why I had to leave.
I miss someone in Berlin a lot and a few people and I know things are just getting worse so this is what I mean when I said I apologized for being a jerk. Becase it doesnt help to say " im getting the f out here" when they cannot , and have no choice. and its dark winter. I feel horrible..
All the other cities on cityhater dont get more than a few comments, but Berlin gets almost 5k. Says a lot
Why the hell are they shutting down central heating at night???? Why do they shut down heating when its 18 degrees outside????? I want to heat my place at night and when days are mild but still too cold without heating,
I hate that they tell me when I can heat and when not,
How to deal with being yelled at and harassed by Germans? I yell back and they become cowards, but I just want to develop a thick skin and not be affected by their harassment in the first place. How to do that?
I usually just completely ignore them when possible. Like if they yell something at me I just act like I didn't notice and continue on. Sometimes I'll just say "fucking retard" loud enough for them to hear it. But lately I have just been yelling back at them because they're too weak to do anything about it about 100% of the time. And I'm not even a tough guy or anything.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/bringen-die-deutschen-in-den-usa-trump-zu-fall-li.115238
Funny how Germans delude themselves into believing they are relevant.
P.S:: I'm American and 0% German according to my DNA test. Thank God.
lmao heard an interview on the radio this morning with some guy who volunteers for democrats abroad and was very obviously pretending to be american. they said he's lived here 7 years but he spoke 100% perfect German, no accent and no article errors. He was saying "I don't even recognise my country anymore..." No shit, krautboy - it's because you're a German who, if you ever even lived in the US, refused to integrate and probably lived in a German enclave and attended German school. Who actually believes this crap? You cannot believe anything you see or hear in the German media.
I read a couple of comments on here of people that know a few people who died by committing suicide or drug overdoses. Is it really so common here in Berlin ?
Longtime lurker here. Are other German cities better places to live? I get not wanting to get screwed over, but so many people here really want to have everything for caca. Where are the real adults in Germany or at least somewhere more tolerable? Fornicate this Scheiße.
When did you decide not to settle down in Berlin / Germany ?
After 6 months. I realized there was something completely wrong with this place and the people. Berlin is haunted by its evil, totalitarian past. People on both sides of the former wall were completely broken. Nazi Berlin, then East Berlin capital of a crazy totalitarian DDR, West Berlin an Island full of deadbeats with no vision in life. I should have known this place would be DARK
When I saw everyone party over and over again aimlessly, complaining about not having any money, people dying, being yelled at constantly and harassed by germans, did I really feel like I was in some demonic parallel universe. Hard to explain to anyone who doesn’t live there. I just wanted a happier life so I left
I'm throwing a BH party. Who's down ? lol
If you live in Berlin, Brisbane, Bombay, Boulder, Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Banff, Bondi, Benghazi, Bogota, Bilbao, Bologna or Bangkok,
YOU'D BETTER HOPE TRUMP WINS. IF THOSE LEFTY COMMIES RULE THE WORLD, YOU'LL ALL BE SPEAKING CHINESE VERY SOON.
BERLIN will be one of the main cities affected by the commies Belt and Road, be very careful, nothing is what it seems. Belt and Road will force countries into dealing with Yuan instead of U$ dollars, and that will be a catastrophe for the West, which Berlin is now part of. What do you think the CV-19 scam is really about.
Stupid me, why am I wasting my time on an imbecile who wouldn't even know what the world trade reserve currency means to a superpower. That's right, go and look it up on Wiki and come back and tell me "of course I know".
That's the whole problem with Berliners like you, you all live in your pathetic bubble of Ostalgia. Wake up baby, this is 2020, not 1970.
I posted the following as a reply below, but I think it's important to give it it's own space as well.
I used to think of myself as leaning left, but after my experience of living with the lefty scum in Berlin I'm ashamed to have ever considered myself left. I'm now moderate right wing. I love capitalism, love democracy, and love freedom of speech, unlike Muslims, who are too pisss weak to demand democracy and oust the dictators in their own lands. I love true Christian values. The muslim culture does not mix in a Christian and science based land.
The thought of forced marriages with young brides, cliterectomies, beheadings, the awful treatment of sheep and other farm animals, and their disgusting racism and attacks on people who don't believe in Mo Hammered. That's the main reason I will never spend more than a week in Berlin ever again, but, I must say, the Muslims and Berliners deserve each other.
The whole Middle East is totally phucked in the head, they remind me of neanderthals, and the worst thing is the in-breeding, one muslim in Berlin told me he was excited because his family in Turkey had picked a bride for him and she'd be arriving soon.
The other thing I can't stand about them is the stupid headscarves they wear, it makes them look like space aliens with pointy heads, and the ones who cover their whole face make me want to puke. Do everyone a favour and go back to your own pathetic culture, no one wants it in the enlightened west.
Long live the free, democratic, capitalist, Christian-based West, I LOVE MY WESTERN CULTURE and I'm proud of it. I'm also proud to be a WHITE HETERO MALE EQUALIST, definitely not a Feminist. Oh and the worst is the Berliners who pretend they like multi-kulti to appear politically-correct.
Ten years of my life wasted in that khunt of a place.
I understand why Muslims in Europe feel stronger need to be united and get defensive whenever someone criticises their religion. Islam is based on the mix of Judeo-Christian principles, local traditions and customs practiced by Arabic nomads. It had a tremendous influence and ability to unite all those nomadic tribes by creating a new social order with religious devotion instead of tribal membership. The rise of Islam coincides with the fall of two great empires such as Byzantine and Sassanid hence their terrirotires were conquired by Muslims under the leadership of prophet Muhammad. I see a similar pattern in Europe where all the uniting forces such as nationalism and religion ceased to exist replaced with rising identity politics. Guess what? While I'm not a fan of such things, the current space created by the far left-wing like in Berlin,makes people feel alienated, lonely and depressed. We are all social creatures and we need to feel like we belong somewhere hence we are faced with the decision to be tribal or just ‘lone wolf’. However, times change and Muslims should understand that they need to reform their religion as it was done by Christians. While I am against of any kind of agressive bullying and discrimination of followers of Islam, I find it unacceptable calling criticism of Islam as Islamaphobia. Most Muslim countries that were never reformed like in Turkey (at least partially) are totalitarian states with little to no freedom. I sympathise with your desire to be virtuous but believe me atheist Stalin also thought it was in the interest of ‘equality of people’ to kill anyone critical of the ideology.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/lyon-priester-bei-terroranschlag-schwer-verletzt-li.115503
Islam is an unreformed belief, hence makes it 500 years behind. All religions are pretty idiotic, look at the Christians too & abortions laws in Poland. Religion should be behind us in XXI century. But I agree, Islam is a lot more primitive still and extremely untolerant. Their believes think this is the only “true” one, based on stupid honour and even the peaceful, non-extreme muslims still believe Charlie Hebdo is offensive for portraying the prophet.
How can you not see how broken up is and still defend that broken up system of belief once people are brutally massacred in the name of it?
If I would be a muslim, I would instantly convert to agnosticism... But they do not wish to see, understand, adapt or integrate.
Islam is a plague in Europe