Germany so strong economically b/c it didn't colonialise (much)?

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  1. danny111's Avatar
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    Re: Germany so strong economically b/c it didn't colonialise (much)?
    (Original post by DynamicSyngery)
    Britain is better off than Germany with respect to the Euro crisis, having both low borrowing costs and much less exposure to Southern European debt. Why do you think that having fewer Indians results in less financial services, btw?

    With respect to any other supposed problems in the British economy, the post-crash GDPPC is about the same. How long have you been living in Britain to conclude there isn't a middle class? It just has a different connotation to in places like America, where most people consider themselves middle class; in Britain people with the same jobs prefer to see themselves as working class.
    The first paragraph hardly relates to what I wrote (I never said stuff about Indians, wtf?).

    The second paragraph would be superfluous if you had read tehFrance's comment about my incorrect use of the term "middle class" when I was referring to the German idea of "Mittelstand".
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    Re: Germany so strong economically b/c it didn't colonialise (much)?
    (Original post by danny111)
    The first paragraph hardly relates to what I wrote (I never said stuff about Indians, wtf?).
    The topic of the thread is that Germany is (allegedly) stronger economically than other European countries because it has fewer immigrants.

    The second paragraph would be superfluous if you had read tehFrance's comment about my incorrect use of the term "middle class" when I was referring to the German idea of "Mittelstand".
    Right, it might have been, but I didn't, because that post wasn't quoting me or directed at anything I said.

    Though the new claim is even stranger; that Britain has no medium sized companies? Why is it even good to have lots of medium sized companies?
  3. danny111's Avatar
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    Re: Germany so strong economically b/c it didn't colonialise (much)?
    (Original post by DynamicSyngery)
    The topic of the thread is that Germany is (allegedly) stronger economically than other European countries because it has fewer immigrants.


    Right, it might have been, but I didn't, because that post wasn't quoting me or directed at anything I said.

    Though the new claim is even stranger; that Britain has no medium sized companies? Why is it even good to have lots of medium sized companies?
    Every thread goes way beyond its OP and so this point is mute.

    Then maybe read the thread before making random posts.

    Why is it good? Take one look at the UK's economy and one at Germany's and you'd know.
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    Re: Germany so strong economically b/c it didn't colonialise (much)?
    (Original post by DynamicSyngery)
    Though the new claim is even stranger; that Britain has no medium sized companies? Why is it even good to have lots of medium sized companies?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRDcqkHLE4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uad1Ma5DSMA
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    Re: Germany so strong economically b/c it didn't colonialise (much)?
    OP talks so much ****
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