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Germans are the biggest losers on the freaking planet
I sometimes love to eyeroll them when they go for a late stare when you pass someone by. Looking at their phone being all busy so I'm already done with them. But then they think they can sneak in a glance. It's socialness at its retardedts which is what the eyeroll means.
Here's a spicy fact: Contrary to public German belief, an average German consumes more alcohol than an average Russian.
It's only possible to deal with Germans and their miserability while being addicted to a substance, because sane people can't.
Only one place to go for USA news, shame Berlin doesn't have the equivalent www.breitbart.com
Now for some good news, this was inevitable
US Firms Move Supply Chains Out of China, Explore Options Closer to Home
BY EMEL AKAN August 31, 2020 Updated: August 31, 2020 Print
WASHINGTON—The U.S.–China trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic have forced companies to reduce their excessive dependence on China as a single supplier.
U.S. brands have started to explore sourcing options closer to home, with Latin and South America gaining significant traction in recent months, according to a survey by Qima, a Hong Kong-based supply chain inspection company.
The survey conducted in July among more than 200 businesses around the world found that respondents are increasingly moving their sourcing away from China. Ninety-three percent of U.S. respondents reported that they had plans to further diversify their supply chains. Meanwhile, less than half of EU respondents had a similar strategy.
China is still a major global player for sourcing, however, its dominance has become “noticeably less dramatic” compared to prior years, according to a Qima report that shows key survey findings.
For example, 75 percent of respondents globally named China among the top 3 sourcing geographies this year, compared to an overwhelming 96 percent in 2019.
Many companies especially those in textile and apparel have made supplier diversification a priority for a while, with Vietnam continuing to gain popularity as an alternative to China.
“Consistently ranking among China’s regional competitors, Vietnam continues to reap the most benefits of the continued mass exodus of Western buyers from China, with 40 percent of EU respondents and almost as many U.S. brands including Vietnam among their top sourcing regions,” the report stated.
Among other Asian countries, Taiwan is emerging “an indisputable leader” as it enjoys overwhelming preference as a sourcing market among American companies.
The pandemic has also accelerated the need to reshore supply lines to the United States or near-shore to Latin and South America.
“For U.S.-based companies, sourcing destinations closer to their home country continue to grow steadily, with the popularity of Latin and South America almost doubling compared to last year,” the Qima report stated.
The survey found that 39 percent of U.S.-based companies indicated plans to source more from the United States and North America and 13 percent from South and Latin America.
“Meanwhile, EU brands are increasingly turning to Turkey as a near-shoring destination,” the report stated.
For decades, most large U.S. multinational corporations have heavily invested in facilities and human resources in China to gain access to the Chinese market, and they have already given up their intellectual property as a price of entry.
However, the pandemic, coupled with the souring sentiment against the Chinese communist regime over the past few months, has forced many corporate boards to dramatically alter their sourcing strategies.
Supply chain sustainability also has become a hot political topic as the November election approaches.
President Donald Trump pledged to end U.S. reliance on China and bring back 1 million manufacturing jobs in his second term. He recently proposed providing tax credits and allowing “100 percent expensing deductions for essential industries like pharmaceuticals and robotics” to incentivize companies to produce in the United States.
Trump also signed an executive order on Aug. 6 to ensure that essential medicines, medical supplies, and equipment are made in the United States.
In the past two decades, China has become a crucial global supplier. According to the United Nations, China accounts for nearly 20 percent of global trade in manufacturing intermediate products, up from 4 percent in 2002.
You know, even though I don't have any specific reason to hate Breitbart I always avoid clicking on any link that page. It's not that I really think they're lying any more than mainstream German media, it just somehow gross to go there for me. I need to work on it.
Anyway, also read www.zerohedge.com for real news.
Invited someone I met online to use this site yesterday. She hates this place even more than I do, which is an incredible amount. There are a lot more people who hate Berlin than you'd think. Be vocal and keep your eyes open and you'll find them. They're everywhere.
I avoid people in Berlin like the plague.
Evil city full of demons
www.berlin.de/polizei/polizeimeldungen/pressemitteilung.982677.php
To all the poor dumb birdbrains out there who believe Covid is any more than a flu. Actually, that's an insult to birds
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8682491/More-90-Americans-died-COVID-19-underlying-conditions.html
A few days ago I saw a guy dressed in an 80s punk uniform (red plaid pants, ripped up t-shirt, spiky hair, big black boots) walking through Mitte with a speaker blasting "The KKK took my baby away". These people are such conformists. It's not like you can just walk into a store and buy this shit. He had to find some specialty shop and made conscious decision to dress like someone from 40 years ago to show us that he doesn't agree with society. Perfect representation of Berlin.
