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February 26, 2005
Where's the buzz?
I was going to post something on the lack of "buzz" in the air in this part of the world, when I see TJ pointing to this article in Forbes on "Germany's Dismal Future". I've lived here for most of my life, so I guess I probably show the same traits the article points out. Resistance to change is definitely something that I find to be the most obvious. Even the very mention of necessary reforms in things like healthcare, working hours, employee benefits etc. brings a massive wave of indignation and anger from the public voice. Any ambitious charge for a reform ends up becoming some small unimportant alteration that does no good whatsoever but that is celebrated as though a revolution took place. The political parties are all the same and there is no room for differentiation because the problems are on a national scale. In general Germany still thinks it is the striving country from 20 years ago and pretty much blind to the changes that need to be made. Personally, I hope the youth will see that they need to move on this as things will be even harder when todays 18 or 20 year olds reach my age.
Posted by Matthew at February 26, 2005 01:49 PM