Did I make a mistake by leaving Berlin? The situation in America isn’t any better.... in fact it feels worse
It's only worse if you're in a big blue city. No crazed rioters and militias patrolling red cities because they still have law and order. If your issue is the economy, Germany's is doing worse and their unemployment scheme is currently worse (no stimulus checks, no umeployment bonuses - just Kurzarbeitergeld (60% of your salary which is coincidentally the same as unemployment here except you actually have to keep working here). If it's because of covid spread then who cares? Death rate is dropping and the number of false positives is starting to be realized. If it's because you're worried the lefty might lose in November then maybe you should return to Berlin.
The main reason Berlin stinks is political. Lefties phuck up everything they touch. They are experts at gas-lighting and rhetoric, but never any substance, never for anything only anti everything. The greatest morons in that city are lefties. Suckers, perverts and dunces.
I hate Berlin because of the angry germans. There are areas where you can’t find lefties but you can still find angry germans. I hate the gov aggressively fining me and coming after so many taxes when if you look at Mitte it’s polished af for the tourists. However they don’t even bother putting money into neukolln like paving the streets because they are racists. I also hate the racism and the far right as well as the far left. But I wouldn’t say I hate far left more than far right they are both equally as bad.
The gov also takes so much money from working people and brainwashed them into thinking the taxes are going into something good. So then tell me why are people making 250,000 a year only paying 3% more tax as those at 50,000? It makes no sense . So yeah this is why I hate Berlin.
I hate this time of year. Days rapidly getting shorter, temperature dropping fast. Worst part is knowing it's gonna continue getting worse for 4 months and then it'll be another 4 months before you can even think about spending more than 15 minutes outside. Sad dark days are gonna suck even more with all this dumb lockdown stuff still in place.
Thanks for reminding me why I left for the winter. I’m in North America and it’s mega capitalism, but I only come here to make money and then go to Berlin for the spring and summers. And I’ve deregisterEd in Berlin. This is the way to do it.
Honestly people here are obnoxious as well. Really you will find obnoxious people anywhere in the world, but germans take it to another level with the whole “get out my country” shenanigans
Probably another lockdown. It's happening everywhere. It will take as long as it takes to destroy the Chinese economy.This is world war 3, if you don't believe me, Google: US v China Currency Wars. It's been hotting up over the past 4 years. Corona-FLU is just a vehicle to keep people in austerity mode to stop them buying stuff.
There's only China, Arab nations, Nth Korea and Iran to go, all dictatorships, and then the world will be full-scale democracies. My bet is that Iran will be next to tumble.
You guys are the only good thing about this city. Level-headed people who are capable of original thought. If I told a Berliner I hate the short days here they'd either say "the days in Germany aren't short in winter" or "actually it's better for you to get less sun for half the year because otherwise you'll get a vitamin D overdose".
I don't know if the currency war is the reason, could very well be, but it's definitely something beyond a virus that's not all that deadly. The world did nothing to slow the spread of the Hong Kong virus 50 years ago. According to Wikipedia
"In Berlin, the excessive number of deaths led to corpses being stored in subway tunnels, and in West Germany, garbage collectors had to bury the dead because of a lack of undertakers. In total, East and West Germany registered 60,000 estimated deaths."
There's definitely more to this than we're told.
Berlin is actually ok if you get out to the lakes enough and dont spend too much time with berliners. Dont think long long term is an option though.
I actually sort of agree. If you can find a lake that isn't overrun with FKK Germans and can spend a few hours out in the sun alone then it's fine. In summer the climate here is decent and there are some places that are pretty. But I think most places on earth have nice patches of nature that can be enjoyed. Definitely not a longterm place to live here though.
I honestly don't see how Germans could be so dumb as to elect ex-DDR people to high ranking positions (Merkel, Geisel, etc.). It's clear that these people have absolutely no understanding of democratic principles.
I used to think all the anti-nazi laws in Germany were a severe violation of free speech but now I see that it's the only way that Germans are forced to understand that their country has ever done anything bad. Germany should have punished their socialist/communist leaders instead of elevating them to the highest offices in the country.
They don't like to shower because it's zu teuer lol